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Maine CODES Publications, Reports, and Fact Sheets

From the Maine CODES project linked data, reports, powerpoint presentation, and fact sheets have been generated.

New Reports

  • The Impact of Speeding and Other Unsafe Driving Behavior on Injury and Cost Outcomes in Maine Crashes
    • Using linked data, the Maine CODES project has completed a first detailed study of unsafe Maine driving behavior on injury and cost outcomes. 17,573 Maine drivers involved in crashes during the year were identified with unsafe driving behavior contributing to their crash. Behaviors included illegal unsafe speed, failure to yield right of way, following too close, disregard for traffic control device, improper turn, improper unsafe lane change, improper passing, overtaking, and driving left of center line. The impact of these crashes on the drivers and passengers riding with them contributed to 5,020 injuries, 470 hospitalizations or death, and $562.5 million in estimated lifetime cost.

  • The Impact of Air Transport on Time to Trauma Center Treatment
    Using linked data, the Maine CODES project has completed a study of response time involving air transport for motor vehicle crash trauma patients. The results indicate that air transport reduced the total time between first EMS call received and arrival at final destination trauma center. Air transport responded to patients with higher Injury Severity Scores (ISS) and crashes in lower population density areas.

  • Young Children in Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes in Maine
    In 2006 the Maine CODES project completed its first detailed study of children in motor vehicle crashes. This study evaluated the seating position of 43,581 children under age 12 involved in Maine motor vehicle crashes. The study determined that restraint use had a significant impact on reducing serious injuries during a crash.

  • Maine CODES Claims Data Bank Project - Powerpoint
    Maine CODES Claims Data Bank Project - Final Report
    During 2006, the Maine CODES project completed its first work linking medical insurance claims data to CODES. Maine is the first CODES state with access to a statewide public medical insurance claims data base. For 2003 crashes, 2,463 crash injured occupants with commercial medical insurance were linked. The pre and post crash medical services and expenses are reported. This is the first CODES look at the long-term cost of care and to evaluate care beyond the hospital inpatient and emergency department setting.

Fact Sheets

Through the Maine Health Information Center and the Maine Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics, one-page CODES Fact Sheets were generated and are available at the Maine Bureau of Health Web site.

  • 27. BICYCLE-MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES..........SERIES 10, NUMBER 2
  • 28. MOTORCYCLE CRASHES: 1995-1996........SERIES 9, NUMBER 4
  • 29. MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH INJURIES: 2000........SERIES 11, NUMBER 3
  • 30. MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES INVOLVING DRIVERS AGE 16-24 YEARS OLD..........SERIES 10, NUMBER 9
  • 31. MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES INVOLVING OLDER DRIVERS: 1996........SERIES 9, NUMBER 16
  • 32. MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES INVOLVING 16 AND 17 YEAR OLD DRIVERS:........SERIES 11, NUMBER 7
  • 33. SEAT BELT USE AND INJURY OUTCOMES: 1995-2001........SERIES 12, NUMBER 6

Standard Surveillance Reports

Working with the Maine CODES Advisory Committee, the Maine CODES project developed a set of standard surveillance reports. These reports were designed to tabulate the linked CODES data by using police reported crash variables as report rows and outcome measures from the medical files as columns. NHTSA published the Maine CODES monograph on surveillance reports.

"Standardized Reporting Using CODES (Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System)." National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Report No. DOT 809 048. April, 2000.

Standardized Reporting Using CODES

Maine CODES Standard Surveillance Reports - under development

Other Reports and Publications from the Maine CODES Project

  • Finison, K., DuBrow, R. Analysis of 1996 Maine Crashes Involving Young Adults. DOT HS 808 887. Washington, DC: Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, April 1999.

  • Finison, K., DuBrow, R. Analysis of Seat Belt Use and Outcomes in 1996 Maine Crashes. DOT HS 808 888. Washington, DC: Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, April 1999.

  • Finison, K., DuBrow, R. Analysis of 1996 Maine Crashes Involving Vehicles that Ran Off the Road. DOT HS 808 889. Washington, DC: Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, April 1999.

  • Farrell T, Sutton J, Clark D, Horner W, Morris K, Finison K, Menchen G, and Cohn K. Moose-Motor Vehicle Collisions, An Increasing Hazard in Northern New England. Archives of Surgery, 1996, 131:377-381.

  • Finison K, Menchen G, Cook C, and Thompson, D. Maine CODES Project. Automated Linkage with Diversified Potential to Evaluate Injury Outcomes. Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. 1994.
Powerpoint Presentations from the Maine CODES Project Presentations of the Maine CODES data have been made at a variety of national and local meetings.