Data Sources

Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Data
Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.

Birth Data
Resident birth certificates, Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.

Infant Death Data
Matched birth and infant death certificates for Wisconsin residents at death, Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.

Injury Emergency Department Data
Hospital Emergency Department data system, Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services; prepared from data collected by the Bureau of Health Information and Policy through September 30, 2003 and thereafter by the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center.

Injury Hospitalization Data
Inpatient Hospitalization Discharge file, Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services; prepared from data collected by the Bureau of Health Information and Policy through September 30, 2003 and thereafter by the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center.

Mortality Data
Resident death certificates, Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.

Population Data
U.S. Census Bureau (1989, 1990, and 2000).   Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (estimates for 1991-1999, 2001 and subsequent years). 

Wisconsin Violent Death Reporting System
Death certificates, Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family 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 Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, 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 Health Statistics pages of the DHFS Web site.

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