New fact sheet on non-fatal firearm injury-related ED visits in North Carolina
December 14, 2021
Through their collaboration, North Carolina Firearm Injury Surveillance Through Emergency Rooms (NC-FASTER), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Injury Prevention Research Center and Carolina Center for Health Informatics, along with the North Carolina Division of Public Health’s Injury … Read more
Stories from the dashboard: COPD-related emergency department visits by insurance coverage
December 2, 2021
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a series of diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, that lead to obstructions in one’s respiratory system and, in turn, difficulty breathing (CDC). Common causes of COPD include exposure to tobacco smoke and other … Read more