@article {Paulozzi47, author = {L J Paulozzi and J Mercy and L Frazier, Jr and J L Annest}, title = {CDC{\textquoteright}s National Violent Death Reporting System: background and methodology}, volume = {10}, number = {1}, pages = {47--52}, year = {2004}, doi = {10.1136/ip.2003.003434}, publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group Ltd}, abstract = {Objectives: This paper describes a new surveillance system called the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), initiated by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NVDRS{\textquoteright}s mission is the collection of detailed, timely information on all violent deaths. Design: NVDRS is a population based, active surveillance system designed to obtain a complete census of all resident and occurrent violent deaths. Each state collects information on its own deaths from death certificates, medical examiner/coroner files, law enforcement records, and crime laboratories. Deaths occurring in the same incident are linked. Over 270 data elements can be collected on each incident. Setting: The 13 state health departments of Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Subjects: Cases consist of violent deaths from suicide, homicide, undetermined intent, legal intervention, and unintentional firearm injury. Information is collected on suspects as well as victims. Interventions: None. Outcome measures: The quality of surveillance will be measured in terms of its acceptability, accuracy, sensitivity, timeliness, utility, and cost. Results: The system has just been started. There are no results as yet. Conclusions: NVDRS has achieved enough support to begin data collection efforts in selected states. This system will need to overcome the significant barriers to such a large data collection effort. Its success depends on the use of its data to inform and assess violence prevention efforts. If successful, it will open a new chapter in the use of empirical information to guide public policy around violence in the United States.}, issn = {1353-8047}, URL = {https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/10/1/47}, eprint = {https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/10/1/47.full.pdf}, journal = {Injury Prevention} }