National Violent Death Reporting System
In 2002 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began implementing the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). NVDRS is a state-based surveillance system that links data from law enforcement, coroners and medical examiners, vital statistics, and crime laboratories to assist each participating state in designing and implementing tailored prevention and intervention efforts. NVDRS provides data on violence trends at national and regional levels; each state can access all of these important data elements from one central database.
States that are funded for NVDRS operate under a cooperative agreement with CDC to whom all violent deaths are voluntarily reported. NVDRS funded six states initially. In 2014 CDC received funding to expand the system to a total of 32 states. The goal is to include eventually all 50 states, all U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia in the system.
NVDRS State Profiles
Alaska (Data years 2003-2011 available)
Division of Public Health
3601 C Street, Suite 540
P.O. Box 240249
Anchorage, AK 99524-0249
Principal Investigator:
Deborah Choromanski Hull-Jilly, MPH, CLS
Phone: 907-269-8078
Fax: 907-269-2041
E-mail: deborah_jilly@health.state.ak.us
Project Coordinator:
Scott Saxon
Phone: 907-269-8050
Fax: 907-269-2041
E-mail: scott_saxon@health.state.ak.us
Arizona
500 N. 3rd Street, Suite 200
Website: http://cvpcs.asu.edu
Principal Investigator: Charles M. Katz, Ph.D.
Phone: 602-496-1471
Fax: 602-496-1494
E-mail: ckatz@asu.edu
Colorado (Data years 2004-2011 available)
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Vital Statistics Program/Colorado Violent Death Reporting System
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246
Principal Investigator: Kirk Bol, MSPH
Phone: 303-692-2170
Fax: 303-691-7821
Email: kirk.bol@state.co.us
Connecticut
Connecticut State Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue, MS 11-HLS
Hartford CT, 06134
Website: http://www.ct.gov/dph/site/default.asp
Principal Investigator: Chinedu R. Okeke MD, MPH-TM, MPA
Phone: 860-509-7654
Fax: 860-509-7855
E-mail: Chinedu.okeke@ct.gov
Georgia (Data years 2004-2011 available)
Georgia Department of Public Health
2 Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Website: http://dph.georgia.gov/injury-epidemiology
Principal Investigator: Rana Bayakly
Phone: 404-657-2617
Fax: 404-463-0780
E-mail: rana.bayakly@dph.ga.gov
Hawaii
Hawaii State Department of Health
Office of Health Status Monitoring
1250 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
Website: https://health.hawaii.gov/vitalstatistics
Principal Investigator: Alvin T. Onaka, Ph.D.
Phone: 808-586-4604
Fax: 808-586-4606
E-mail: alvino@hawaii.edu
Illinois
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Child Health Data Lab
225 E. Chicago Ave, Box 156
Chicago, IL 60611
Principal Investigator: Maryann Mason, PhD
Phone: 312-227-7026
Fax: 312-227-9523
E-mail: mmason@luriechildrens.org
Indiana
Indiana State Department of Health
Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention
2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Website: http://www.in.gov/isdh/26539.htm
Principal Investigator: Katie Hokanson
Phone: 317-234-2865
Fax: 317-233-8199
E-mail: khokanson@isdh.in.gov
Iowa
Coming soon.
Kansas
Bureau of Health Promotion
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 230
Topeka, KS 66612-1274
Website: http://www.kdheks.gov/idp/
Principal Investigator: Paula Clayton, MS, RD, LD
Program Director: Lori Haskett
Phone: 785-296-8916
FAX: 785-296-8059
Email: pclayton@kdheks.gov
Email: LHaskett@kdheks.gov
Kentucky (Data years 2005-2011 available)
University of Kentucky
Kentucky Injury Prevention Research Center/KVDRS
333 Waller Avenue, Suite 200
Lexington, KY 40504
Principal Investigator:
Sabrina Walsh, DrPH
Phone: 859-257-6711
Fax: 859-257-3909
E-mail: slwals0@uky.edu
Maine
Maine Office of Chief Medical Examiner
State House Station #37
Augusta, ME 04333-0037
Co-Principal Investigator: Margaret Greenwald MD
Phone: 207-624-7185
Fax: 207-624-7178
E-mail: margaret.greenwald@maine.gov
University of Maine
Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
York Complex
Orono, ME 04469-5784
Project Director: Marcella H. Sorg, PhD
Phone: 207-581-2596
Fax: 207-581-1266
E-mail: mhsorg@maine.edu
Maryland (Data years 2003-2011 available)
Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
201 West Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Website: http://phpa.dhmh.maryland.gov/ohpetup/SitePages/mvdrs.aspx
Program Coordinator: Alex Jansson
Phone: 410-767-6807
Fax: 410-333-5030
E-mail: alexandra.jansson@maryland.gov
Massachusetts (Data years 2003-2011 available)
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Violent Death Reporting System
250 Washington Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Website: www.mass.gov/dph/isp
Principal Investigator: Lauren Larochelle
Phone: (617) 624-5664
Fax: (617) 624-5695
E-mail: lauren.larochelle@state.ma.us
Michigan (Data years 2010-2011 available)
Michigan Dept of Community Health
Injury and Violence Prevention Section
P.O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
Principal Investigator: Patricia Smith, MS
Phone: 517-335-9703
Fax: 517-335-9669
E-mail: smithpatk@michigan.gov
Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Health
Injury and Violence Prevention
85 East Seventh Place, Suite 220
PO Box 64882
St. Paul, MN 55164-0882
Website: www.health.state.mn.us/injury
Principal Investigator: Jon Roesler, MS
Phone: 651-201-5487
Fax: 651-201-5800
E-mail: jon.roesler@state.mn.us
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Maternal and Child Health Section
29 Hazen Drive, 2nd Floor East
Concord, NH 03301
Website: http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/bchs/mch/injury.htm
Principal Investigator: JoAnne Miles, MPH
Phone: 603-271-5384
Fax: 603-271-4519
E-mail: joanne.e.miles@dhhs.state.nh.us
New Jersey (Data years 2003-2011 available)
New Jersey Department of Health
Center for Health Statistics
PO Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625-0360
Website: http://www.state.nj.us/health/chs/oisp/njvdrs.shtml
Principal Investigator: Bretta Jacquemin, MPH
Phone: 609-984-6703
Fax: 609-984-7633
E-mail: bretta.jacquemin@doh.state.nj.us
New Mexico (Data Years 2005-2011 available)
New Mexico Department of Health
1190 S. St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Website: http://nmhealth.org/
Principal Investigator: Tierney Murphy, MD, MPH
Phone: 505-827-6816
Fax: 505-827-2796
E-mail: tierney.murphy@state.nm.us
New York
Coming soon.
North Carolina (Data years 2004-2011 available)
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
1915 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1915
Website: http://www.injuryfreenc.ncdhhs.gov/About/ncVDRS.htm
Principal Investigator:
Scott Proescholdbell, MPH
Phone: 919-707-5442
Fax: 919-870-4844
E-mail: scott.proescholdbell@dhhs.nc.gov
Project Manager:
Tammy Norwood
Phone: 919-707-5432
Fax: 877-406-5026
E-mail: tammy.norwood@dhhs.nc.gov
Ohio (Data years 2010-2011 available)
Ohio Department of Health
246 North High Street, 8th floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Website: http://www.healthyohioprogram.org/vipp/ohvdrs.aspx
Principal Investigator:
Christine Beeghly, MPH
Phone: 614-728-4116
Fax: 614-564-2409
E-mail: Christy.beeghly@odh.ohio.gov
Program Manager:
Jolene DeFiore-Hyrmer
Phone: 614-644-0135
E-mail: jolene.dhyrmer@odh.ohio.gov
Oklahoma (Data years 2004-2011 available)
Oklahoma State Department of Health
1000 NE 10th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1299
Principal Investigator/Project Director:
Sheryll Brown, MPH
Phone: 405-271-3430
Fax: 405-271-2799
E-mail: sherylls@health.ok.gov
Oregon (Data years 2003-2011 available)
Oregon Department of Health
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 772
Portland, OR 97232-2162
Website: http://public.health.oregon.gov
Principal Investigator:
Lisa Millet
Phone: 971-673-1059
E-mail: lisa.m.millet@state.or.us
Project Epidemiologist:
Xun Shen
Phone: 971-673-1098
E-mail: Xun.Shen@state.or.us
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
Room 1008, Health & Welfare Building
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701
Website: www.health.state.pa.us
Principal Investigator: Brian Wyant
E-mail: Bwyant@pa.gov
Rhode Island (Data years 2004-2011 available)
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 407
Providence, RI 02908
Principal Investigator: Samara Viner Brown, MPH
Phone: 401-222-5122
Fax: 401-222-5517
E-mail: samara.viner-brown@health.ri.gov
South Carolina (Data years 2003-2011 available)
South Carolina Department of Health
Mills/Jarrett Building, Box 101106
Columbia, SC 29211
Principal Investigator:
Keisha S. Adams
Phone: 803-545-4387
Fax: 803-253-4001
Email: adamsks@dhec.sc.gov
Utah (Data years 2005-2011 available)
Utah Department of Health
Violence and Injury Prevention Program
PO Box 142106
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2106
Website: http://www.health.utah.gov/vipp/NVDRS/Overview.html
Principal Investigator:
Patricia Keller, MPH, RN
Phone: 801-538-6864
Fax: 801-538-9134
E-mail: trishakeller@utah.gov
Project Coordinator:
Teresa Brechlin
Phone: 801-538-6888
E-mail: tbrechline@utah.gov
Vermont
Coming soon.
Virginia (Data years 2003-2011 available)
Virginia Department of Health
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
400 East Jackson Street
Richmond, VA 23219-3694
Website: http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/medExam/NVDRS.htm
Principal Investigator:
Virginia Powell, PhD
Phone: 804-205-3856
Fax: 804-786-1877
E-mail: virginia.powell@vdh.virginia.gov
Project Coordinator:
Marc Leslie, MS
Phone: 804-205-3855
Fax: 804-786-1877
E-mail: marc.leslie@vdh.virginia.gov
Washington
Washington State Department of Health
PO Box 47853
Olympia, WA 98504-7853
Website: www.doh.wa.gov
Principal Investigator: Kathy Schmitt
Phone: 360-236-2869
Fax: 360-236-2830
E-mail: Kathy.schmitt@doh.wa.gov
Wisconsin (Data years 2004-2011 available)
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
1 West Wilson Street, Rm 233
Madison, WI 53703
Website: http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/wish/main/violentdeath/
Principal Investigator: Hank Weiss PhD, MPH, MS
Phone: 608-266-3008
Fax: 608-267-3824
E-mail: Harold.Weiss@wi.gov
NVDRS Contact Information
Contact the NVDRS team at nvdrs-rad@cdc.gov for the following:
- Further information about the NVDRS RAD
- Copies of the NVDRS RAD data sharing agreement
- NVDRS coding manual and variable spec sheet
- Proposal submission
- Page last reviewed: April 20, 2015
- Page last updated: April 20, 2015
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