{"id":248,"date":"2016-04-22T21:11:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T21:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2025-07-14T15:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:04:46","slug":"virginia-violent-death-reporting-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/division-of-death-prevention\/virginia-violent-death-reporting-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Violent Death Reporting System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Content_Secondary\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/office-of-chief-medical-examiner\/fatality-review-surveillance-programs-reports\/virginia-violent-death-reporting-system\/#background\">Background<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/office-of-chief-medical-examiner\/fatality-review-surveillance-programs-reports\/virginia-violent-death-reporting-system\/#keyactivities\">Key Activities, Data Findings and Accomplishments<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/office-of-chief-medical-examiner\/fatality-review-surveillance-programs-reports\/virginia-violent-death-reporting-system\/#partners\">Partners <\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/office-of-chief-medical-examiner\/fatality-review-surveillance-programs-reports\/virginia-violent-death-reporting-system\/#reports\">Reports and Publications<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/office-of-chief-medical-examiner\/fatality-review-surveillance-programs-reports\/virginia-violent-death-reporting-system\/#links\">Links<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/office-of-chief-medical-examiner\/fatality-review-surveillance-programs-reports\/virginia-violent-death-reporting-system\/#datarequests\">Data Requests<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/office-of-chief-medical-examiner\/fatality-review-surveillance-programs-reports\/virginia-violent-death-reporting-system\/#contacts\">Contact Us<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>Beginning in 2003, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner implemented the National Violent Death Reporting System (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/violenceprevention\/nvdrs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NVDRS<\/a>) in Virginia.\u00a0 The NVDRS is a public health data collection system designed to better understand the breadth and scope of fatal violence and its victims and to support data driven violence prevention efforts.\u00a0 The NVDRS links information in six types of violent deaths \u2013 homicides, suicides, accidental firearm deaths, legal interventions, deaths due to acts of terrorism, and undetermined deaths likely related to violence \u2013 using a variety of death investigation sources such as forensic pathology, law enforcement, forensic science, and vital records.<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia Violent Death Reporting System (VVDRS) is the operation and reporting system of the NVDRS within Virginia, and uses the methodology, definitions, coding schema, and database of the NVDRS.\u00a0 Funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and operating now in 32 states, the goal of the NVDRS is to establish a national violent death surveillance system. \u00a0Virginia was among the first six states to implement the NVDRS, and the first statewide medical examiner system to do so.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Key Activities<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Compiling information sources from violent death investigations and correlating victims with circumstances such as mental illness, intimate partner violence, and other issues that contribute to violent death.<\/li>\n<li>Assisting government and other policy makers in their efforts to understand the extent of violence in Virginia, to develop public health interventions, and to evaluate violence prevention program efforts.<\/li>\n<li>Educating the general public about types and characteristics of violent death.<\/li>\n<li>Generating timely, useful, and detailed information about violent death events at the local and state levels.<\/li>\n<li>Helping to develop and inform injury and violence prevention efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Data Findings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Virginia, there are an average of 916 suicides and 380 homicides per year; that means that for every homicide, there are 2.4 suicides each year.\u00a0 While suicides have increased over the past 10 years, homicides have decreased.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-251 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Chart_1.gif\" alt=\"Chart_1\" width=\"531\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-250 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Chart_2.gif\" alt=\"Chart_2\" width=\"533\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suicide decedents are primarily male (77%) and White (87%), with a median age of 46.\u00a0 The risk of suicide generally increases with age.\u00a0 Firearms are the most common method of fatal injury (56%).\u00a0 Urban and metropolitan areas are most commonly where suicides occur, but rural areas have the highest rates of suicide.<\/li>\n<li>The events and conditions that lead to suicide are complex, but common issues include mental health problems (55%), a recent life crisis (38%), conflict with intimate partners (34%), abuse of alcohol and\/or other substances (28%), and physical health problems (19%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Homicide decedents are primarily male (76%) and Black (60%), with a median age of 29.\u00a0 Generally, the risk for homicide increases until the ages of 20-24, then declines again.\u00a0 Firearms are the most common method of fatal injury (70%).\u00a0 Urban areas have the highest numbers and rate of homicides.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Chart_3.gif\" alt=\"Chart_3\" width=\"533\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Homicides are most frequently related to general arguments (43%), intimate partner violence (27%), and as a by-product of other crimes (e.g., robbery, burglary) (26%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Accomplishments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VVDRS is documenting the public health burden of suicide, homicide, and unintentional firearm deaths in Virginia, noting populations and communities at risk, as well as critical characteristics of and precursors to fatally violent events.<\/li>\n<li>VVDRS reveals that middle aged white males are most at risk for suicides and that circumstances surrounding a completed suicide are nuanced and vary over the life course.\u00a0 For instance, relationship problems and substance use problems are important early in the life span, while health concerns are more common among older adults.<\/li>\n<li>VVDRS has provided a clearer public health picture of homicide in the Commonwealth, particularly as it is relates to populations such as the homeless, homicide in the workplace, and homicide among persons in legal custody.\u00a0 Like suicide, populations at risk and the circumstances surrounding homicide vary by age, by race, and by gender.<\/li>\n<li>By generating county and city specific violent death profiles, VVDRS data are being used at the state and local level to inform suicide prevention planning and response strategies.<\/li>\n<li>VVDRS has been recognized by the CDC as among the strongest violent death surveillance programs in the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Partners<\/h3>\n<p>The following collaborative partners support the efforts of the VVDRS through resource and information sharing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/healthstats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Division of Health Statistics, Virginia Department of Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/ofhs\/prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Division of Prevention, Health Promotion, and Tobacco Control, Virginia Department of Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdh.state.va.us\/vital_records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Division of Vital Records, Virginia Department of Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pcav.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prevent Child Abuse Virginia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vachiefs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vacps.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Center for Public Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vadrs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dbhds.virginia.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfs.virginia.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Department of Forensic Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dss.virginia.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Department of Social Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vsdvalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vasheriff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Sheriffs\u2019 Association and Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vsp.state.va.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia State Police<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Reports and Publications<\/h3>\n<p><strong>I. Suicide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Women-and-Suicide.pdf\">Women and Suicide in Virginia<\/a><br \/>\nPublished:\u00a0 February, 2105<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/NH-Hospice-and-Suicide.pdf\">Suicide and Placement for Nursing Home or Hospice Care in Virginia<\/a><br \/>\nPublished:\u00a0 February, 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Elder-Suicide-in-Virginia-2003-2010.pdf\">Elder Suicide in Virginia: 2003-2010<\/a><br \/>\nPublished:\u00a0 March, 2013<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Veterans-and-Suicide-in-Virginia_final.pdf\">Military-Related Suicide in Virginia: 2003-2010<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: October, 2012<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Suicide-and-Physical-Health-Problems.pdf\">Physical Health Problems and Suicide in Virginia: 2007-2010<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: July, 2012<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Suicide-in-Virginia-2003-to-2010.pdf\">Suicide Trends in Virginia: 2003-2010<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: May, 2012<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Suicide-and-College-Students.pdf\">Suicide Among College Students in Virginia: 2003-2008<\/a><br \/>\nPublished:\u00a0 November, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Suicide-and-Criminal-Legal-Problems.pdf\">Suicide and Criminal Legal Problems in Virginia: 2007-2008<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: September, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Suicide-in-the-Eastern-HPR-03-08.pptx\">Suicide in the Eastern Health Planning Region: 2003-2008<\/a> (PowerPoint presentation)<br \/>\nPresented: June 15, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Suicide-in-the-Northern-HPR-03-08.pptx\">Suicide in the Northern Health Planning Region: 2003-2008<\/a> (PowerPoint presentation)<br \/>\nPresented: June 6, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Suicide-in-the-Central-Health-Planning-Region-2003-2008.pptx\">Suicide in the Central Health Planning Region: 2003-2008 <\/a>(PowerPoint presentation)<br \/>\nPresented: June 1, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Suicide-in-the-Northwest-HPR-03-08.pptx\">Suicide in the Northwest Health Planning Region: 2003-2008<\/a> (PowerPoint presentation)<br \/>\nPresented: May 24, 2011 and May 25, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Suicide-in-the-Southwest-HPR-03-08.pptx\">Suicide in the Southwest Health Planning Region: 2003-2008<\/a> (PowerPoint presentation)<br \/>\nPresented: May 10, 2011 and May 11, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/suicide-methods-final-to-web.pdf\">Suicide Methods in Virginia: Patterns by Race, Gender, Age, and Birthplace<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: April, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/alcohol-and-suicide-text.pdf\">Alcohol Consumption Before Fatal Suicides<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: August, 2010<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Poison-Related-Attempted-and-Completed-Suicides-in-Virginia.pdf\">Poison-Related Attempted and Completed Suicides in Virginia: 2003-2006<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: September, 2009<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Suicide-and-Mental-Health-in-Virginia.ppt\">Suicide and Mental Health in Virginia: 2003-2007<\/a> (PowerPoint presentation)<br \/>\nPresented: June, 2009<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Final-Exit-for-website.pdf\">Final Exit: What Type of Suicide Victim Seeks Guidance?<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: February, 2009<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Suicides-of-Children-in-Virginia.pdf\">Suicides of Children in Virginia<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: May, 2008<\/p>\n<p><strong>II. Violent Death<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Violent-Death-Among-Hispanics-in-Virginia-2003-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Violent Death Among Hispanics in Virginia 2003-2014<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: September, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Violent-Death-Among-Asian-Virginians-2003-2014-5142017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Violent Death Among Asians in Virginia, 2003-2014<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: May, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/Homelessness-and-Violent-Death_final-to-web.pdf\">Homelessness and Violent Death<\/a><br \/>\nPublished:\u00a0 October, 2013<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/VVDRS-Death-in-Custody_final.pdf\">Violent Death in Custody: 2003-2010<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: February, 2013<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/06\/Death-At-Work-Report_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Violent Death in the Workplace<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: November, 2012<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/06\/The-Geography-of-Violent-Death-in-Virginia.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Geography of Violent Death in Virginia:\u00a0 2003-2008<\/a><br \/>\nPublished:\u00a0 November, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/06\/NVDRS-Report-Print.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deaths from Violence:\u00a0 A Look at 17 States<\/a><br \/>\nPublished:\u00a0 December, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/06\/VVDRS_20061.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Violent Death in Virginia: 2006<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: April, 2008<\/p>\n<p><strong>III. Homicide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/06\/homicide-across-the-lifecourse_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Homicide Across the Life Course<\/a><br \/>\nPublished:\u00a0 October, 2013<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/06\/Substance-Use-and-Violence.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Substance Use and Violence<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: December, 2008<\/p>\n<p><strong>IV.\u00a0 Unintentional Firearm Death<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/06\/UnintentionalFirearmDeaths.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unintentional Firearm Deaths in Virginia, 2003-2006<\/a><br \/>\nPublished: December, 2007<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ViolencePrevention\/NVDRS\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Violent Death Reporting System<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/violenceprevention\/nvdrs\/stateprofiles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NVDRS projects in other states<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.preventviolence.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Violence Prevention Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.preventioninstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prevention Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sprc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suicide Prevention Resource Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/ofhs\/prevention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Department of Health, Division of Prevention, Health Promotion, and Tobacco Control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearevirginiaveterans.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Wounded Warrior Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Data Requests<\/h3>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Contact Us<\/h3>\n<p>For more information, data requests, questions, and comments, contact:<br \/>\n<a title=\"mailto:Alexandra.Jansson@vdh.virginia.gov\" href=\"mailto:ryan.diduk@vdh.virginia.gov\">Ryan Diduk-Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RowWithColumns_No_Float\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background | Key Activities, Data Findings and Accomplishments | Partners | Reports and Publications | Links | Data Requests | Contact Us Background Beginning in 2003, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner implemented the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) in Virginia.\u00a0 The NVDRS is a public health data collection system designed to better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":425,"featured_media":0,"parent":46,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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