New WISQARS Infographic and Updated Leading Causes of Death Charts

March 11, 2016

News Type:  Weekly Spark, Weekly Spark Announcement

The CDC recently released the WISQARS infographic, which helps explain the injury data and modules featured in WISQARS. The modules include: Fatal Injury Data, Nonfatal Injury Data, Cost of Injury Data, Fatal Injury Mapping, and Violent Deaths. In addition, the Leading Causes of Death Charts were recently updated with 2014 fatality data. They show the impact of injury-related deaths in the United States compared to other leading causes of death.