Cause of Illness Data

Pennsylvania Injury Statistics 

Provider: Pennsylvania Department Health
Years available: 1997 to current year-2 
Geographic Level: County level and state level data 
About: PDF report includes county-specific data for trauma-related hospitalizations broken out by age groups and gender.

Pennsylvania Crash Information Tool

Years available: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Years available: 2001 to most current available
Geographic Level: County, State
About: Data for each county  by: Unrestrained driver crashes; Drinking driver crashes; Distracted driver crashes; Aggressive driver crashes; Hit fixed object crashes. Includes:

• Custom Query Tool (Customizable)
• Annual Reports of Crashes (most current)
  • Earlier years on Annual Crash Facts & Statistics
• Featured Reports
• And much more

State Traffic Safety Information 

Provider: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Years available: Rolling 5 years (county); rolling 10 years (state)
Geographic Level: County and State level

WISQARS- Web-based Injury Statistics Query & Reporting System

Provider: National Center for Injury Prevention & Control
Years Available: 2001-app 2 years ago
Geographic level: State and National level

• Nonfatal Injury Data
  • Create a very detailed report by: Intent of injury; Cause of injury (bite, fall, gunshot, poisoning, suffocation, transportation, etc.); gender; age groups; race/ethnicity 
• Nonfatal Injury Data Visualization
• Leading Causes of Nonfatal Injuries 2000 to most current data

This page links to reports and data on the mortality for this specific topic.

See also: Mortality Data for data sites that cover all cause mortality.

Pennsylvania Crash Information Tool

Years available: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Years available: 2001 to most current available
Geographic Level: County, State
About: Data for each county  by: Unrestrained driver crashes; Drinking driver crashes; Distracted driver crashes; Aggressive driver crashes; Hit fixed object crashes. Includes:

• Custom Query Tool (Customizable)
• Annual Reports of Crashes (most current)
  • Earlier years on Annual Crash Facts & Statistics
• Featured Reports
• Reportable crash fatality statistics
• And more

FARS - Fatality Analysis Reporting System

Provider: US Department of Transportation
Years available: 1994 to most current available
Geographic Level: State
About: The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) gathers data on the most severe traffic crashes that occur each year -- those that result in loss of human life.

Suicide in Pennsylvania

Provider: Pennsylvania Department of Health
Years Available: 2008 to app 3 years ago
Geographic level: County, State level data
About: Part of the Healthy People 202 report. Shows data in 4-year clusters. Indicates if the county has met the goal of less than or equal to 10.2 by 2020.

WISQARS- Web-based Injury Statistics Query & Reporting System

Provider: US National Center for Injury Prevention & Control (CDC)
Years Available: Variable by report: 1981-most current data
Geographic level: County, State level data

• Fatal Injury Data
  • Fatal Injury Reports 1981-app 2 years ago
    • Create a very detailed report by: Intent of injury; Cause of injury (drugs, fall, fire, firearm, poisoning, suffocation, terrorism, transportation, etc.); gender; age groups; race/ethnicity; Hispanic origin; Census region
  • Fatal Injury Data Visualization
  • Fatal Injury Maps 2008-2014
    • Create maps of the state showing each county's ranking in comparison with US data. Includes mortality by: drowning, homicide, firearms, falls, poisoning, suicide, traumatic brain injury, motor vehicle accidents, and fire.
  • Years of Potential Life Lost 1981-app 2 years ago
  • National Violent Deaths Reporting System 2003-app 3 years ago
    • Currently 32 states report; can create a very detailed report if the data is there