INJURY DATABASE (IDB)
Contact Person: Ms. Audrey Galea
Injuries are an important and largely preventable health problem. The
purpose of the European Injury Data Base (IDB) is to facilitate effective injury
prevention policies and programs at EU- and country level. The database
provides information on accidental injuries such as home accidents, sports and
leisure injuries, workplace accidents and road accidents, and on injuries due
to violence and self-harm. IDB data are complementary to general mortality
statistics, hospital discharges statistics, and health surveys as well as to
specific registers of road and workplace accidents. The currently available
IDB-data are produced voluntarily by national competent agencies, under the
co-ordination of the European Association for Injury Prevention and Safety
Promotion (EuroSafe).
The EU-database is hosted by the National Institute of Health in Italy
(Istituto Superiore di Sanità - ISS), responsible for the central processing of
the data delivered by the participating national partners. Detailed information
about IDB and how the Network of national agencies works, can be found on the
EuroSafe-website and its dedicated pages on the European Injury Database.
AIMS
BACKGROUND
The Injury Data Base (IDB) was officially launched in Malta in
September 2004 to join other EU countries. The Directorate for Health
Information and Research is the responsible body for the compilation of
such data.
COVERAGE
The register collects all injuries from the two main Accident and
Emergency Departments in Malta at Mater Dei Hospital and Gozo General Hospital.
DATA COLLECTION AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Data is collected for all injuries attending the Emergency Departments
at the two main general public hospitals in Malta and Gozo and cross-;inks with
the National Mortality Register and Hospital
Discharges Register.
The registry keeps named records in order
to:
- avoid duplicate
registration;
- allow the cross linkages with the Hospital Information Systems and the
National Mortality Register.
Strict confidentiality is respected
at all times.
LINKS
CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT
All data is collected and processed in accordance with the General Data
Protection Regulation, adopted in the Data Protection Act XX of 2018. On the
8th of October 2019, Legal Notice 263 of 2019 was published. This Legal Notice
is intended to enact the Processing of Personal Data (Secondary Processing)
(Health Sector) Regulations (S.L. 528.10 of the Laws of Malta) (“the
Regulations”).