MMWR Vol. 63 / No. SS-1

MMWR Vol. 63 / No. SS-1

MMWR Surveillance Summaries Volume 63, No. SS-1 January 17, 2014

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Surveillance for Violent Deaths — National Violent Death Reporting System, 16 States, 2010 Sharyn E. Parks, PhD, Linda L. Johnson, Dawn D. McDaniel, PhD, et al. MMWR 2014;63(No. SS-1) This report summarizes data from CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) regarding violent deaths from 16 U.S. states for 2010. NVDRS data collection began in 2003. Results are reported by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, marital status, location of injury, 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). For 2010, a total of 15,781 fatal incidents involving 16,186 deaths were captured by NVDRS in the 16 states included in this report.