7.2.6. EU Injury Database (IDB)

The core survey of the EU Injury Database is based on Accident and Emergency department data from selected Member State hospitals. This data is aggregated at the EU level in a standardised way and made accessible in a central database.

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/idb/.

The IDB “All Injury Coding Manual” is mostly based on the ICECI.

In 2008 twelve countries - Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany (regional), Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Malta, Portugal, Sweden and UK (regional: Wales) - have implemented the core survey of the IDB. Most of these countries – Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Malta, UK/Wales and Sweden – cover all types of injuries, unintentional injuries as well as injuries due to self-harm and interpersonal violence. Information on the detailed external causes e.g. activity, type of sports, place of occurrence, mechanism, involved products and a narrative is provided and is comparable across all injury sectors.