WISH Data Sources

Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Data

Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

Birth Data

Resident birth certificates, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

Cancer Incidence Data

Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

Cancer Mortality Data

National Center for Health Statistics, Wisconsin county cancer mortality files, as compiled through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.

Infant Death Data

Matched birth and infant death certificates for Wisconsin residents at death, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

Injury-related Emergency Department Data

Wisconsin Hospital Emergency Department Visits, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

The database was enhanced (December 2012) by the addition of Minnesota Hospital Emergency Department Visits obtained from the Minnesota Hospital Association. This added available records from 2002 forward for Wisconsin residents treated in Minnesota hospitals. The dataset does not include Rochester Mayo hospitals before 2006. The October 2013 revision dropped non-Wisconsin residents from the database.

Injury-related Hospitalization Data

Wisconsin Hospital Inpatient Discharges, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

The database was enhanced (December 2012) by the addition of Minnesota Hospital Inpatient Discharge data obtained from the Minnesota Hospital Association. This added available records from 2000 forward for Wisconsin residents treated in Minnesota hospitals, adding about 3% to the statewide total. The dataset does not include Rochester Mayo hospitals before 2006. The October 2013 revision dropped non-Wisconsin residents from the database.

Mortality Data

Resident death certificates, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

Opioids Data

Drug overdose: Death certificates, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Hospital encounters: Wisconsin Hospital Discharge Data, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

Population Data

U.S. Census Bureau (1990, 2000, and 2010+). Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services (1991-1999, 2001-2009). Land area data, used to calculate population density, is from the U.S. Census Bureau (2000).

Wisconsin Violent Death Reporting System

Death certificates, Office of Health Informatics, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services; coroner and medical examiner (CME) reports from county and city CME offices; crime lab information from two Wisconsin crime labs; law enforcement information from jurisdictional police agencies. Information from these sources is abstracted by staff in the Office of Health Informatics to create a single file for each case of violent death that occurs in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin system is part of the National Violent Death Reporting System.

Published information on Wisconsin births, deaths, population and other health statistics is available from the Data and Statistics pages of the DHS website.