Minnesota Injury Facts: Data and Strategies

• What are our biggest injury problems in Minnesota?
• Who is most at risk?
• What trends do we see?

You'll find answers in Preventing Unintentional Injury in Minnesota: A Working Plan for 2020, a publication of the Minnesota Department of Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Unit, supported in part by funding from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The goal of the 2020 Plan is to share data, offer strategies, suggest potential partners and help all of us work together more effectively to prevent fatal and non-fatal unintentional injuries

Note: All charts contained in this publication as well as additional Minnesota data, can be found in an accompanying 2020 Plan Chartbook (PDF; 14.4 MB).

Minnesota Injury Facts, 1999-2010 summarizes older data about injuries in Minnesota at work, at home, at play, and on the road. Data provided by the Minnesota Departments of Health, Labor and Industry, Natural Resources, and Public Safety, and the University of Minnesota Agricultural Safety and Health Program.

Search for most current data through the Minnesota Injury Data Access System (MIDAS)

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