{"id":359,"date":"2026-05-18T16:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/suicide-prevention\/?page_id=359"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:36:23","slug":"data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/suicide-prevention\/data\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide-Related Data and Data Requests"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Virginia Suicide-Related Data<\/h1>\n<p>The Virginia Department of Health has suicide-related data available. Below are available data sources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/data\/injury-violence\/injury-and-violence-deaths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Injury and Violence Deaths Dashboard<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Select \u2018Suicide\u2019 under the \u2018Select specific death type\u2019 menu<\/li>\n<li>Suicide death counts and rates per 100,000 population among Virginia residents and by:\n<ul>\n<li>Demographics (sex, age group, race\/ethnicity)<\/li>\n<li>Geography (state, city\/county)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/data\/injury-violence\/injury-and-violence-hospitalizations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Injury and Violence Hospitalizations Dashboard<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Select \u2018Self-harm\u2019 under the \u2018Select specific injury type\u2019 menu.<\/li>\n<li>Self-harm inpatient hospitalization counts and rates per 100,000 population among Virginia residents and by:\n<ul>\n<li>Demographics (sex, age group, race\/ethnicity)<\/li>\n<li>Geography (state, local health district)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/firearm-injury\/firearm-related-deaths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Firearm-Related Deaths Dashboard<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Firearm-related death counts and rates per 100,000 population among Virginia residents and by:\n<ul>\n<li>Demographics (sex, age group, race\/ethnicity)<\/li>\n<li>Geography (state, local health district, city\/county)<\/li>\n<li>Intent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/drug-overdose-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Drug Overdose Deaths Dashboard<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Drug overdose death counts and rates per 100,000 population among Virginia residents and by:\n<ul>\n<li>Demographics (sex, age group, race\/ethnicity)<\/li>\n<li>Geography (state, city\/county)<\/li>\n<li>Includes drug overdose deaths due to suicide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/data\/virginia-shared-risk-and-protective-factors-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shared Risk and Protective Factors Dashboard<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Risk and protective factor data that affect injury-related health outcomes, including suicide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/virginia-youth-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Data from Virginia middle and high school students reporting about their health behaviors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/annual-reports\/\"><strong>VDH Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Data<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Data on deaths (including suicide deaths) investigated by the VDH Office of the Chief Medical Examiner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Data Requests<\/h1>\n<h2>Please follow the instructions below for data requests.<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Please review the links above first to see if we have what you need. There are also data sets on the <a href=\"https:\/\/data.virginia.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Open Data Portal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you do not see the data needed, please complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/redcap.link\/DPHD_data\">Population Health Data Request Form<\/a>.\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-alpha;\">\n<li>Under Section A: Type of Information Requested, please select &#8216;Injury and Violence.&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0An epidemiologist will be in contact with you within a couple of business days after you submit your data request.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Suicide-Related Data The Virginia Department of Health has suicide-related data available. Below are available data sources. 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