title: Firearm-related deaths and hospitalizations--Wisconsin, 1994.
abstract: Firearm-related injuries are a major cause of premature deaths in the United States. Although state-based vital records systems monitor fatal injuries, few surveillance systems exist to monitor nonfatal firearm-related injuries. Wisconsin is one of seven states funded by CDC cooperative agreements to establish firearm-related injury surveillance systems. Wisconsin's system, which links hospital discharge records and vital records, uses external cause of injury codes (E-codes) for case identification. This report describes the surveillance system and findings for 1994.
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D005389:Firearms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006753:Hospital Records; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013405:Suicide; D014754:Violence; D014922:Wisconsin / Q000453:epidemiology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology*