National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
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CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control's mission is to provide leadership in preventing and controlling injuries, i.e., reducing the incidence, severity, and adverse outcomes of injury, the eleading cause of death for those aged 1 – 44. A 1985 National Research Council report entitled Injury in America recommended that Congress establish a new program at the CDC to address the problem of injury. Initially the program was supported with funds from the United States Department of Transportation
. In 1990 Congress passed the Injury Control Act which authorized the program within CDC.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta...
, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control's mission is to provide leadership in preventing and controlling injuries, i.e., reducing the incidence, severity, and adverse outcomes of injury, the eleading cause of death for those aged 1 – 44. A 1985 National Research Council report entitled Injury in America recommended that Congress establish a new program at the CDC to address the problem of injury. Initially the program was supported with funds from the United States Department of Transportation
United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation is a federal Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with transportation. It was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, and began operation on April 1, 1967...
. In 1990 Congress passed the Injury Control Act which authorized the program within CDC.