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Health Information for Texas-->Data
by Cause of Illness or Death-->Suicides, Accidents, and Injuries
For occupational accidents resulting in injury or death, see Environmental/Occupational
Exposure Information.
For reports from specific areas of the state, see Regional
Web Sites.
For an overview of mortality data from suicide, auto injuries,
homicides, etc., see County
Overviews.
Morbidity (Incidence)
Accident Records Bureau (Texas Department of Public Safety; 1998 to 2001;
city level and county level data)
2001
(pdf)
2000
(pdf)
1999
1998
The Accident Records Bureau is the state repository for motor vehicle
traffic accident records and is charged with the responsibility of maintaining
motor vehicle traffic accident reports, classifying accidents in accordance
with national standards, collecting data from each report, and entering
the information into computer files. This accident records system is the
single most comprehensive information system regarding traffic accidents
in Texas.
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Mortality (Deaths)
CDC Wonder
Underlying Cause of Death (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention;
County level)
- Mortality
[ICD-10]
Dates of coverage: 1999 to 2003
- Mortality
[ICD-9]
Dates of coverage: 1979 to 1998
- This site provides data for mortality from underlying cause (no multiple
cause of death data). It is interactive database; report variables include
gender, race/ethnicity, county, or age as well as by disease and year;
age-adjusted standards for 2000 only.
Texas
Health Data-- Deaths of TX Residents (Texas Department of State Health
Services, 1999 to 2004 [ICD-10]; county
level data)
Texas
Health Data-- Deaths of TX Residents (Texas Department of State Health
Services, 1990 to 1998 [ICD-9]; county
level data)
Includes deaths from suicides, homicide, unintentional injuries, and other
external causes.
Texas
Deaths from VitalWeb (Expert Health Data Programming; 1980 to 1998
[ICD-9] and 1999 to 2003 [ICD-10]; county level data)
Includes deaths from suicides, homicide, unintentional injuries, and other
external causes. This interactive site has two interfaces to access data;
you can develop reports to look at data by gender, race/ethnicity, or
age as well as by cause of death, county, and year.
Indicators
of Inpatient Care in Texas Hospitals, 2003 (TX Health Care Information
Collection (TDSHS); 2003; pdf document)
Texas
Kids Count Community-Level Information on Kids (CLIKS) (1989 to 2005;
county level data)
Includes: adolescent violent deaths, child abuse, and child deaths.
Accident Records Bureau: This has moved to a different TX agency which
is in the process of reconciling records and improving the online retrieval
system. The data should be back online by the end of 2008.
This is the state repository for motor vehicle traffic accident records
and is charged with the responsibility of maintaining motor vehicle traffic
accident reports, classifying accidents in accordance with national standards,
collecting data from each report, and entering the information into computer
files. This accident records system is the single most comprehensive information
system regarding traffic accidents in Texas.
FARS - Fatal
Accident Reporting (US Department of Transportation; State
level data; 1994 to 2004)
The Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) gathers data on the most severe
traffic crashes that occur each year -- those that result in loss of human
life.
Texas
Health Data-- Traumas (Texas Department of State Health Services;
Latest data 1998, county level and trauma service
areas level data)
Texas
Health Data-- Mortality Maps (Texas Department of State Health Services,
1990 to 1998; county level data)
This site is interactive; you can develop maps and retrieve data to look
at deaths by gender and age as well as by disease or cause of death and
year; age-adjusted standards include 1940, 1970, and 2000. Includes deaths
from suicides, homicide, unintentional injuries, and other external causes.
Community
Health Information System (CHIS) Mortality Data (St. Luke's Episcopal
Health Charities; county and some Census tract
level data; 57 counties in SE Texas )
CHIS contains maps that allow you to "drill down", as far as
to the census tract level in some cases but at least
to the county level in all cases, and obtain statistics
on the population of that area. Find major causes of death at the Census
tract level as well as deaths from accidents.
Vital
Statistics Annual Reports (Texas Health Data; Texas Department of
State Health Services; County level; 2001 - 2006)
The most complete data sets are 2001-2004; 2005 and 2006 are still preliminary.
See Death tables #23 in each year for county-level data.
Injury
Maps (National Center for Injury Prevention & Control, 1989-1998,
county level data)
Create maps of the state showing each county's ranking in comparison with
US data. Includes mortality by: drowning, homicide, firearms, falls, poisoning,
suicide, traumatic brain injury, motor vehicle accidents, and fire. Unfortunately,
the data is for the entire 10 years, i.e. you cannot select an individual
year to view data.
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