National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

An Introduction to WISQARS Data Visualization – The Future of Injury Data

Exploration

Dionne D. Williams, MPS

National Conference on American Indian/Alaska Native Injury and Violence Prevention

Denver, Colorado

July 23-25, 2019

Presentation Overview

Today I aim to:

▪ provide a brief WISQARS Overview

▪ highlight modules that feature injury data for AI/AN populations

▪ demo two WISQARS DataViz modules – EXPLORE and COMPARE

Brief Overview of WISQARS

WISQARSTM stands for Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System

WISQARS provides statistics for:▪ fatal injury data▪ nonfatal injury data ▪ violent death data ▪ lifetime costs (medical and

work loss) of injury

WISQARS Home Pagehttp://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars

WISQARS Data Sources

▪ Fatal Injury Data

Death certificate data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) —provides deaths, death rates, and years of potential life lost (a measure of prematuredeath) by specific and common causes of injury death.

❖ WISQARS has six (6) fatal injury data modules

▪ Nonfatal Injury Data

National estimates of injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments fromthe National Electronic Injury Surveillance System - All Injury Program(NEISS-AIP) — provides estimates of nonfatal injuries and nonfatal injury rates.

❖ WISQARS has four (4) nonfatal injury data modules

WISQARS Data Sources (continued)

▪ Violent Death Data (NVDRS)

Data from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) —provides incident counts and circumstances around violent deaths, death rates, andcauses of injury death. Data currently provided for 32 states and are not nationallyrepresentative.

❖ WISQARS has one (1) violent incident death (NVDRS) module

▪ Population Estimates

Annual county-level bridged-race postcensal population estimates created by theU.S. Census Bureau –- provides denominator data of the U.S. residentpopulation used to calculate rates by year, age, race/ethnicity, and sex.

The Evolution of WISQARS … from 2000 to Present_____________________________________________________

WISQARS Module Year Launched_Fatal injury reports 2000

Leading causes of death 2000

Nonfatal injury reports 2001

Leading causes of nonfatal injury 2001

Fatal years of potential life lost (YPLL) 2002

Violent deaths (NVDRS) 2008

Fatal injury maps 2010

Cost of injury reports 2011

Mobile applications 2014

Fatal injury data visualization (EXPLORE) 2017

Fatal injury data visualization (COMPARE) 2018

Nonfatal injury data visualization 2019

The Evolution of WISQARS … from 2000 to Present

– Introduction to Data Visualization

▪ EXPLAIN … to tell a story

❖ Answers a question

❖ Communicates message

▪ EXPLORE … to discover many stories

❖ Leads to new research questions

❖ Brings awareness to new areas of interest

WISQARS Modules that Feature AI/AN Data

WISQARS Modules that feature AI/AN data include:_____________________________________________________

WISQARS Module Year Launched_✓ Fatal injury reports 2000✓ Leading causes of death 2000

Nonfatal injury reports 2001

Leading causes of nonfatal injury 2001

✓ Fatal years of potential life lost (YPLL) 2002

✓ Violent deaths (NVDRS) 2008

✓ Fatal injury maps 2010

Cost of injury reports 2011

Mobile applications 2014

✓ Fatal injury data visualization (EXPLORE) 2017

✓ Fatal injury data visualization (COMPARE) 2018

Nonfatal injury data visualization 2019

WISQARS Fatal Injury Reports Query Page

WISQARS Fatal Injury Reports Output

NVDRS WISQARS Query Page

NVDRS WISQARS Output

Leading Causes of Death Reports Query Page

Output from 10 Leading Causes of Death Reports

WISQARS Fatal Injury Maps Query Screen (top of page)

Output from WISQARS Fatal Injury Maps

WISQARS Data Visualization: Fatal Injury EXPLORE

▪ EXPLORE … to discover many stories

▪ EXPLAIN … to tell a story

Demo of WISQARS Fatal EXPLORE and COMPARE Modules

WISQARS DataViz: https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/

Acknowledgements

▪ Deloitte Consulting, LLP

– Scott Klisures

– John Zimmerman

– Sri Jonnalagadda

– Brian Berzellini

– Babette Groves

– Kiran Kunnur

– Makenzie O’Meara

– … many others!

▪ CDC, NCIPC, DARPI

– Mick Ballesteros

– Nimesh Patel

– Dionne Williams

– Bob Thomas

– Darryl Owens

– Erick Emde

– Ann Smalls

– Graham Kirkland

– Melvin Crum

– Tad Haileyesus

– Kevin Webb

Thank you!

The findings and conclusions in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

For more information please contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Questions?