Michigan Child Death Review Program
  www.keepingkidsalive.org

Obtaining Child Death Data

 

When needing to obtain aggregate child death data, Coordinators have two options: query the online data systems provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or request more specific information from the state CDR program.

Which source to use for different types of data

CDC WISQARS can be used to request a report for:

  • Cause (mechanism) and intent (manner) of death

  • US Censusregion/state of death

  • Race

  • Hispanic origin

  • Sex

  • Age

  • Year(s) of report

  • Leading causes of death

  • Years of life lost         

 

CDC WONDER can be used to:

Search for and read published documents on public health concerns, including:

  • Reports

  • Recommendations and guidelines

  • Articles and statistical research data published by CDC

  • Reference materials and bibliographies on health-related topics.

  • Query numeric data sets on:

      • CDC's mainframe and other computers, via "fill-in-the blank" web pages.
      • County specific data
      • Public-use data sets about:
        • Mortality (deaths)
        • Cancer incidence
        • HIV and AIDS
        • Behavioral risk factors
        • Diabetes
        • Natality (births)
        • Census data
        • Many other topics

State CDR Office can be used for:

  • Information collected at CDR meetings

  • County rankings

 

How to use each source of data

 

CDC WISQARS
(WISQARS=Web-based Injury Statistical Query and Reporting System)

 

1.                  Go to: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/default.htm

2.                  Fill in the requested information 

 

CDC WONDER
 (WONDER=Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research)

 

1.  Go to: http://wonder.cdc.gov 

2.  Injury Prevention section click on injury mortality data

-OR-

3.  Injury prevention section click on mortality-underlying cause of death Fill out all requested information on the firm and when you come to the ICD-10 code section, search for pertinent codes by clicking Keyword search of ICD

 

STATE CDR OFFICE

  1. Fill out “Child Death Review and FIMR Data Request Form” from section 8 of Consultant’s Manual.

  2. Fax or mail the form to the State CDR Office at: Michigan Child Death Review Program; 2438 Woodlake Cr., Suite 240; Okemos, MI 48864.  Fax: (517) 324-7365.