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Injury Surveillance

Miami-Dade County Injury Surveillance System (MDCISS)

MDCISS acquires data on injury from a variety of state and local agencies or references data posted on a source's website to describe the magnitude of the injury problem in the county. 

These sources include:

Data

Source

Years Available

Death Certificates

Vital Statistics, FL Department of Health

1995-2013

Medical Examiner Records

Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner 's Department

2005-2011

Hospital Discharge Data

Agency for Health Care Administration

1995-2013

Emergency Dept. Data

Agency for Health Care Administration

2005-2013

Motor Vehicle
Crash Reports

Florida Dept. of Highway
Safety and Motor Vehicles

2007-2010

Police Reports

Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement

1996-2013 (website)

Youth Risk
Behavior Survey

Miami-Dade County Public Schools,
Office of Program Evaluation

2003, 2005, 2007,

2009, 2011

Drug Abuse Awareness
Network (DAWN)

Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Serv. Admin.

2004-2012