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Child and Adolescent Injury: Data Sources
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| Data Set | National Pediatric Trauma Registry |
| Alias |
| Data Collection Agency | The Research and Training Center in Rehabilitation and |
| Childhood Trauma, Department of Physical Medicine and |
| Rehablitation at New Englad Medical Center |
| Purpose | Develop national estimates of childhood and adolescent |
| unintentional and intentional trauma. |
| Description | Cases from 84 emergency departments across nation. |
| Includes all persons under age 20 presenting with injuries that |
| require admission or that require an emergency department |
| stay of at least 12 hours. |
| Special Features | Expected phase in of additional emergency departments. Only |
| national registry of childhood injury. |
| Subject Age Range | Under age 20 |
| E-Coding Included | Yes |
| Population or Sample | Sample |
| Number of Cases | appr. 22,000 cases per year |
| Geographic Area Covered | National |
| Years Available | 1994 - 1998 combined |
| Years Owned by CHDL | None |
| CHDL ID# | 36 |