1. Comparison of injury questions for household surveys Melissa A. Heinen, MPH Margaret Warner, PhD Lois A. Fingerhut, MA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics

2. Surveys compared Austria France Germany Canada United States Australia New Zealand Israel Mozambique Afghanistan

3. Surveys compared on Population Collection method Reporting Recall period Severity threshold Unit of analysis Section introduction Screen question

4. Collection Method Face-to-face Austria, US, Australia, Israel Telephone & Face-to-face Canada, Israel Telephone New Zealand, Germany Mail France

5. Severity Threshold Contact with medical system Austria, Israel, US Activity limitation Canada, New Zealand Medical treatment or activity limitation Germany Medical treatment / activity limitation / first aid Australia No threshold France, Afghanistan

6. Recall period 4 weeks Australia 1 month Mozambique (nonfatal) 3 months Germany, US 6 months Israel 12 months Austria, France, Canada, and New Zealand, Mozambique (fatal) 18 months Afghanistan

7. Unit of analysis - manner Unintentional injuries (only) Austria, France, Germany Unintentional and intentional injuries Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Mozambique, Afghanistan

8. Section introduction Definition of injury Definition of intent Exclusion criteria Severity threshold Examples of types of injury events or conditions Why the information collected is important

9. Screen Question Recall period Severity threshold Example of injuries Exclusion criteria

10. What’s next Workgroup Minimum dataset? Question wording? Compare results? Other ideas?