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Welcome to the 2006 meeting of the International Collaborative Effort -ICE- on Injury Statistics Lois Fingerhut, Chair: Welcome to the 2006 meeting of the International Collaborative Effort -ICE- on Injury Statistics Lois Fingerhut, Chair
International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics: International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics An international activity of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
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Annual meetings since May 1994
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Goals of the ICE on Injury Statistics: Goals of the ICE on Injury Statistics Provide essential data and tools for understanding causes of injury and effective means of prevention
Provide a forum for international experts in injury prevention and control to discuss data issues
Participating Countries: Participating Countries Early members:
Australia, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, England and Wales, France, Israel, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, St. Lucia, United States
More recent participants from:
Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Thailand, Trinidad
Today we welcome participants from:
Bangladesh*, Japan, Taiwan
Organizational Collaborations: Organizational Collaborations Pan American Health Organization
European Union/Commission
World Health Organization (WHO) Center Heads for Classification
Washington Group (measurement of disability)
CDC (3 Centers- NCHS, NCIPC & NIOSH)
New to this meeting:
International Society for Violence and Injury Prevention (ISVIP)
World Bank (Transport Sector)
Our 2-day agenda: Our 2-day agenda WHO panel
ISVIP and the World Conference
International traffic injury issues
Measures of severity
Main injury
Indicators
Other ICE updates
Nonfatal injury surveillance
ICD-11
Future of the ICE on Injury Statistics
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Tackling the Toll of Injuries: Tackling the Toll of Injuries August 22, 2006, Washington Post
Fred Rivara and Charles Mock
Urging far more international attention to injury prevention
Thanks to…: Thanks to… Carla Battle, Courtesy Associates- Travel liaison
Tammy Stewart-Prather, Injury ICE web page coordinator
Hank Weiss and team for recording our sessions
Ladonna Crayton for her photocopying all of the presentations and handouts! (lcrayton@cdc.gov)
Updates to agenda as of Sept 6..: Updates to agenda as of Sept 6.. Fazlur Rahman from Bangladesh was unable to obtain his visa…
Saakje Mulder had a sudden and unavoidable conflict at work
Elizabeth Ward sends regrets at not being able to attend
Safe Kids World wide representative is Jacquie Dukehart.