Midcourse Review Focus Area

Goal: Reduce injuries, disabilities, and deaths due to unintentional injuries and violence.

Objective numbers in bold with an asterisk (*) indicate the objectives with proposed change(s).

Objective Number	Objective Short Title
Injury Prevention
15-1	Nonfatal head injuries
15-2	Nonfatal spinal cord injuries
15-3	Firearm-related deaths
15-4	Proper firearm storage in homes
15-5	Nonfatal firearm-related injuries
15-6*	Child fatality review
15-7	Nonfatal poisonings
15-8	Deaths from poisoning
15-9	Deaths from suffocation
15-10	Emergency department surveillance systems
15-11	Hospital discharge surveillance systems
15-12	Emergency department visits
Unintentional Injury Prevention
15-13	Deaths from unintentional injuries
15-14*	Nonfatal unintentional injuries
15-15	Deaths from motor vehicle crashes
15-16	Pedestrian deaths
15-17	Nonfatal motor vehicle injuries
15-18	Nonfatal pedestrian injuries
15-19	Safety belts
15-20	Child restraints
15-21	Motorcycle helmet use
15-22	Graduated driver licensing
15-23*	Bicycle helmet use
15-24	Bicycle helmet laws
15-25	Residential fire deaths
15-26	Functioning smoke alarms in residences
15-27	Deaths from falls
15-28	Hip fractures
15-29	Drownings
15-30	Dog bite injuries
15-31*	Injury protection in school sports
Violence and Abuse Prevention
15-32	Homicides
15-33	Maltreatment and maltreatment fatalities of children
15-34	Physical assault by intimate partners
15-35	Rape or attempted rape
15-36	Sexual assault other than rape
15-37	Physical assaults
15-38	Physical fighting among adolescents
15-39	Weapon carrying by adolescents on school property

Display all objectives in Focus Area 15.

Read Healthy People focus area 15 Injury and Violence Prevention in Healthy People 2010.