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CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System: background and methodology.

L J Paulozzi1, J Mercy, L Frazier

  • 1Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA. lbp4@cdc.gov

Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
|February 5, 2004
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The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) is a new surveillance system collecting detailed data on all violent deaths. Its success relies on using this data to inform violence prevention efforts and guide public policy.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health Surveillance
  • Epidemiology
  • Injury Prevention

Background:

  • Violent deaths pose a significant public health challenge in the United States.
  • Existing data collection methods for violent deaths are often fragmented and lack comprehensive detail.
  • There is a need for a unified system to track and understand the dynamics of violent fatalities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), a novel surveillance initiative by the CDC.
  • To describe the NVDRS's objective of collecting comprehensive and timely data on all violent deaths.
  • To outline the system's potential to inform violence prevention strategies and public policy.

Main Methods:

  • NVDRS employs a population-based, active surveillance approach.

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  • Data is gathered from multiple sources including death certificates, coroner/medical examiner files, law enforcement records, and crime labs.
  • The system links deaths occurring within the same incident and collects over 270 data elements per incident, covering victims and suspects.

    • Main Results:

    • The NVDRS has recently been initiated, and data collection is underway in 13 states.
    • As the system is newly established, no results are available at this time.
    • The quality of surveillance will be assessed based on acceptability, accuracy, sensitivity, timeliness, utility, and cost.

    Conclusions:

    • The NVDRS has secured support for initial data collection in selected states.
    • Significant challenges must be addressed for the successful implementation of this large-scale data collection effort.
    • The ultimate success of NVDRS hinges on its ability to provide empirical data for informing and evaluating violence prevention initiatives and guiding public policy.