Injury Prevention Data

Want to know how many Wisconsin people died or were hospitalized from falling? How many were victims of violent crime? Interested in detailed statistics about violent deaths as reported by those investigating the cases? Do you want to make comparisons with national statistics? The Wisconsin Injury Prevention Program uses data from multiple sources to monitor injury-related events in Wisconsin.

Popular Links

• Violent Deaths Statewide by Region 2004-2011, P-00641 (PDF)
• Violent Deaths Northeastern Counties 2004-2011, P-00642 (PDF)
• Violent Deaths Northern Counties 2004-2011, P-00643 (PDF)
• Violent Deaths Southeastern Counties 2004-2011, P-00644<.a> (PDF)
• Violent Deaths Southern Counties 2004-2011, P-00645 (PDF)
• Violent Deaths Western Counties 2004-2011, P-00646 (PDF)
• The Burden of Injury in Wisconsin, 2011, P-00283 (PDF)
• Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health (WISH)
• Wisconsin Department of Transportation Crash Facts
• Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)

Data Sets Managed by the Wisconsin Injury Prevention Program

Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health (WISH) is a web-based data system that includes data on injury-related hospitalizations, emergency department visits and deaths. The system can be queried by demographics (age, sex, race, ethnicity), geographic area (statewide, county, State Health Regions, Regional Trauma Advisory Councils), and by specific injury causes and manner of injury.

The Wisconsin Violent Death Reporting System (WVDRS) is based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). Wisconsin is one of 17 states funded by CDC to begin NVDRS. WVDRS is a statewide surveillance system that collects detailed information on all homicides, suicides, deaths of undetermined intent, deaths resulting from legal intervention, and deaths related to unintentional firearm injuries.

CASEPOINT, the Medical Examiner/Coroner Electronic Reporting System Software, provides real-time, standardized, web-based electronic data entry and access on site. CASEPOINT has the ability to release real-time injury related data to agencies throughout the state. A plan to integrate CASEPOINT and WVDRS is being developed.