National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
2006 Update
National Association of Public Health Statistics and Information Systems Annual Meeting
June 7, 2006
Leroy Frazier, Jr., MSPH, CHESEtiology and Surveillance BranchDivision of Violence Prevention
National Center for Injury Prevention and ControlCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
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NVDRS Funding
$3.34 million appropriated for NVDRS in the FY 2006 federal budget. No new funds appropriated.
Senators Arlen Spector and Tom Harbin have requested a $5 million set-aside in the CDC FY 07 budget for the expansion of NVDRS.
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NVDRS States as of June, 2006
FY 02 (6 states)
FY 03 (7 states)
FY 04 (4 states) CA funded to collect data in 4 counties
Importation of Data
All vital records related data elements can be imported into the database (incorporated in 2004)
Ability to import coroner/medical examiner data was added in 2005
Ability to import law enforcement data is planned for January 2007 software update release
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Availability of NVDRS Data
Public Use Dataset (PUD) is scheduled to be available Summer of ’06 (will include data for 2003 and 2004)
Currently developing a data query system similar to CDC WISQARS- scheduled to be complete by Spring ’08
Preliminary data will be available 9 months after the data year and final analysis files will be available 21 months after the data year starting with the 2006 data year.
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Preliminary NVDRS Results
Frequency 2004 *2005
# of States included in analysis 13 17
# of Incidents 13845 13459
# of Deaths 14215 13777
# of Live Suspects 3779 2310
(NVDRS, as of March 2006)
*Approximately ¾ of preliminary data for 2005 has been entered
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27.7
54.5
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Preliminary NVDRS Results:Manner of Death; 13 states, 2004, N=13
For 44 cases Abstractor Assigned Manner of death is missing, mostly pending cases.
(NVDRS, as of March 2006)
Preliminary NVDRS Results:Selected Manner* by State; 2004, 13 states
State Suicide Homicide Undetermined
# % # % # %
AK 152 70.1% 45 20.7 % 18 8.3 %
CO 815 70.2% 222 19.1 % 104 9.0 %
GA 1041 51.3 % 702 34.6 % 163 8.0 %
MD 485 30.1 % 502 31.2 % 597 37.1 %
MA 486 35.2 % 184 13.3 % 705 51.1 %
NJ 537 56.7 % 381 40.2 % 4 0.4 %
NC 1044 60.2 % 612 35.3 % 40 2.3 %
OK 516 56.1 % 225 24.5 % 156 17.0 %
OR 588 70.4 % 122 14.6 % 105 12.6 %
RI 86 35.0 % 35 14.2 % 124 50.4 %
SC 501 55.2 % 331 36.5 % 37 4.1 %
VA 831 61.7 % 406 30.1 % 79 5.9 %
WI 647 73.4 % 157 17.8 % 66 7.5 %
Total 7729 54.4 % 3924 27.6 % 2198 15.5 %
(NVDRS, as of March 2006)* NVDRS Abstractor Assigned Manner of Death
Data element
and categories
All cases (N=14,215) Homicides (N=3,924) Suicides (N=7,729)
# % # % # %
Person Type (CDC)
VictimSuspect/Victim
14047
168
98.8%
1.2%
3911
13
99.7%
0.3%
7584
145
98.1%
1.9%
Sex (CDC)
MaleFemale
Unknown
10868
3340
7
76.5%
23.5%
0.1%
3018
905
1
76.9%
23.1%
0.0%
6051
1676
2
78.3%
21.7%
0.0%
Race (CDC)
White
African-American
American Indian
Asian/Pacific Islander
Other/Unknown
10483
3196
237
192
107
73.8%
22.5%
1.7%
1.4%
0.8%
1689
2079
66
52
38
43.0%
53.0%
1.7%
1.3%
1.0%
6839
606
127
122
35
88.5%
7.8%
1.6%
1.6%
0.5%
Hispanic Origin (CDC)
Yes
No
Unknown
889
13100
226
6.3%
92.2%
1.6%
451
3423
50
11.5%
87.2%
1.3%
295
7376
58
3.8%
95.4%
0.8%
(NVDRS, as of March 2006)
Preliminary Results: Deaths; 2004, 13 states
Data element and categoriesAll cases
(N=14,215)
Homicide (N=3,924)
Marital status(CDC)
Married
Never married
Widowed
Divorced
Married, but separated
Single, NOS*
Unknown
30.2%
44.4%
5.2%
18.3%
0.3%
0.2%
1.5%
21.0%
62.5%
3.4%
11.4%
0.2%
0.2%
1.5%
Homeless (CDC) Yes 1.3% 1.4%
Pregnant at time of death (Females) (CDC)
Yes 60 cases 32 cases
Preliminary Homicide Results: Deaths; 2004, 13 states
(NVDRS, as of March 2006)
*NOS = not otherwise specified
Data element and categories All Cases(N=14,215)
Homicide (N=3,924)
Place of injury(CDC)
House/apartment
Street/road
Natural area
Motor vehicle
Other
Unknown
65.1%
9.4%
3.3%
4.3%
12.7%
5.3%
50.0%
24.1%
2.0%
6.1%
14.9%
3.0%
At/during work (CDC) Yes 1.3% 2.8%
Alcohol use suspected (CME) Yes 27.5% 27.7%
CME Circumstances known Yes 73.6% 55.5%
Preliminary Homicide Results: Injury event; 2004, 13 states
(NVDRS, as of March 2006)
Data element and categories # %(n varies)
Unknown(N=7,729)
Person Type(CDC)
VictimSuspect/Victim
7,584
145
98.1%
1.9%
0
Marital status(CDC, n=7,665)
Married
Never married
Widowed
Divorced
Married, but separated
Single, not further specified
2914
2533
518
1670
23
7
38.0%
33.0%
6.8%
21.8%
0.3%
0.1%
64
(0.9%)
Immigrant status(CDC, n=7,289)
Born in USABorn outside of the USA
6880
409
94.4%
5.6%
440
(5.7%)
Preliminary Suicide Results:Decedent; 2004, N=7,729, 13 states
(NVDRS, as of March 2006)
Data element and categories # %(n varies)
Unknown(n=7,729)
Pregnancy status(CDC data for females, n=1676)
Pregnant at death, 1yr/NOS
Not pregnant 1 year before
Not pregnant, NOS
24
383
81
4.9%
78.5%
16.6%
1188
(70.9%)
Veteran status(DC data, n=6,862)
Yes
No
1604
5258
23.4%
76.6%
867
(11.2%)
Years of education(CDC, n=2,092)
Some high school or lower
High school graduate
Undergraduate degree
Higher than undergrad degree
539
880
557
116
25.8%
42.1%
26.6%
5.5%
5637
(72.9%)
Homeless (CDC, n=7,050)
Yes
No
54
6996
0.8%
99.2%
679
(8.8%)
Preliminary Suicide Results:Decedent; 2004, N=7,729, 13 states
(NVDRS, as of March 2006)
Data element and categories # %(n varies)
Unknown(N=7,729)
Alcohol use suspected(CME, n=5,530)
YesNo
Not applicable
1983
3429
118
35.9%
62.0%
2.1%
1667
(21.6%)
At/during work (CDC, n=7,657)
Yes
No
Not applicable
55
7530
72
0.7%
98.3%
0.9%
72
(0.9%)
At home(CDC, n=7,279)
Yes
No
5323
1956
73.1%
26.9%
450
(5.8%)
Place of injury(CDC, n=7,556)
House/apartment
Natural area
Motor vehicle
Other
5743
303
564
946
76.0%
4.0%
7.5%
12.5%
173
(2.2%)
Preliminary Suicide Results: Injury event; 2004, N=7,729, 13 states
(NVDRS, as of March 2006)
Publications
MMWR regarding 2004 data
NVDRS Supplement for the Journal, Injury Prevention
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Future Plans for NVDRS• Work with NAPHSIS to include NVDRS in the Inter-
Jurisdictional Exchange Agreement
• Work with NAPHSIS to better understand the potential implications of the Intelligence Reform Act.
• Finalize and disseminate NVDRS Five Year Strategic Plan
• Incorporation into Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
• Development of an IPV module.
• Eventually fund all 50 states, District of Columbia and territories, assuming funding is available.
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For Additional Information, Contact:
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Leroy Frazier, Jr., MSPH, CHESNVDRS Program Manager(770) 488-1507Email: [email protected]