CDC Releases National Violent Death Reporting System Data

First Report of 16 states participating in system

WhAT: Release of "Surveillance for Violent Deaths -- National Violent Death
Reporting System, 16 States, 2005." The surveillance summary includes data
related to homicides, suicides, deaths of undetermined intent, and
unintentional firearm deaths. The summary also provides an overview of
special topics, including: incidents of homicide followed by suicide; infant
and child deaths; intimate partner homicide; legal intervention; and suicides
among former and current military personnel.

NVDRS provides experts with a more comprehensive picture of the circumstances
surrounding violent deaths. The system combines information from toxicology
reports, crime reports, medical/coroners reports, death certificates, and
other reports related to each death and provides clues about involvement of
intimate partner conflict; mental health problems, diagnosis, or treatment;
and drug or alcohol use at the time of violent death.

WHO: The data in this report was collected by 16 states: Alaska, Colorado,
Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Wisconsin, and
Virginia. NVDRS is funded in 17 states, however data from California was not
included because NVDRS has only been implemented in a limited number of
California counties.

WHEN: The April 11, 2008 issue of MMWR Surveillance Summaries will be
available online:

Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. ET

The full report and information about the NVDRS can be found on the CDC Injury
Center's website at www.cdc.gov/injury.

CONTACT: CDC's Injury Center Media Relations,+1-770-488-4902

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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SOURCE Centers for Disease Control and Prevention