Child and Adolescent Injury: Data Sources

 


Data Set
Head and Spinal Cord Registry

Alias

Data Collection Agency
Division of Emergency Medical Services and Highway

Purpose
To register severe head and spinal cord injuries occurring in

Illinois

Description
Data on all patients are admitted to a hospital facility with a

diagnose head and spinal cord injury.

Special Features
All 200 Illinois hospitals participate in registry.

Subject Age Range
All

E-Coding Included
Yes

Population or Sample
Population

Number of Cases

Geographic Area Covered
Illinois

Years Available
Through 1997

Years Owned by CHDL
None

CHDL ID#
21

 

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