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Abstract
A Geographic Look at Traumatic Self-Inflicted Injuries and SuicidesTrack: Health and Human Services
Author(s): Patricia Akers, Clint Garrison, Leslie Uppledger Ray
This presentation will look at the correlation between location and severe injury and death due to traumatic suicide and
self-inflicted injuries in San Diego County. This will be a practical overview of integrating health data with GIS technology. Data will be abstracted from the San Diego County Trauma Registry and Medical Examiner's data. Maps will include rates of severe injury and death by San Diego County communities by mechanism of injury: gunshot, stab/pierce, jump, and other traumatic self-inflicted injuries. The purpose of this study is to identify high-risk areas and/or populations.
Patricia Akers
County of San Diego
6255 Mission Gorge Road
San Diego, CA 92120
USA
Phone: 619-285-6525
Fax: 619-285-6531
E-mail: pakershe@co.san-diego.ca.us