NHIS

Editing and Processing the Injury and Poisoning Data

1997-present

 

General Information

The redesigned NHIS, fielded since 1997, is conducted using computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI). The CAPI version of the NHIS questionnaire is administered using laptop computers that allow interviewers to enter responses directly into the computer during the interviews. The data are later reviewed by NHIS analysts who perform valid code checks, create recoded variables, and, for the injury and poisoning data, impute injury/poisoning episode dates, and determine if an episode should be kept or removed from the file based on specified inclusion criteria.

NHIS analysts assigned to the Family Core Injury Section perform valid code checks on the data to insure that all the responses given by the respondent match the choices that were available in the respective questions, and they check that the skip patterns for the questions were followed correctly.

During the editing process, variable recodes are created and added to the file. These recodes are typically variables that a user would find useful and would either be very complicated for a user to create or cannot be created by the user because the variable is created using in-house variables that are not available to the user because of confidentiality issues. To view a list by data year of all the recoded variables associated with the injury and poisoning section, a description of the recoded variables, and information about the files in which the variable or variables are located, see Table A.

Beginning in 2004 and continuing in the following years, imputation was implemented for injury/poisoning episodes that did not have a complete month, day, and year of occurrence. Imputation was done so that it would be possible to calculate a specific elapsed time in days between the date of the injury/poisoning episode and the date when the injury/poisoning questions were asked for all episodes in the Injury/Poisoning Episode file and the Verbatim Injury/Poisoning Episode file.

Some injury and poisoning episodes are removed from the file each year based on specified inclusion criteria. For a detailed explanation of the inclusion criteria by year, see Table B.

Each injury and poisoning question has a variable associated with it that may or may not be included on an Injury Episode, Poisoning Episode, Verbatim Episode, Injury/Poisoning Episode, or Person public use file. To view a list by data year of all the questions, their respective public use variables, and information about the files in which the variables are located, see Table C.

 

Injury Episode File

In 1997-1999, injury episodes removed from the Injury Episode files included episodes with no information, episodes that did not occur within the reference period, duplicate episodes, and episodes consisting solely of health conditions that could not be classified according to nature-of-injury codes 800-959 or 980-999 of the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM). In 1997, there were two instances where the respondent reported a person as having more than four injury episodes. In 1998, there was one instance where the respondent reported a person as having five injury episodes. In 1999, there were five instances where the respondent reported a person as having more than four injury episodes. Because the NHIS only collected detailed information on the four most recent injury episodes, information on additional injury episodes does not exist.

 

Poison Episode File

In 1997-1999, poisoning episodes removed from the Poison Episode files included episodes with no information, episodes that did not occur within the reference period, duplicate episodes, and episodes that involved illnesses such as poison ivy or food poisoning which are excluded from the survey definition of poisoning. In 1997 there were two instances where the respondent reported a person as having more than four poisoning episodes. Because the NHIS only collected detailed information on the four most recent poisoning episodes, information on these additional poisoning episodes does not exist.

After reviewing the edited 1997-1999 poisoning data, it was discovered that in 1997 there were 47 episodes, in 1998 there were 33 episodes, and in 1999 there were 28 episodes coded “06″ (Something else) for question FIJ.340 (POITP) that did not meet the criteria for poisoning. Rather than remove these episodes, a new variable (POITPR2) was created for each year that contained the original categories in variable POITP and added additional categories that could be used to classify those episodes that may not have been poisonings. Those episodes for each year were recoded to values “07″ (“Allergic/adverse reaction to medication or other substance”) or “08″ (“Something else – NOT poisoning”). The latter value includes such things as spraying paint or hair spray into the eyes, chemotherapy, and sun poisoning.

 

Injury Verbatim File and Verbatim Injury/Poisoning Episode File

The 1997-1999 Injury Verbatim files contain the edited narrative text descriptions, provided by the respondent, for the injury, including the body part injured, the kind of injury, and a description of how the injury happened. The 2000-2003 Verbatim Injury/Poisoning Episode files contain edited narrative text descriptions of the injury or poisoning provided by the respondent, including the body part injured or poisoned, the kind of injury or poisoning, and a description of how the injury or poisoning happened. The 2004-present Verbatim Injury/Poisoning Episode file contains edited narrative text descriptions of the injury or poisoning provided by the respondent and includes a description of how the injury or poisoning happened and “other specified” responses for the body part injured, the kind of injury, the place the person received medical care, the cause of the poisoning, and the activity at the time of the injury/poisoning. The pre-edited responses are “verbatim” only insofar as the interviewer could write them down and condense them to fit the field size. Editing was done only to protect the injured person’s confidentiality. Text descriptions used to replace any original noncompliant text are surrounded by arrow brackets ( < > ). Grammatical and/or spelling errors were not corrected. Beginning in 1998, the codes of “R,” which represents “Refused;” “D” or “DK,” which represent “Don’t know;” and “N,” which represents “No more information” have also been left in the file.

 

Injury/Poisoning Episode File

Beginning in 2000, the Injury Episode file and the Poisoning Episode file no longer existed as separate files. Instead, one file was created from the survey data that contained information about both injuries and poisonings. During the 2000-2003 data editing process, as in previous years, some injury and poisoning episodes were removed from the files. These included episodes with no information regarding cause, date and place of occurrence, etc., episodes that did not occur within the reference period, and duplicate episodes. In addition, injury episodes were removed if they consisted solely of health conditions that could not be classified according to nature-of-injury codes 800-999 of the ICD-9-CM. Also, as in previous years, respondents reported episodes that they considered poisonings (e.g., food poisoning and allergic reactions) but that are not considered poisonings based on the ICD-9-CM. These types of episodes are still included in the file but are now covered by question FIJ.195 (POITP) under categories “06” (food poisoning) and “07” (allergic reaction).

During the 2004-present data editing process, the NHIS staff continued to remove injury and poisoning episodes with no information regarding cause, date and place of occurrence, etc., and duplicate episodes. In addition, in 2004, episodes were removed if they consisted solely of health conditions that could not be classified according to nature-of- injury codes 800-909.2, 909.4, 909.9, 910-994.9, 995.5-995.59, and 995.80-995.85 of the ICD-9-CM. For the 2005-present data, episodes were removed if they consisted solely of health conditions that could not be classified according to nature-of- injury codes 800-909.2, 909.4, 909.9, 910-994.9, 995.5-995.59, and 995.80-995.85 of the ICD-9-CM and did not have at least one external cause of injury code of E800-E848, E850-E869.9, E880-E929.0, or E950-E999. As in previous years, respondents reported episodes that they considered poisonings (e.g., food poisoning and allergic reactions) but that are not considered poisonings based on the ICD-9-CM. These types of episodes were included in the 1997-2003 data files. Beginning in 2004 and continuing through to the present, episodes that are not considered poisonings based on ICD-9-CM are no longer included in the Injury/Poisoning Episode data files.

 

1957-1996

 

Background for Data Processing

Prior to 1997, the NHIS was conducted using a paper questionnaire. Interviewers recorded the responses, including verbatims, the source(s) of the injury response within the questionnaire (e.g., INJ for the two-week injury question or RA for restricted activity days), and the names of conditions as they arose on the form (see below). Once the paper questionnaire was transmitted to the NCHS staff, much of the other information was keyed into mainframe computers. However, the condition information, including the original listing in C2 (see below) and the information entered on the condition page, first underwent a separate process of ICD coding by trained staff.

Top of pre-1997 NHIS paper core questionnaire showing boxes where condition sources were marked

The core questions that generated injury condition records, including the question that explicitly asked about injuries in the previous two weeks, were atypical in that they did not appear as variables on the person files. They existed in the questionnaire as probes for disability days, doctor visits, and hospitalizations as well as injuries but were not keyed into the electronic record. For each condition recorded in the questionnaire booklet, a separate condition page (and record) was generated and an ICD (International Classification of Diseases) code, and in later years an E-code (external cause code), was assigned. The respondent was asked similar questions for each condition, with two exceptions. For conditions elicited by the list of generally chronic conditions asked in that household, an additional set of questions were asked, and, for those conditions resulting from an accident, a different set of questions was added. For injuries, also recorded was whether that condition was the first (or only) injury resulting from an accident or whether it was one of multiple conditions from the same injury episode. This was used to discriminate between multiple injuries from a single episode or single injuries from separate episodes (see below). For the second and additional injuries from the same episode, the “8 Other” box would be checked.

From pre-1997 NHIS core condition page showing boxes where 'first' injuries were marked to distinguish from other injuries and conditions

 

Editing Process

As mentioned above, from 1963 through 1996, much of the information collected on the core condition page was not keyed into the record. This included the name of the condition and the part(s) of the body injured; these entries were used only to assign the correct ICD code. Note that the 7th revision of the ICD codes was used from 1963 to 1968, the 8th revision from 1969 through 1988, and the 9th revision from 1989 through 1996. The data that were keyed and remained in the record included the place and cause of the injury and whether or not medical services were used and when. In the process of entering the data, staff was trained to merge duplicate records or to create additional records when separate injuries were not entered by the interviewer.

Once keyed, the only editing was to delete entries not corresponding to skip patterns and to assign a code to inappropriate or missing data. Responses falling outside the code categories for a question were given an “Unknown” code. It was not until later years in this period that this unknown category was differentiated into refused, don’t know, and not ascertained (missing but should have been answered) and, until 1997, this distinction appeared only in supplements.

Before 1969, in all sections of the data files, some variable values contained special characters such as “&”, “X”, and “-“ which usually represented not reported/no entry or unknown but could represent legitimate response codes. These were virtually always codes created in the coding instructions and used by staff coders rather than printed labels for the categories on the questionnaire. Many of these characters were used to avoid adding an additional column to the keying because space was a major concern in the early days of the mainframe computers.

There is a major exception to the use of “X” mentioned above; the 7th revision ICD codes had no provision for many of the existing conditions that the NHIS terms “impairments”. These impairments include such conditions as blindness, missing limbs, etc., some of which were caused by injuries. In order to code these conditions, most of which were chronic and had occurred more than three months previously, the NHIS created a series of two-digit codes preceded by an “X” to describe the nature of the impairment. It also included a fourth decimal suffix that designated a cause; “0” meant that it was caused by an injury. Each year some of these injury-caused impairments were acute in terms of time but coded as chronic because they were “permanent”, such as limbs amputated in an accident. Even though later versions of the ICD codes did have outcome codes for these conditions, the NHIS continued to use its own X-codes through 1996.

Supplemental questionnaires that addressed accidents and injuries, both those causing actual injuries and those that dealt with preventing injuries, were handled very differently. Typically, all data were keyed and remained on the file with little or no editing other than “enforcing” skip patterns and assigning “unknown” codes.

 

Table A. Injury and Poisoning Recoded Variables, Variable Labels, Source Variables, and File Locations by Year: National Health Interview Survey, 1997-present

 

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File location of variables
Year Variable Variable label Source variables Person Injury Episode Poisoning Episode Verbatim Episode Injury/Poisoning Episode

1997-1999

DAY

Day of week of injury

IJDATE_M, IJDATE_D, IJDATE_Y

X

2000-2003

DAY

Day of week of injury/poisoning

IJDATE_M, IJDATE_D, IJDATE_Y

X

2004

Variable no longer included in the file

1997-1999

PDAY

Day of week of poisoning

POIDTEM, POIDTED, POIDTEY

X

2000-2003

PDAY is replaced with DAY

Day of week of injury/poisoning

IJDATE_M, IJDATE_D, IJDATE_Y

X

2004

Variable no longer included in the file

1997-1999

RPCKDM

Time between interview and injury date

RPCKD, RPCKM

X

2000-2003

RPCKDM

Time between interview and injury/poisoning date

RPCKD, RPCKM

X

2004-present

RPCKDMR

Time between the date of the injury/poisoning episode and the date the injury/poisoning questions were asked

RPCKD, RPCKM

X

1997-1999

RPCKDMP

Time between interview and poisoning date

RPCKDP, RPCKMP

X

2000-2003

RPCKDMP is replaced with RPCKDM

Time between interview and injury/poisoning date

RPCKD, RPCKM

X

2004-present

RPCKDMR

Time between the date of the injury/poisoning episode and the date the injury/poisoning questions were asked

RPCKD, RPCKM

X

1997-1999

ECAUS

Cause of injury based on E codes

ECODE_1

X

2000-2003

ECAUSNEW

Cause of injury/poisoning based on E codes

ECODE_1

X

2004-present

ECAUS

Cause of injury/poisoning based on E codes

ECODE_1

X

1997-1999

ECAUS1CT
ECAUS2CT
ECAUS3CT
ECAUS4CT
ECAUS5CT
ECAUS6CT
ECAUS7CT
ECAUS8CT
ECAUS9CT

Number of times injured by transportation
Number of times injured by burn/scald
Number of times injured by fall
Number of times injured by overexertion
Number of times injured by being struck
Number of times injured by animal/insect
Number of times injured by cut/pierce
Number of times injured by machinery
Number of times injured by other

ECAUS

X

2000

Variables no longer included in the file

1997-1999

WHAT1CT
WHAT2CT
WHAT3CT
WHAT4CT
WHAT5CT
WHAT6CT
WHAT7CT
WHAT8CT
WHAT9CT
WHAT10CT
WHAT11CT

Number of times injured driving
Number of times injured working at paid job
Number of times injured working around the house
Number of times injured attending school
Number of times injured doing unpaid work
Number of times injured playing sports
Number of times injured during leisure activity
Number of times injured resting, eating
Number of times injured cooking
Number of times injured being cared for
Number of times injured doing other things

WHAT1 – WHAT11

X

2000

Variables no longer included in the file

1997-1999

WHER1CT
WHER2CT
WHER3CT
WHER4CT
WHER5CT
WHER6CT
WHER7CT
WHER8CT
WHER9CT
WHER10CT
WHER11CT
WHER12CT
WHER13CT
WHER14CT
WHER15CT
WHER16CT
WHER17CT
WHER18CT

Number of times injured inside home
Number of times injured outside home
Number of times injured at school
Number of times injured at child care center
Number of times injured in residential facility
Number of times injured in health care facility
Number of times injured on street/highway
Number of times injured in parking lot
Number of times injured at sport facility
Number of times injured at trade service areas
Number of times injured on farm
Number of times injured at park/recreation area
Number of times injured at river/lake/ocean
Number of times injured at swimming pool
Number of times injured at construction area
Number of times injured in mine or quarry
Number of times injured in other public building
Number of times injured in other place

WHER1 – WHER18

X

2000

Variables no longer included in the file

1997-1999

ICD9_1 – ICD9_4

ICD-9-CM diagnosis code

Codes were assigned according to responses given to questions FIJ.050 to FIJ.220

X

2000-2003

ICD9_1 – ICD9_4

ICD-9-CM diagnosis code

Codes were assigned according to responses given to questions FIJ.050 to FIJ.221

X

2004-2007

ICD9_1 – ICD9_8

ICD-9-CM diagnosis code

Codes were assigned according to responses given to questions FIJ.060_00.000 to FIJ.079_00.000 and FIJ.109_00.000 to FIJ.160_02.000

X

1997-1999

ECODE_1 – ECODE_3

ICD-9-CM external cause code

Codes were assigned according to responses given to questions FIJ.050 to FIJ.220

X

2000-2003

ECODE_1 – ECODE_3

ICD-9-CM external cause code

Codes were assigned according to responses given to questions FIJ.050 to FIJ.221

X

2004-present

ECODE_1 – ECODE_3

ICD-9-CM external cause code

Codes were assigned according to responses given to questions FIJ.060_00.000 to FIJ.079_00.000 and FIJ.109_00.000 to FIJ.160_02.000

X

2004-present

RPD

Days between the date of the injury/poisoning episode and the date the injury/poisoning questions were asked

IPDATEM, IPDATED, IPDATEY, IPDATENO, IPDATETP, IPDATEMT, IJDATE

X

2004-present

BIETD

Lower boundary of elapsed time interval in days

IPDATEM, IPDATED, IPDATEY, IPDATENO, IPDATETP, IPDATEMT, IJDATE

X

2004-present

EIETD

Upper boundary of elapsed time interval in days

IPDATEM, IPDATED, IPDATEY, IPDATENO, IPDATETP, IPDATEMT, IJDATE

X

2004-present

EDIPBR

Episode date information reported by the respondent

IPDATEM, IPDATED, IPDATEY, IPDATENO, IPDATETP, IPDATEMT

X

2004-present

IMPMETH

Imputed part of I/P date or elapsed time interval

IPDATEM, IPDATED, IPDATEY, IPDATENO, IPDATETP, IPDATEMT

X

2004-present

MUMON

Imputed month

IPDATEM, IPDATED, IPDATEY, IPDATENO, IPDATETP, IPDATEMT

X

2004-present

MUYEAR

Imputed year

IPDATEM, IPDATED, IPDATEY, IPDATENO, IPDATETP, IPDATEMT

X

2004-present

ETFLG

Elapsed time flag

RPD

X

2004-present

BEIFLG

Elapsed time interval boundary flag

RPD, BIETD, EIETD

X

 

Table B. Injury and Poisoning Episode Inclusion Criteria by Year: National Health Interview Survey, 1997-present

 

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Inclusion Criteria
Year First Second Third

1997

Each injury and/or poisoning episode must have required medical advice or treatment

Each injury and/or poisoning episode must have occurred within 99 days or four months of the interview

Injury file: Each episode must have at least one injury classified according to the nature-of-injury codes 800-959 or 980-999 in the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM)
Poisoning file:

1998

Same as 1997

Each injury and/or poisoning episode must have occurred within 104 days or four months of the interview

Same as 1997

1999

Same as 1997

Each injury and/or poisoning episode must have occurred within 105 days or four months of the interview

Same as 1997

2000

Same as 1997

Same as 1998

Each episode must have at least one injury condition or poisoning classified according to the nature-of-injury codes 800-999 in the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM)

2001

Same as 1997

Same as 1998

Same as 2000

2002

Same as 1997

Same as 1998

Same as 2000

2003

Same as 1997

Same as 1998

Same as 2000

2004

Each injury and/or poisoning episode was serious enough that a medical professional was consulted

Each injury and/or poisoning episode must have reportedly occurred during the past 3 months based on responses to family level questions FIJ.010_01 to FIJ.028_00.000

Each episode must have at least one injury condition or poisoning classified according to the nature-of-injury codes 800-909.2, 909.4, 909.9, 910-994.9, 995.5-995.59, and 995.80-995.85 in the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM)

2005

Same as 2004

Same as 2004

Each episode must have at least one injury condition or poisoning classified according to the nature-of-injury codes 800-909.2, 909.4, 909.9, 910-994.9, 995.5-995.59, and 995.80-995.85 in the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM) and one external cause of injury code of E800-E848, E850-E869.9, E880-E929.9, or E950-E999

2006-present

Same as 2004

Same as 2004

Same as 2005

* Inclusion criteria are the conditions (required medical attention, occurred with a certain period of time, and consisted of specified ICD-9-CM nature-of-injury codes and/or external cause codes) an injury or poisoning episode must meet to be included in the appropriate files.

 

Table C. Injury and Poisoning Questions, Variables, and File Locations by Year: National Health Interview Survey, 1997-present

 

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File location of variables
Year Question ID Question Public use variables Person Injury Episode Poisoning Episode Verbatim Episode Injury/Poisoning Episode

1997-1999

FIJ.010

Injuries are a major health problem. In order to develop new ways to help prevent both accidental and intentional injuries, we need to know more about them. In this next set of questions, I will ask about injuries that happened in the past 3 months; Note here that we are only interested in injuries that required medical advice or treatment.
DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, that is since {91 days before today’s date}, {were/was} {you/anyone in the family} injured seriously enough that {you/they} got medical advice or treatment?

Not applicable

2000-2003

FIJ.010

In this next set of questions, I will ask about INJURIES AND POISONINGS that happened in the PAST THREE MONTHS; that REQUIRED MEDICAL ADVICE OR TREATMENT, including calls to a poison control center.
DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, that is since {91 days before today’s date}, {were/was} {you/anyone in the family} injured or poisoned seriously enough that {you/they} got medical advice or treatment?

Not applicable

2004-present

FIJ.010_01.000

The next set of questions is about INJURIES AND POISONINGS. People can be injured or poisoned unexpectedly, accidentally or on purpose. They may have hurt themselves or others may have caused them to be hurt.
DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, that is since [fill1: (date 91 days before today’s date)], [fill2: did you/did you or anyone in your family] have an injury where any part of [fill3: your/the] body was hurt, for example, with a [fill4: (random set of injury examples)]?

Not applicable

1997-1999

FIJ.020

Who was this? (Anyone else?)

PINJ3MR

X

2000-present

FIJ.012_00.000

Who was this? (Anyone else?)

Not applicable

2004-present

FIJ.014_00.000

DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, how many different times [fill: were you/was ALIAS] injured?

Not applicable

2004-present

FIJ.016_00.000

Did [fill1: you /ALIAS] talk to or see a medical professional about [fill2: any of these injuries/this injury/your injury or injuries/his injury or injuries/her injury or injuries]?

Not applicable

1997-1999

FIJ.030

How many different times in the past three months {were/was} {you/subject’s name} injured seriously enough to seek medical advice?

INJCT

X

2000

FIJ.030

How many different times in the PAST THREE MONTHS did {you/subject’s name} SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE because {you/subject’s name} {were/was} injured or poisoned?

Not applicable

2001-2003

FIJ.030

How many different times in the PAST THREE MONTHS {were/was} {you/subject’s name} injured or poisoned seriously enough to seek medical advice or treatment?

Not applicable

2004-present

FIJ.018_00.000

Of [fill1: the number of times reported in question FIJ.014_00.000/all the] times that [fill2: you were/ALIAS was] injured, how many of those times was the injury serious enough that a medical professional was consulted?

Not applicable

1997-1999

FIJ.040

If only one injury: When did {subject’s name} injury happen?
If more than one injury: Now I’m going to ask a few question about {subject’s name} most recent injury. When did that injury happen? We just talked about {subject’s name} injury on {recent injury date}. When did {subject’s name} injury BEFORE THAT happen?

IJDATE_M
IJDATE_Y
DAY

X

2000-2003

FIJ.040

If only one injury/poisoning: Now I’m going to ask a few questions about {your/subject’s name}’s most recent injury/poisoning. When did it happen?
If there are additional injuries/poisonings: We just talked about {your/subject’s name}’s injury/poisoning on {recent injury/poisoning date}. When did {your/subject’s name}’s injury/poisoning BEFORE THAT happen?

IJDATE_M
IJDATE_Y
DAY

X

2004-present

FIJ.050_01.000
FIJ.050_02.000
FIJ.050_03.000

{if only 1 injury/poisoning episode for the person}: When did [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill2: injury/poisoning] happen for which a medical professional was consulted?
{first of multiple injury/poisoning episodes for the person}: Now I’m going to ask a few questions about the [fill3: the number of times injured/poisoned reported in question FIJ.018_00.00/FIJ.028_00.000] times [fill4: you were/ALIAS was[fill5: injured/poisoned] for which a medical professional was consulted. Starting with the most recent time, when did this [fill2: injury/poisoning] happen?
{second plus of multiple injury/poisoning episodes for the person}: You just told me about [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill6: (month, day of previous event)] [fill7:most recent/second most recent/third most recent/fourth most recent][fill2: injury/poisoning]. What was the date of the [fill2: injurybefore that for which a medical professional was consulted?

IPDATEM
IPDATEY

X

2004-present

FIJ.051_01.000
FIJ.051_02.000

Can you tell me approximately how long ago [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill2: injury/poisoning] happened?
Enter number for time since event.
Enter number for time period since event.

IPDATENO
IPDATETP

X

2004-present

FIJ.052_00.000

Was this in the beginning of [fill: month reported in question FIJ.050_01.000] the middle of [fill: month reported in question FIJ.050_01.000], or the end of [fill: month reported in question FIJ.050_01.000]?

IPDATEMT

X

2000-2003

FIJ.045

Where did {you/subject’s name} receive MEDICAL ADVICE OR TREATMENT for this injury/poisoning? Anywhere else? (Mark all that apply)

IJMED_2 – IJMED_7

X

2004

This became separate questions. The same information or similar information is now found in questions FIJ.080_1.000 – FIJ.081_00.00

2004-present

FIJ.080_02.000

Did [fill1: you/ALIAS] get MEDICAL ADVICE, TREATMENT, or FOLLOW-UP CARE for this [fill2: injury/poisoning] from… An emergency vehicle, such as an ambulance or fire truck?

IPEV

X

2004-present

FIJ.080_03.000

Did [fill1: you/ALIAS] get MEDICAL ADVICE, TREATMENT, or FOLLOW-UP CARE for this [fill2: injury/poisoning]… A visit to an emergency room?

IPER

X

2004-present

FIJ.080_04.000

Did [fill1: you/ALIAS] get MEDICAL ADVICE, TREATMENT, or FOLLOW-UP CARE for this [fill2: injury/poisoning]… A visit to a doctor’s office or other health clinic?

IPDO

X

2004-present

FIJ.080_05.000

Did [fill1: you/ALIAS] get MEDICAL ADVICE, TREATMENT, or FOLLOW-UP CARE for this [fill2: injury/poisoning]… A phone call to a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional?

IPPCHCP

X

2004-present

FIJ.080_06.000

Did [fill1: you/ALIAS] get MEDICAL ADVICE, TREATMENT, or FOLLOW-UP CARE for this [fill2: injury/poisoning]… Any place else?

IPOTH

X

2004-present

FIJ.081_00.000

Where else did [fill1: you/ALIAS get MEDICAL ADVICE, TREATMENT, or FOLLOW-UP CARE for this [fill2: injury/poisoning]?

IPOTHOS

X

2004-present

FIJ.082_00.000

[fill1: You/ALIAS] DID NOT receive any medical advice, treatment, or follow-up for this [fill2: injury/poisoning]. Is that correct?

Not applicable

1997-1999

FIJ.050

At the time of the injury, what part(s) of {subject’s name} body was hurt? What kind of injury was it? Anything else?

IJBODY1 – IJBODY4 IJKIND1 – IJKIND4

X

2000-2003

FIJ.050

At the time, what part(s) of {your/subject’s name}’s body was/were hurt? What kind of injury/poisoning was it? Anything else?

IJBODY1 – IJBODY4 IJKIND1 – IJKIND4

X

2004

This became separate questions that only ask about injuries. This injury information can now be found in questions FIJ.070_00.000 – FIJ.079_00.000.

2004-present

FIJ.070_00.000

In this injury, what parts of [fill: your/ALIAS’s] body were hurt? (Record up to 4 responses)

IJBODY1 – IJBODY4

X

2004-present

FIJ.071_00.000

What other parts of the body were hurt?

IJBODYOS

X

2004-present

FIJ.072_00.000

In what way was [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill2: first recorded response to question FIJ.070_00.000 or response to question FIJ.071_00.000] hurt? (Record up to 2 responses)

IJTYPE1A
IJTYPE1B

X

2004-present

FIJ.073_00.000

How was [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill2: first recorded response to question FIJ.070_00.000 or response to question FIJ.071_00.000] hurt?

IJTYP1OS

X

2004-present

FIJ.074_00.000

In what way was [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill2: second recorded response to question FIJ.070_00.000 or response to question FIJ.071_00.000] hurt? (Record up to 2 responses)

IJTYPE2A
IJTYPE2B

X

2004-present

FIJ.075_00.000

How was [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill2: second recorded response to question FIJ.070_00.000 or response to question FIJ.071_00.000] hurt?

IJTYP2OS

X

2004-present

FIJ.076_00.000

In what way was [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill2: third recorded response to question FIJ.070_00.000 or response to question FIJ.071_00.000] hurt? (Record up to 2 responses)

IJTYPE3A
IJTYPE3B

X

2004-present

FIJ.077_00.000

How was [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill2: third recorded response to question FIJ.070_00.000 or response to question FIJ.071_00.000] hurt?

IJTYP3OS

X

2004-present

FIJ.078_00.000

In what way was [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill2: fourth recorded response to question FIJ.070_00.000 or response to question FIJ.071_00.000] hurt? (Record up to 2 responses)

IJTYPE4A
IJTYPE4B

X

2004-present

FIJ.079_00.000

How was [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill2: fourth recorded response to question FIJ.070_00.000 or response to question FIJ.071_00.000] hurt?

IJTYP4OS

X

1997-1999

FIJ.070

How did {subject’s name} injury(s) happen? Please describe fully the circumstances or events leading to the injury(s), and any object, substance, or other person involved.

IJHOW1 – IJHOW4

X

2000-2003

FIJ.070

How did {your/subject’s name}’s injury/poisoning happen? Please describe fully the circumstances or events leading to the injury/poisoning, and any object, substance, or other person involved.

IJHOW1 – IJHOW4

X

2004-present

FIJ.060_00.000

[fill1: How did [fill2: your/ALIAS’s] [fill3: injury/poisoning] on [fill4: response to questions FIJ.050_01.000 and FIJ.050_02.000 (starting with most recent if multiple)] happen?/How did this [fill3: injury/poisoning] happen?] Please describe fully the circumstances or events leading to the [fill3: injury/poisoning], and any objects, substances, or other people involved.

IPHOW

X

1997-1999

FIJ.080

This is not a question. The FR is asked to select from a list the one that best describes the person’s injury.

CAUS

X

2000-2003

FIJ.080

This is not a question. The FR is asked to select from a list the one that best describes the person’s injury.

CAUSNEW

X

2004-present

FIJ.065_00.000

This is not a question. The FR is asked to select from a list the one that best describes the person’s injury.

ICAUS

X

2004-present

FIJ.109_00.000

Did this accident occur on a public highway, street, or road?

IMTRAF

X

1997-1999

FIJ.090

{Were/Was} {you/subject’s name} injured as the driver of a vehicle, a passenger in a vehicle, a bicycle rider, or as a pedestrian?

MVWHO

X

2000-2003

FIJ.090

{Were/Was} {you/subject’s name} injured as the driver of a vehicle, a passenger in a vehicle, a bicycle rider, or as a pedestrian?

MVWHO

X

2004-present

FIJ.110_00.000

[fill: Were you/Was ALIAS] injured as:

IMVWHO

X

1997-1999

FIJ.100

What type of vehicle {were/was} {you/subject’s name} in?

MVTYP

X

2000-2003

FIJ.100

What type of vehicle {were/was} {you/subject’s name} in?

MVTYP

X

2004-present

FIJ.111_00.000

What type of vehicle {were/was} {you/subject’s name} in?

IMVTYP

X

1997-1999

FIJ.120

If age is greater than 4 years: {Were/Was} {you/subject’s name} wearing a safety belt at the time of the accident?
If age is less than 5 years: {Were/Was} {you/subject’s name} buckled in a car safety seat at the time of the accident?

SBELT

X

2000-2003

FIJ.120

If age is greater than 4 years: {Were/Was} {you/subject’s name} wearing a safety belt at the time of the accident?
If age is less than 5 years: {Were/Was} {you/subject’s name} buckled in a car safety seat at the time of the accident?

SBELT

X

2004-present

FIJ.112_00.000

[fill: Were you/Was ALIAS] restrained at the time of the accident?

ISBELT

X

1997-1999

FIJ.130

{Were/Was} {you/subject’s name} wearing a helmet at the time of the accident?

HELMT

X

2000-2003

FIJ.130

{Were/Was} {you/subject’s name} wearing a helmet at the time of the accident?

HELMT

X

2004-present

FIJ.113_00.000

{Were/Was} {you/subject’s name} wearing a helmet at the time of the accident?

IHELMT

X

1997-1999

FIJ.140

What type of vehicle {were/was} {you/subject’s name} struck by?

MVHIT

X

2000-2003

FIJ.140

What type of vehicle {were/was} {you/subject’s name} struck by?

MVHIT

X

2004

Question no longer included in the survey.

1997-1999

FIJ.150

What was it that burned/scalded {you/subject’s name}? IF RESPONSE IS FIRE OR SMOKE ASK: What caused the fire/smoke?

BURN

X

2000-2003

FIJ.150

What was it that burned/scalded {you/subject’s name}? IF RESPONSE IS FIRE OR SMOKE ASK: What caused the fire/smoke?

BURN

X

2004

Question no longer included in the survey.

1997-1999

FIJ.160

What body of water was involved?

WATER

X

2000

Question no longer included in the survey.

1997

FIJ.170

How did {you/subject’s name} fall? Anything else? (Record up to 2 responses)

FALL1 – FALL14

X

1998-1999

FIJ.170

How did {you/subject’s name} fall? Anything else? (Record up to 2 responses)

FALL_1
FALL_2
FALL1 – FALL14

X

2000-2003

FIJ.171

How did {you/subject’s name} fall? Anything else? (Record up to 2 responses)

FALLNEW1
FALLNEW2
FALLN1 – FALLN10

X

2004-present

FIJ.130_00.000

How did {you/subject’s name} fall? Anything else? (Record up to 2 responses)

IFALL1
IFALL2

X

1997-1999

FIJ.180

What caused {you/subject’s name} to fall? Was it due to:

FWHY

X

2000-2003

FIJ.180

What caused {you/subject’s name} to fall? Was it due to:

FWHY

X

2004-present

FIJ.131_00.000

What caused [fill: you/ALIAS] to fall?

IFALLWHY

X

1997-1999

FIJ.190

What kind of gun was it?

GUNTP

X

2000

Question no longer included in the survey.

2000-2003

FIJ.191

What type of animal or insect bit {you/subject’s name}?

ANIMAL

X

2004

Question no longer included in the survey.

1997

FIJ.200

What {were/was} {you/subject’s name} doing when the injury(s) happened? (Record up to 2 responses)

WHAT1 – WHAT11

X

WHAT1CT – WHAT11CT

X

1998-1999

FIJ.200

What {were/was} {you/subject’s name} doing when the injury(s) happened? (Record up to 2 responses)

WHAT_1
WHAT_2
WHAT1 – WHAT11

X

WHAT1CT – WHAT11CT

X

2000-2003

FIJ.200

What {were/was} {you/subject’s name} doing when the injury/poisoning happened? (Record up to 2 responses)

WHAT_1
WHAT_2
WHAT1 – WHAT11

X

2004-present

FIJ.150_00.000

What activity [fill1: were you/was ALIAS] involved in at the time of the [fill2: injury/poisoning]? (Record up to 2 responses)

IPWHAT1
IPWHAT2

X

2004-present

FIJ.151_00.000

What other activity [fill1: were you/was ALIAS] involved in at the time of the [fill2: inury/poisoning]?

IPWHATOT

X

1997

FIJ.220

Where (were/was} {you/subject’s name} when the injury(s) happened? (Record up to 2 responses)

WHER1 – WHER18

X

WHER1CT – WHER18CT

X

1998-1999

FIJ.220

Where (were/was} {you/subject’s name} when the injury(s) happened? (Record up to 2 responses)

WHER_1
WHER_2
WHER1 – WHER18

X

WHER1CT – WHER18CT

X

2000-2003

FIJ.221

Where (were/was} {you/subject’s name} when the injury/poisoning happened? (Record up to 2 responses)

WHERNEW1
WHERNEW2
WHERN1 – WHERN16

X

2004-present

FIJ.160_00.000

Where (were/was} {you/subject’s name} when the injury/poisoning happened? (Record up to 2 responses)

IPWHER1
IPWHER2

X

1997-1999

FIJ.240

{Were/Was} {you/subject’s name} hospitalized for at least one night as a result of this injury/these injuries?

IHOSP

X

2000-2003

No longer a separate question. Now included as a response category for question FIJ.045

2004-present

FIJ.090_00.000

F1[fill1: Were you/Was ALIAS] hospitalized for at least one night as a result of this [fill2: injury/poisoning]?

IPHOSP

X

1997-1999

FIJ.250

How many nights {were/was} {you/subject’s name} in the hospital?

IHNO

X

2000-2003

FIJ.047

How many nights {were/was} {you/subject’s name} in the hospital?

IHNO

X

2004-present

FIJ.091_00.000

How many nights {were/was} {you/subject’s name} in the hospital?

IPIHNO

X

2004-present

FIJ.170_00.000

At the time of this [fill1: injury/poisoning], [fill2: were you/was ALIAS] employed full-time, part-time, or not employed?

IPEMP

X

1997-1999

FIJ.260

As a result of this injury/these injuries, how much work did{you/subject’s name} miss?

WKLS

X

2000-2003

FIJ.260

As a result of this injury/poisoning, how much work did {you/subject’s name} miss?

WKLS

X

2004-present

FIJ.171_00.000

As a result of this [fill1: injury/poisoning], how many days of work did [fill2: you/ALIAS] miss?

IPWKLS

X

2004-present

FIJ.180_00.000

At the time of this [fill1: injury/poisoning], [fill2: were you/was ALIAS] a full-time student, part-time student or not a student?

IPSTU

X

1997-1999

FIJ.270

As a result of this injury/these injuries, how much school did {you/subject’s name} miss?

SCLS

X

2000-2003

FIJ.270

As a result of this injury/poisoning, how much school did {you/subject’s name} miss?

SCLS

X

2004-present

FIJ.181_00.000

As a result of this [fill1: injury/poisoning], how many days of school did [fill2: you/ALIAS] miss?

IPSCLS

X

1997-1999

FIJ.280

As a result of this injury/theses injuries {do/does}{you/subject’s name} now need the help of other persons with {your/his/her} personal care needs, such as eating, bathing, dressing or getting around this home?

IJADL

X

2000-2003

FIJ.280

As a result of this injury/poisoning {do/does}{you/subject’s name} now need the help of other persons with {your/his/her} personal care needs, such as eating, bathing, dressing, or getting around this home?

IJADL

X

2004

Question no longer included in the survey.

1997-1999

FIJ.285

Do you expect {you/subject’s name} will need this help for a total of 6 months or longer?

LIMTM

X

2000-2003

FIJ.285

Do you expect {you/subject’s name} will need this help for a total of 6 months or longer?

LIMTM

X

2004

Question no longer included in the survey.

1997-1999

FIJ.290

As a result of this injury/these injuries {do/does} {you/subject’s name} now need the help of other persons in handling routine needs such as everyday household chores, doing necessary business, shopping or getting around for other purposes?

IJIAD

X

2000-2003

FIJ.290

As a result of this injury/poisoning {do/does} {you/subject’s name} now need the help of other persons in handling routine needs such as everyday household chores, doing necessary business, shopping or getting around for other purposes?

IJIAD

X

2004

Question no longer included in the survey.

1997-1999

FIJ.295

Do you expect {you/subject’s name} will need this help for a total of 6 months or longer?

HLIMT

X

2000-2003

FIJ.295

Do you expect {you/subject’s name} will need this help for a total of 6 months or longer?

HLIMT

X

2004

Question no longer included in the survey.

1997-1999

FIJ.300

The next questions are about POISONING, which includes coming into contact with harmful substances, and overdose or wrong use of any drug or medication. Do not include any illnesses such as poison ivy or food poisoning. DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, that is since {91 days before today’s date}, did {you/anyone in the family} have a poisoning that caused someone to seek medical advice or treatment, including calls to a poison control center?

Not applicable

2000-2003

FIJ.010

In this next set of questions, I will ask about INJURIES AND POISONINGS that happened in the PAST THREE MONTHS; that REQUIRED MEDICAL ADVICE OR TREATMENT, including calls to a poison control center.
DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, that is since {91 days before today’s date}, {were/was} {you/anyone in the family} injured or poisoned seriously enough that {you/they} got medical advice or treatment?

Not applicable

2004-present

FIJ.020_00.000

DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, that is since [fill1: (date 91 days before today’s date)], [fill2: were you/was anyone in your family] poisoned by swallowing or breathing in a harmful substance such as bleach, carbon monoxide, or too many pills or drugs? Do not include food poisoning, sun poisoning, or poison ivy rashes.

Not applicable

1997-1999

FIJ.310

Who was this? (Anyone else?)

PPOIS3MR

X

2000-2003

FIJ.020

Who was this? (Anyone else?)

Not applicable

2004-present

FIJ.022_00.000

Who was this? (Anyone else?)

Not applicable

2004-present

FIJ.024_00.000

DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, how many different times [fill: were you/was ALIAS] poisoned? Do not include food poisoning, sun poisoning, or poison ivy rashes.

Not applicable

2004-present

FIJ.026_00.000

Did [fill1: you /ALIAS] talk to or see a medical professional about [fill2: any of these poisonings/this poisoning/your poisoning or poisonings/his poisoning or poisonings/her poisoning or poisonings]?

Not applicable

1997-1999

FIJ.320

How many different times in the PAST THREE MONTHS {were/was}{you/subject’s name} poisoned?

POICT

X

2000

FIJ.030

How many different times in the PAST THREE MONTHS did {you/subject’s name} SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE because {you/subject’s name} {were/was} injured or poisoned?

Not applicable

2001-2003

FIJ.030

How many different times in the PAST THREE MONTHS {were/was} {you/subject’s name} injured or poisoned seriously enough to seek medical advice or treatment?

Not applicable

2004-present

FIJ.028_00.000

Of [fill1: the number of times reported in question FIJ.024_00.000/all the] times that [fill2: you were/ALIAS was] poisoned, how many of those times was the poisoning serious enough that a medical professional was consulted?

Not applicable

1997-1999

FIJ.330

If only one poisoning: When did {subject’s name} poisoning happen?
If more than one poisoning: Now I’m going to ask a few question about {subject’s name} most recent poisoning. When did that poisoning happen? We just talked about {subject’s name} poisoning on {recent poisoning date}. When did {subject’s name} poisoning BEFORE THAT happen?

POIDTEM
POIDTEY
PDAY

X

2000-2003

FIJ.040

If only one injury/poisoning: Now I’m going to ask a few questions about {your/subject’s name}’s most recent injury/poisoning. When did it happen?
If there are additional injuries/poisonings: We just talked about {your/subject’s name}’s injury/poisoning on {recent injury/poisoning date}. When did {your/subject’s name}’s injury/poisoning BEFORE THAT happen?

IJDATE_M
IJDATE_Y
DAY

X

2004-present

FIJ.050_01.000
FIJ.050_02.000
FIJ.050_03.000

{if only 1 injury/poisoning episode for the person}: When did [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill2: injury/poisoning] happen for which a medical professional was consulted?
{first of multiple injury/poisoning episodes for the person}: Now I’m going to ask a few questions about the [fill3: the number of times injured/poisoned reported in question FIJ.018_00.00/FIJ.028_00.000] times [fill4: you were/ALIAS was[fill5: injured/poisoned] for which a medical professional was consulted. Starting with the most recent time, when did this [fill2: injury/poisoning] happen?
{second plus of multiple injury/poisoning episodes for the person}: You just told me about [fill1: your/ALIAS’s] [fill6: (month, day of previous event)] [fill7:most recent/second most recent/third most recent/fourth most recent][fill2: injury/poisoning]. What was the date of the [fill2: injurybefore that for which a medical professional was consulted?

IPDATEM
IPDATEY

X

1997-1999

FIJ.340

Did {you/subject’s name} poisoning result from:

POITPR2

X

2000-2003

FIJ.195

Did {you/subject’s name} poisoning result from:

POITP

X

2004-present

FIJ.140_00.000

What did [fill: your/ALIAS’s] poisoning result from?

PPOIS

X

2004-present

FIJ.141_00.000

How did [fill: your/ALIAS’s] poisoning occur?

PPOISOS

X

1997-1999

FIJ.350

Not a question. Description of how the poisoning happened

Not applicable

2000-2003

FIJ.070

How did {your/subject’s name}’s injury/poisoning happen? Please describe fully the circumstances or events leading to the injury/poisoning, and any object, substance, or other person involved.

IJHOW1 – IJHOW4

X

2004-present

FIJ.060_00.000

[fill1: How did [fill2: your/ALIAS’s] [fill3: injury/poisoning] on [fill4: response to questions FIJ.050_01.000 and FIJ.050_02.000 (starting with most recent if multiple)] happen?/How did this [fill3: injury/poisoning] happen?] Please describe fully the circumstances or events leading to the [fill3: injury/poisoning], and any objects, substances, or other people involved.

IPHOW

X

1997-1999

FIJ.360

Did you or did someone else call a poison control center for advice in treating {subject’s name} poisoning?

POICC

X

2000-2003

Combined with injury question. No longer a separate question. Now included as a response category for question FIJ.045

2004-present

FIJ.080_01.000

Did [fill: you/ALIASget MEDICAL ADVICE, TREATMENT, or FOLLOW-UP CARE for this poisoning from.. A phone call to a poison control center?

PPCC

X

1997-1999

FIJ.370

{Were/Was} {you/subject’s name} hospitalized for at least one night as a result of this poisoning?

PHOSP

X

2000-2003

Combined with injury question. No longer a separate question. Now included as a response category for question FIJ.045

2004-present

FIJ.090_00.000

F1[fill1: Were you/Was ALIAS] hospitalized for at least one night as a result of this [fill2: injury/poisoning]?

IPHOSP

X

1997-1999

FIJ.380

How many nights {were/was} {you/subject’s name} in the hospital?

PHNO

X

2000-2003

FIJ.047

How many nights {were/was} {you/subject’s name} in the hospital?

IHNO

X

2004-present

FIJ.091_00.000

How many nights {were/was} {you/subject’s name} in the hospital?

IPIHNO

X

1997-1999

FIJ.400

As a result of this poisoning, how much work did {you/subject’s name} miss?

PWKLS

X

2000-2003

FIJ.260

As a result of this injury/poisoning, how much work did {you/subject’s name} miss?

WKLS

X

2004-present

FIJ.171_00.000

As a result of this [fill1: injury/poisoning], how many days of work did [fill2: you/ALIAS] miss?

IPWKLS

X

1997-1999

FIJ.410

As a result of this poisoning, how many days of school did {you/subject’s name} miss?

PSCLS

X

2000-2003

FIJ.270

As a result of this injury/poisoning, how much school did {you/subject’s name} miss?

SCLS

X

2004-present

FIJ.181_00.000

As a result of this [fill1: injury/poisoning], how many days of school did [fill2: you/ALIAS] miss?

IPSCLS

X
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