Injury Location Type

Change History
DDCN 2014 / 01	Emergency Department Data Set
DSCN (2009) 02 (W)	Emergency Department Data Set

This data item is / was included in the following data sets / collections between the dates shown:

Data Set / Collection	Valid From	Valid To
EDDS	1^st April 2009
AWISS

The type of place where the physical or chemical injury occurred which led to the Accident and Emergency Department Attendance.

Format: 2 digit numeric

Value	Meaning	Valid From	Valid To
01	Own Home	1^st April 2009
02	Other's Home	1^st April 2009
03	Residential Institution	1^st April 2009
04	Medical service area	1^st April 2009
05	School, educational area (including organised sports area)	1^st April 2009
06	Sports and Athletics area (public, not related to school)	1^st April 2009
07	Public highway, street, road, pavement	1^st April 2009
08	Industrial or Construction area	1^st April 2009
09	Farm or other place of primary production	1^st April 2009
10	Recreational area, cultural area, or public building	1^st April 2009
11	Commercial area (non-recreational)	1^st April 2009
12	Countryside/Beach	1^st April 2009
13	Licensed Premises	1^st April 2009
14	Other specified place of occurrence	1^st April 2009
98	Not Applicable – e.g. Non Injury	1^st April 2009
99	Unspecified place of occurrence	1^st April 2009

This data item is incorporated into the Emergency Department Data Set as the injury prevention orientated field in accordance with the All Wales Injury Surveillance System (AWISS) requirements. These fields are designed to be compatible with the European Union's Injury Data Base (IDB).

AWISS offers the opportunity on a local, national and international level to:

• Monitor injury incidence, trends and geographical variation;

• Provide data on problem areas where other information sources are insufficient (such as head injury, sports injuries, accidental poisoning in young children).

Help the NHS, local authorities, voluntary agencies and other workers in the field to develop, target and evaluate programmes for the control and prevention of injuries.