List of variables included in NVDRS
| *International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision. |
| Incident information |
| Incident ID number |
| Incident status |
| Incident narrative |
| Number of non-fatally shot persons in incident |
| Number of persons, weapons |
| Person information |
| Person type (victim or suspect) |
| Name |
| Social security number |
| Age, date of birth |
| Sex |
| Race categories |
| Ethnicity |
| Residential address |
| Person information (victim only) |
| Death certificate variables: |
| Birth place |
| Veteran status |
| Marital status |
| Place of death |
| Date of death |
| State of death |
| Cause of death (text) |
| Underlying cause of death (ICD-10* code) |
| Multiple condition codes |
| Autopsy performed |
| Pregnant |
| Manner of death |
| Date, time of injury |
| Type of location of incident |
| Injured at work |
| Injury address |
| Survival time |
| Education |
| Usual occupation, industry |
| Toxicology variables (victim only) |
| Date, time specimens collected |
| Alcohol testing |
| Blood alcohol level |
| Drug testing: |
| Amphetamines |
| Antidepressants |
| Cocaine |
| Marijuana |
| Opiates |
| Other drugs |
| Other victim variables |
| Number of wounds, bullets |
| Location of wounds |
| At person’s home |
| Homeless status |
| Victim in custody when injured |
| Intoxication suspected |
| Death type |
| Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) |
| SHR circumstance |
| SHR situation |
| SHR homicide type |
| SHR justifiable homicide circumstance |
| SHR victim-suspect relationship |
| Victim-suspect relationship |
| Victim-suspect relationship |
| Suspect was caretaker of victim |
| Evidence of ongoing abuse |
| Weapon variables |
| Weapon type |
| Firearm variables: |
| Firearm information known |
| Evidence recovered (gun, bullet, casing) |
| Firearm type |
| Make, model |
| Cartridge specification |
| Caliber, gauge |
| Firearm serial number |
| Firearm stolen |
| Relationship to gun owner |
| Gun stored locked; loaded |
| Poison variables: |
| Type of poison |
| Poison code |
| Patient drug obtained for |
| Size of pill (mg) |
| Number of pills (upper, lower bound) |
| Estimated amount of liquid poison ingested (ml) |
| Carbon monoxide source, if carbon monoxide |
| Weapon-person table |
| (Identifies which weapon killed the victim and which suspect used the weapon) |
| Suicide circumstances |
| Mental health variables: |
| Current depressed mood |
| Current mental health problem |
| Diagnoses |
| Treatment for mental illness (current, ever) |
| Alcohol problem, substance problem |
| Disclosed intent |
| History of suicide attempts |
| Precipitating circumstance: |
| Physical health problem |
| Intimate partner problem |
| Other relationship problem |
| Job problem |
| School problem |
| Financial problem |
| Recent suicide of friend or family |
| Other death of friend or family |
| Recent criminal problem |
| Other legal problems |
| Perpetrator of interpersonal violence |
| Victim of interpersonal violence |
| Crisis in past two weeks |
| Other |
| Homicide circumstances |
| Argument over money/property |
| Jealousy (lovers’ triangle) |
| Intimate partner violence related |
| Other argument, abuse, conflict |
| Drug related |
| Gang related |
| Associated with another crime |
| Type of crime; crime in progress? |
| Justifiable homicide |
| Hate crime |
| Brawl (mutual physical fight) |
| Terrorist attack |
| Victim was a bystander |
| Victim was a police officer on duty |
| Victim used weapon |
| Intervener assisting crime victim |
| Mercy killing |
| Other |
| Unintentional circumstance (firearm death) |
| Context: |
| Hunting |
| Target shooting |
| Self defensive shooting |
| Celebratory firing |
| Loading/unloading gun |
| Cleaning gun |
| Showing gun to others |
| Playing with gun |
| Other |
| Mechanism: |
| Thought safety was engaged |
| Thought unloaded: magazine disengaged |
| Thought gun was unloaded, other |
| Unintentionally pulled trigger |
| Bullet ricochet |
| Gun defect or malfunction |
| Fired while holstering/unholstering |
| Dropped gun |
| Fired while operating safety/lock |
| Gun mistaken for toy |
| Other |
| Child fatality review (CFR) module |
| Incident variables |
| Scene investigation by law enforcement; coroners/medical examiners |
| Witnesses to incident; child witnesses |
| Victim variables |
| CFR records available on victim |
| Household information: |
| Type of residence |
| New placement |
| Adults in household (relationship to victim) |
| Other children in household |
| Intimate partner violence in household |
| Substance abuse in household |
| Primary caregivers (information collected on up to two parents or caregivers): |
| Victim or suspect in this incident |
| Relationship to victim |
| Age, sex |
| Legal custody of victim |
| History of child maltreatment as perpetrator |
| Previous child death |
| Supervision at the time of incident: |
| Supervisor relationship to victim |
| Supervisor age, sex |
| Quality of supervision contributed to child death |
| Contributory factors |
| Victim health information: |
| Physical illness |
| Disability (physical, developmental, sensory) |
| Prenatal care (infants) |
| Prenatal drug, alcohol, tobacco use (infants) |
| Child protective services contacts: |
| Report ever filed on victim’s household |
| If so, on whom? |
| Any report substantiated? |
| If yes, type: physical, sexual, and/or neglect |
| Case opened on other children? |
| Additional suicide circumstances: |
| History of inpatient psychiatric treatment |
| Taking psychiatric medication |
| Barriers to accessing mental health care |
| Suspect information: |
| Suspect identified by name |
| Arrested as perpetrator in this death |
| Charged |
| Prosecuted |
| Convicted |
| Child protective services report ever filed on the suspect |
| Ever charged with prior homicide |
| Other prior system contacts by victim: |
| Police, juvenile justice, healthcare system, mental health, social services, welfare, Women, Infants, and Children, Medicaid |
| Data sources used by CFR: |
| Coroner/medical examiner, social services/child protective services, law enforcement, school, emergency medical service, medical, public health, mental health, juvenile justice, death certificate |
| CFR committee decisions: |
| CFR manner matches official manner of death |
| CFR manner of death |
| Action taken to change official manner? |
| Result of action |
| Preventable death |