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Mission
Eliminate injury as a cause of death and disability by better
care, more effective prevention, and more focused education.
Vision
To improve the quality of life for all Duval County residents
by reducing injuries, disabilities, and deaths.
Click on the chart to view a
chart of unintentional injury by race for Duval County.
Click on the chart below to
view a chart of suicides by race for Duval County.
Click on the chart below for a United
States, Florida, Duval County chart of alcohol related injuries in
motor vehicle accidents.
Click on the chart below to view a chart of Duval County
homicides by race.
Objectives
1. Reduce hospitalization for nonfatal head injuries.
Year 2010 Target: 45 hospitalizations per 100,000
population.
2. Reduce hospitalization for nonfatal spinal cord injuries.
Year 2010 Target: 2.4 hospitalizations per 100, 000
population.
3. Reduce firearm-related deaths.
Year 2010 Target: 4.1 deaths per 100,000
population.
4. Reduce the proportion of persons living in homes with firearms that
are loaded and unlocked.
Year 2010 Target: 16%
5. Reduce nonfatal firearm-related injuries.
Year 2010 Target: 8.6 injuries per 100,000
population.
6. (Developmental) Extend State-level child fatality review of deaths
due to external causes for children aged 14 years and under.
7. Reduce nonfatal poisonings.
Year 2010 Target: 292 nonfatal poisonings per
100,000 population.
8. Reduce death caused by poisonings.
Year 2010 Target: 1.5 deaths per 100,000
population.
9. Reduce deaths caused by suffocation.
Year 2010 Target: 3.0 deaths per 100,000
population.
10. Reduce hospital emergency department visits caused by injuries.
Year 2010 Target: 126 hospital
emergency department visits per
1,000 population.
Unintentional Injury Prevention
11. Reduce deaths caused by unintentional injuries.
Year 2010 Target: 18 deaths per 100,000 population.
Year 1999: 35.9 deaths per 100,000 population.
Year 2000: 40.4 deaths per 100,000 population.
12. (Developmental) Reduce nonfatal unintentional injuries.
13. Reduce deaths caused by motor vehicle crashes.
13a. Deaths per 100,000 population
13b. Deaths per 100 million vehicle miles
traveled
14.
Reduce pedestrian deaths on public roads.
Year 2010 Target: 1.0 pedestrian death
per 100,000 population.
15. Reduce nonfatal injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes.
Year 2010 Target: 933 nonfatal injuries
per 100,000 population.
16. Reduce nonfatal pedestrian injuries on public roads.
Year 2010 Target: 19 nonfatal injuries
per 100, 000 population.
17. Increase use of safety belts.
Year 2010 Target: 92%.
18. Increase use of child restraints.
Year 2010 Target: 100%
19. Increase the proportion of motorcyclists using helmets.
Year 2010 Target: 79%
20. (Developmental) Increase use of helmets by bicyclists.
21. Reduce residential fire deaths.
Year 2010 Target: 0.2 deaths per
100,000 population.
22. Increase functioning residential smoke alarms.
22a.
Total population living in residences with functioning
smoke alarm on every floor
Year
2010 Target: 100
22b. Residences with a functioning smoke
alarm on every floor
Year 2010 Target: 100
23. Reduce deaths from falls.
Year 2010 Target: 3.0 deaths per
100,000 population.
24. Reduce hip fractures among older adults.
24a. Females aged 65 years and
older
Year 2010 Target: 416 per 100,000
24b. Males aged 65 years and older
Year 2010 Target: 474 per 100,000
25. Reduce drowning.
Year 2010 Target: 0.9 drowning per
100,000 population.
26. Reduce hospital emergency department visits for nonfatal dog bite
injuries.
Year 2010 Target: 114 hospital
emergency department visits per
100,000
population.
27. (Developmental) Increase the proportion of public and private
schools that require use of appropriate head, face, eye, and mouth
protection for students participating in school-sponsored physical
activities.
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