ILLINOIS DATA SOURCES

2004

 

 

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUPnet)

http://hcup.ahrq.gov/hcupnet.asp

This website provides access to national statistics and trends as well as selected state statistics related to hospital inpatient stays.  HCUPnet generates statistics from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) and from the State Inpatient Databases (SID) from the states that participate in this program.

 

Centers for Disease Control

CDC Wonder

www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm

Easy to use system that supports access to a variety of public use datasets related to mortality, cancer incidence, hospital discharge, behavioral risk factors as well as other datasets, articles and guidelines.

 

Centers for Disease Control

National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)

www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/ahcd/nhamcsds.htm

This website provides information on utilization and provision of ambulatory care services in hospital emergency and outpatient departments.  Data is generated from a national sample of visits to the emergency departments and outpatient departments of non-institutional general and short-stay hospitals, exclusive of federal, military and VA hospitals, located throughout the United States.

 

Centers for Disease Control

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

www.cdc.gov/ncipc/stateprofiles/index.htm

This website contains maps and tables of injury deaths and death rates for each state.

 

Centers for Disease Control

Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System

www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars

This interactive system provides statewide injury related data as well as data information on leading causes of death.

 

Children’s Defense Fund

Data Reports

www.childrensdefense.org/data/default.asp

This website contains several reports that provide rankings of each state in areas such as children’s health insurance coverage, prenatal care, infant mortality, low birth weight babies, immunizations, child poverty, child support and educational spending. 

 

 

Children’s Memorial Hospital

State & Community Reports on Injury Prevalence & Targeted Solutions (SCRIPTS)

www.chdl.org

SCRIPTS examines childhood and adolescent injury in Illinois and Chicago.  Information is provided by county and by Chicago community area and aims to provide local policy-makers with an understanding of local injury policy priorities. 

 

Children's Safety Network National Injury Data Technical Assistance Center

Injury Mortality Data

www.injuryprevention.org

This website maintains information on state childhood injuries.  Injury mortality trends for each state specifically related to homicide, suicide and motor vehicle mortality are available.

 

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics

Childhood Statistics

www.childstats.gov

This website offers access to federal/state statistics and reports on children and families, including: family characteristics, economic security, health, education, behavior and social environment.

 

Health Resources and Services Administration

Community Health Status Indicators Project

www.ask.hrsa.gov/orgdetail.cfm?id=1631

This website contains health status measures related to a number of health indicators (i.e. death, infectious disease) for each of the counties within the United States.

 

Health Resources and Services Administration

Women, Infant and Children Profiles

www.hrsa.gov/data.htm

This website provides a variety of data sources that can identify health status issues.  Includes information on the health status of women, infants and children; healthcare provider resources; medically underserved populations and areas; as well as other state profile information.

 

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

Illinois Crime Data

www.icjia.state.il.us/public/index.cfm?metaSection=data&metaPage=frontpage

Information Resource Center, 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1016, Chicago, IL  60606

312-793-8550

This site is an internet clearinghouse that allows examination of crime problems in a specific Illinois city, county or regional area.

 

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services

Child Abuse and Neglect Statistics - Annual Report

www.state.il.us/dcfs

406 East Monroe, Springfield, IL   62701-1498

217-785-1700

This annual report (available on-line or in hard copy) contains statistics on reported cases of child abuse and neglect within Illinois.  Regional and county information is available related to numbers of abuse and neglect cases, victim characteristics, number of children taken into protective custody, abuser characteristics, relationship between victim and abuser and substance exposed infants.

 

Illinois Department of Human Services

Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse - DASA

www.dhs.state.il.us/oasa

100 W. Randolph, Suite 5-600, Chicago, IL  60601

312-814-2291/3840

This website provides information related to alcohol and drug abuse problems and needs within Illinois.

 

Illinois Department of Public Health

Various Health Related Data Resources

www.idph.state.il.us

This website provides the following health statistics by county or statewide:

·        Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - Population based surveillance system that collects data from Illinois adults on their behaviors and other health status indicators related to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.  The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System can be accessed at www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/index.htm

·        Birth Defects Surveillance - Registry with adverse pregnancy outcomes, including birth defects.

·        Birth Statistics/Teen Birth Statistics

·        Cancer Registry

·        Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries/Occupational Safety and Health Survey - contains information on fatal work related injuries and characteristics of the fatally injured individuals

·        Childhood Lead Poisoning Surveillance Report

·        Death Statistics

·        Disease Statistics - provides data on infectious and communicable diseases reported annually to IDPH, including:  infectious diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, and AIDS/HIV reports.

·        EMS Reporting system - interactive system supporting limited querying of the state Death Certificate database, Hospital Discharge database, Prehospital Run Report, Traffic Crash Report and the Trauma Registry database.

·        Induced Pregnancy Terminations

·        Infant Mortality Statistics

·        IPLAN Data System - searchable database containing more than 100 health related indicators at the state, county and community levels.

·        Marriage/Divorce Statistics

·        Nursing Home Violators, Quarterly Report - Identifies nursing home facilities that are in violation of the Nursing Home Care Act or have been recommended for decertification.

·        Occupational Diseases Registry - contains selected occupational diseases, injuries and conditions.

·        Reported Cases of Vaccine Preventable Diseases

·        Statistics on HIV/AIDS, STD's and unwanted pregnancy

 

Illinois Hospital & HealthSystems Association

Key Annual Statistics for Illinois Community Hospitals

www.ihatoday.com/

This site provides key annual hospital statistics, i.e. number of beds, Medicare days, average length of stay, emergency department visits, personnel staffing.

 

Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness

Illinois Eye Injury Registry - IEIR

407 S. Dearborn, Suite 1000, Chicago, IL  60605-1117

312-922-8710

www.eyehealthillinois.org

This organization maintains a database with information specific to serious eye injuries in Illinois in order to guide injury prevention and management efforts.  Information can be obtained by calling the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness or visit their website.

 

Illinois Secretary of State

Motor Vehicle Related Information

www.sos.state.il.us

Maintains information on driver-related services and programs.  Also collects information on motor vehicle related incidents and driving under the influence.

 

Illinois State Fire Marshall Office

Fire Statistics

www.state.il.us/osfm

This website contains statistics on the incidence of fire related deaths by county within Illinois.

 

Illinois State Police

Traffic/Crime Related Data

www.isp.state.il.us

This website has crime-related information available (including a link to the Illinois Sex Offender Registry) as well as traffic fatality information.

 

National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions

www.childrenshospitals.net

NACHRI is a not-for-profit membership organization of children’s hospitals, large pediatric units of medical centers and related health systems, including those that specialize in rehabilitative care of children with serious chronic or congenital illnesses.  Member hospitals submit data to NACHRI, which can be accessed and utilized by member hospitals for benchmarking purposes.  The site also provides pediatric healthcare related information and trends that non-member hospitals can access directly from this site. 

 

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Fatality Analysis Reporting System

http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov

The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) contains data on all crashes in the United States that occur on a public roadway and where a fatality is involved in the crash.  The site also provides links to frequent user-specified queries, traffic safety fact book and an on-line forum.

 

New England Medical Center

National Pediatric Trauma Registry

www.nemc.org/rehab/nptrhome.htm

This multi-center nationwide Pediatric Trauma Registry was established in 1985 to study the etiology of pediatric trauma and its consequences.  Childhood injury trends, outcomes, fact sheets and research related information is available.

 

University of Illinois, Cooperative Extension Service

Illinois Farm Workers Fatality Reports

Agricultural Engineering, 1304 West Pennsylvania Avenue, Urbana, IL  61808

www.age.uiuc.edu/agsafety/research/research.html  

This website contains information on farm related deaths in Illinois.

 

Victims Assistance Grant Program

Illinois Statewide Assistance Report, 1999

www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/sbsmap/ovcpfil1.htm

This report provided under the Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act includes statistics on victims and victimization in Illinois, as well as victim assistance programs.

 

Voices for Illinois Children

Illinois Kids Count

www.voices4kids.org

Provides access to county level data describing the status of children living in Illinois.  Reports accessible on the website are related to family and community economics, education and early learning, health and well-being, families with special needs. 

 

 

 

 

July 2004