Surveillance for violent deaths – National Violent Death Reporting System, 16 states, 2005

2008

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5703a1.htm

MMWR. April 11, 2008; 57(SS03):1-43,45. This report, for the first time since the creation of NVDRS, summarizes and examines data on nearly 16,000 violent deaths occurring in 16 states surveyed by the system in 2005. The majority (56.1%) of deaths were suicides, followed by homicides and deaths involving legal interventions (29.6%).