Chronic Disease, Injury, and Environmental Epidemiology |
Georgia Violent Death Reporting System |
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Introduction
Since 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has funded select states to collect information on violent deaths as part of the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). Violent deaths include homicides, suicides, accidental deaths from firearms, deaths related to terrorism, deaths from legal intervention, and those of undetermined intent. Georgia’s system, named the Georgia Violent Death Reporting System (GVDRS), has been funded since 2003.
GVDRS is part of the national system, NVDRS, that was built upon an earlier pilot system, the National Violent Injury Statistics System (NVISS). Emory University participated in NVISS and collected data on violent deaths in Fulton and DeKalb Counties.
The following data sources are included in the state violent death reporting system:
- Death certificates
- Medical examiner and/or coroner records
- Police records (Supplemental Homicide Reports at a minimum)
- Crime laboratory records
The GVDRS uses the uniform data elements developed by CDC in collaboration with funded states.
Goals
- To generate public health surveillance information at the state and local levels that is more detailed, useful, and timely than is currently available.
- To use data to develop, inform, and evaluate violence prevention strategies at both state and local levels.
Publications
2011 Surveillance Report: Violent Deaths in Georgia, 2006-2009
2006-2009 Suicide Data Summary
2006-2009 Homicide Data Summary
2009 GVDRS Data Summary
2008 GVDRS Surveillance Report
2008 GVRDS Data Summary
2007 GVDRS Data Summary
Related Sites
National Violent Death Reporting System |
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