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North Carolina’s first statewide plan for preventing injuries and violence announced by the NC Division of Public Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch, Chronic Disease and Injury Section
Building for Strength: North Carolina's Strategic Plan for Preventing Injuries and Violence 2009-2014
According to the Division of Public Health, the plan sets out the goal of reducing the rate of morbidity and mortality from injuries and violence by 15% by 2014. In order to achieve that goal, it’s vital that all stakeholders focus prevention efforts on the leading causes of unintentional injuries: motor vehicle crashes, unintentional poisoning, and falls; as well as the leading causes of intentional injuries: suicide, and homicide.
The other goals of the plan will strengthen the injury prevention infrastructure in the state by addressing data and surveillance, research and evaluation, messaging, policy and environmental change, building the injury prevention community, and workforce development.
Without the help and input of more than 75 injury and violence prevention professionals across the state, this plan could not have come together. Going forward, its success relies on the continued commitment from our partners. We extend great appreciation to the State Advisory Council, The Falls Prevention Coalition, and all other stakeholders who worked so diligently on this important document.
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The North Carolina Division of Public Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch Surveillance Unit also collects and reports data and statistics on injuries related to falls in North Carolina.
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is another source of fall injury data from the NC Division of Public Health.