National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) Files

The agency used these files to make national estimates of the accidents and injuries associated with specific consumer products and perform health risk assessments. They also used these data for product recalls, public awareness campaigns, and establishment of federal regulations, such as product safety standards for commercial merchandise.

Th is series contains sample data on consumer product-related injuries gathered from the emergency departments of 100 hospitals, selected as a probability sample of all U.S. hospitals with emergency facilities. Each record includes information about the victim's age, gender, injury diagnosis, body parts affected, incident locale, and contains a brief narrative description of the incident or accident that prompted the person to visit the emergency room.