The recording for our February 21, 2023 webinar on the use of NC DETECT and the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System Dashboard for firearm injury surveillance is now available on our training page. NC DETECT has firearm injury indicators … Continued

Unintentional falls, defined by the WHO as events in which an individual comes to rest on the ground, are the leading cause of non-fatal injury-related emergency department visits in the United States (CDC). Of the over 8 million unintentional fall-related … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

Mental health-related outcomes are a point of great concern, particularly in times as tumultuous as these. One report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, found adults reporting symptoms of anxiety disorder and/or depressive disorder increased from 11% in 2019 to 41% … Continued

One of the strengths of the recently released NC Transportation Safety and Public Health Data Dashboard is its ability to leverage data from multiple sources, allowing for a deeper understanding of pressing public health issues. In this first installment of … Continued

In addition to the NC Transportation Safety and Public Health Data Dashboard released earlier this month, several other dashboards have been released, leveraging different elements of NC DETECT data. You can find a summary of each below: Annual ED Visit … Continued

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Carolina Center for Health Informatics and Injury Prevention Research Center recently collaborated with the North Carolina Division of Public Health’s Injury and Violence Prevention Branch to launch the NC Transportation Safety and … Continued

The recording for our webinar on using NC DETECT for Motor Vehicle Crash Injury Surveillance is now available on our training page. This 40-minute webinar shares tips on using emergency department (ED) and EMS data from NC DETECT for motor … Continued

The NC Division of Public Health now has a weekly surveillance report that shows weekly trends in covid-like illness (CLI*) at statewide and regional levels. Authorized NC DETECT users can view CLI trends at the county level using the the … Continued