Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, October 2019 / Vol. 68 / No. SS-9

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• Alternative Title:
  Surveillance for Violent Deaths — National Violent Death Reporting System, 32 States, 2016
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries
• Personal Author:
  Ertl, Allison M. ; Sheats, Kameron J. ; Petrosky, Emiko ; Betz, Carter J. ; Yuan, Keming ; Fowler, Katherine A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.). Division of Violence Prevention
• Description:
  In 2016, approximately 65,000 persons died in the United States as a result of violence-related injuries. This report summarizes data from CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) regarding violent deaths from 32 U.S. states for 2016. Results are reported by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, type of location where injured, method of injury, circumstances of injury, and other selected characteristics. NVDRS collects data regarding violent deaths obtained from death certificates, coroner/medical examiner reports, law enforcement reports, and secondary sources (e.g., child fatality review team data, Supplementary Homicide Reports, hospital data, and crime laboratory data). This report includes data collected from 32 states for 2016 (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin). NVDRS collates information for each death and links deaths that are related (e.g., multiple homicides, homicide followed by suicide, or multiple suicides) into a single incident. This report provides a detailed summary of data from NVDRS for 2016. Suicides rates were highest among non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native and white males, whereas homicide rates were highest among non-Hispanic black males. Mental health problems, intimate partner problems, interpersonal conflicts, and acute life stressors were primary precipitating events for multiple types of violent deaths, including suicides among youths aged 10–24 years. NVDRS data are used to monitor the occurrence of violence-related fatal injuries and assist public health authorities in the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and policies to reduce and prevent violent deaths. For example, Utah VDRS data were used to help identify suicide risk factors among youths aged 10–17 years, Rhode Island VDRS suicide data were analyzed to identify precipitating circumstances of youth suicides over a 10-year period, and Kansas VDRS data were used by the Kansas Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force. In 2019, NVDRS expanded data collection to include all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. This expansion is essential to public health efforts to reduce violent deaths.
  
  Suggested citation for this article: Ertl A, Sheats KJ, Petrosky E, Betz CJ, Yuan K, Fowler KA. Surveillance for Violent Deaths — National Violent Death Reporting System, 32 States, 2016. MMWR Surveill Summ 2019;68(No. SS-9):1–36. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss.6809a1
  
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• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Age Distribution Cause Of Death Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, U.S. Child Child, Preschool Ethnicity / Statistics & Numerical Data Female Homicide / Ethnology Homicide / Statistics & Numerical Data Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Population Surveillance Sex Distribution Suicide / Ethnology Suicide / Statistics & Numerical Data Violence / Ethnology Violence / Statistics & Numerical Data Wounds And Injuries / Ethnology Wounds And Injuries / Mortality Young Adult

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• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Surveillance Summaries, 2019; v. 68, no. 9
• Series:
  Surveillance Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.ss.6809a1
• ISSN:
  1546-0738 (print) ; 1545-8636 (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  31581165
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6818131
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  40 pdf pages
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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