U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce fatal traumatic brain injuries — IVP‑05 Data Methodology and Measurement

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About the National Data

Data

Data Sources:  National Vital Statistics System - Mortality (NVSS-M), CDC/NCHS; Population Estimates, Census

Baseline: 17.1 deaths per 100,000 population were caused by traumatic brain injuries in 2018

Target: 16.9 per 100,000

Numerator
Number of deaths caused by traumatic brain injury (ICD-10 codes: S01.0–S01.5, S01.7–S01.9, S02.0, S02.1, S02.3, S02.7–S02.9, S04.0, S06.0–S06.9, S07.0, S07.1, S07.8, S07.9, S09.7–S09.9, T90.1, T90.2, T90.4, T90.5, T90.8, T90.9 in any field of the multiple cause of death file) among deaths with an underlying external cause-of-injury (ICD-10 codes: *U01–*U03, V01–Y36, Y85–Y87, Y89).
Denominator
Number of persons.
Target-setting method
Minimal statistical significance
Target-setting method details
Minimal statistical significance, assuming the same standard error for the target as for the baseline.
Target-setting method justification
Trend data were evaluated for this objective, but it was not possible to project a target because the trend was non-linear. The standard error was used to calculate a target based on minimal statistical significance, assuming the same standard error for the target as for the baseline. This method was used because the data have had little change.

Methodology

Methodology notes

The traumatic brain injury (TBI) definition is consistent with that used in the State Injury Indicators Report. These reports compile injury data voluntarily collected by state health departments. They consolidate data from hospital records, death certificates, and several national surveillance systems and provide the rates of various injuries and related factors. FOR SINGLE DATA YEARS: Death rates are calculated based on the resident population of the United States for the data year involved. For census years (e.g., 2010), population counts enumerated as of April 1 are used. For all other years, populations estimates as of July 1 are used. Postcensal population estimates are used in rate calculations for years after a census year and match the data year vintage (e.g., July 1, 2011, resident population estimates from Vintage 2011 are used as the denominator for 2011 rates). Intercensal population estimates are used in rate calculations for the years between censuses (e.g., 1991–1999, 2001–2009). Race-specific population estimates for 1991 and later use bridged-race categories.

History

Comparable HP2020 objective
Retained, which includes core objectives that are continuing from Healthy People 2020 with no change in measurement.