Abstract

Injury Mortality Atlas of the United States, 1979-1987

Year: 1991 Source: MMWR, v.40, no.49, (December 13, 1991), p.846-848 SIEC No: 19911255

To assist public health agencies in targeting intervention for the control & prevention of injuries in geographic areas of increased risk, CDC developed the Injury Mortality Atlas of the United States, 1979-1987. It was found that suicide rates were higher in western states but that counties with high rates were also clustered in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. (6 refs.)