67 National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)

67.1 Organization

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), CDC

67.3 Description

  • De-identified, multi-state, case-level microdata
  • Uses short narratives to describe the circumstances related to violent deaths, including descriptions from law enforcement and medical examiner or coroner reports

67.4 Vintage/Release Frequency

Ongoing, started in 2002

67.5 Observational Unit

deaths resulting from violence

67.6 Collection Methodology

NVDRS collects facts from death certificates, coroner/medical examiner reports, law enforcement reports, and toxicology reports into one anonymous database. NVDRS data are stored in an incident-based, relational database.

67.7 Available at

Descriptive data is available at https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html. More detailed Restricted Access Data (RAD) is available by request (free of cost); proposal submission/approvals required.

67.9 Cost

Free

67.10 Proposal or Application required?

For access to restricted data see https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/datasources/nvdrs/dataaccess.html

67.11 DUA required?

NA

67.12 Special Notes

  • To request NVDRS RAD the primary investigator must meet all of the following:
  • Have a Ph.D., Dr. P.H., M.D., ScD, D.O., or other doctoral level degree
  • Hold a research position or faculty appointment at his/her institution
  • Home institution must be a research organization, government agency, or institution of higher education. This includes research foundations or grant-making organizations.
  • Agreement to comply with NVDRS RAD security, confidentiality, and data protection requirements, as outlined during the review process ?