WISQARS Mobile App

J. Lee Annest, PhD, MS Chief, Statistics, Programming and Economics Branch Division of Analysis, Research and Practice Integration

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Atlanta, GA

June 25, 2014

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Division of Analysis, Research, and Practice Integration

Fatal Injuries in the United States

Planned Release Dates Phase 1 (iPad) – January 28, 2014

Phase 2 (iPhone) – September, 2014 Phase 3 (Other platforms) – Spring, 2015

Mobile App

WISQARSTM

Acknowledgment NCIPC WISQARS Mobile App Team

- Kevin Webb - Lisa Kiser, AS

- Marcie-jo Kresnow, MS - Darryl Owens, BS

- Nimesh Patel, MS - Bob Thomas, MSIM

- Dionne Williams, MS - Tad Haileyesus, MS

- Ann Smalls

BNL Consulting, LLC Team

- Brad Gesek - Paul Katzmark

- Anthony Patton - Michael Arnett

- Brimley Newton

Data Sources • Deaths - NCHS’ National Vital Statistics System

Underlying Cause data for Intent X Mechanism (for selected external causes)

Multiple Cause data for Body Region X Diagnosis (for traumatic brain injury)

• Cost estimates – Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation (PIRE)

• Populations – US Census Bureau (bridged-race population estimate)

Overview

• 3-year Project with BNL Consulting, LLC

• Using Adobe Flash/Flex & Local Data Store in SQLite

• Phase 1,1st-year – Tablet (iPad)

• Phase 2, 2nd-year – Smart Phone (iPhone)

• Phase 3, 3rd-year – Further adoption and enhancements (other platforms)

Demo

• WISQARS Mobile App 1.0 - Tablet screen shots using selected causes of injury

Summary

• New WISQARS Tool for sharing injury-related information graphically on a Tablet

• Dynamically-displayed snapshot of selected leading causes of injury death using maps, graphs, and charts of national and state-level death counts and rates

• Enhance the user-friendliness of WISQARS and ready access to injury-related death data

For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333 Telephone, 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348

E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov Web: www.cdc.gov

The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Thank You

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Division of Analysis, Research and Practice Integration

J. Lee Annest, Ph.D., M.S. lannest@cdc.gov