NVDRS Publications

NVDRS Publications
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWRs)
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Unintentional Firearm Injury Deaths Among Children and Adolescents Aged 0–17 Years
— National Violent Death Reporting System, United States, 2003–2021
Suicides Among American Indian or Alaska Native Persons — National Violent Death
Reporting System, United States, 2015–2020
Homicides of American Indians/Alaska Natives — National Violent Death Reporting
System, United States, 2003–2018
Suicide Rates by Industry and Occupation — National Violent Death Reporting System,
32 States, 2016
Vital Signs: Trends in State Suicide Rates — United States, 1999–2016 and
Circumstances Contributing to Suicide — 27 States, 2015
Racial and ethnic differences in homicides of adult women and the role of intimate
partner violence ─ United States, 2003-2014
Gang Homicides ─ Five U.S. Cities, 2003-2008
Homicides ─ United States, 1999-2007
Alcohol and Suicide Among Racial/Ethnic Populations ─ 17 States, 2005-2006
Toxicology Testing and Results for Suicide Victims ─13 States, 2004
Homicide and Suicides ─ NVDRS, United States, 2003-2004
Homicides and Suicide Rates ─ NVDRS, Six States, 2003
Surveillance Summaries – Surveillance for Violent Deaths – NVDRS, published Jul 2024,
May 2023, May 2022, Jan 2022, Dec 2020, Oct 2019, Sept 2018, Feb 2018, Aug 2016,
Jul 2016, Jan 2014, Sept 2012, Aug 2011, May 2010, Mar 2009, Apr 2008

State reportsx
Available on respective VDRS program websites
Supplements–Two scientific journal supplements dedicated to NVDRS:
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American Journal of Preventive Medicine ─ National Violent Death Reporting System:
Analyses and Commentary, November 2016
Injury Prevention ─ Deaths from Violence: A Look at 17 States – December 2008

Peer-reviewed publications – Over 100 peer-reviewed reports published between 2003 and
September 2024 by numerous researchers in the field of violence prevention, including selected
recent publications:
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Kafka JM, Adhia A, Martin DD, Mustafa A, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Rivara FP. Deaths
Related to Domestic Violence in Washington State. JAMA Netw Open.
2024;7(9):e2429974. Published 2024 Sep 3. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.29974
Fontanella CA, Xia X, Campo JV, Steelesmith DL, Bridge JA, Ruch DA. Characteristics
Associated With Mental Health Treatment Prior to Suicide Among Youth in the United
States. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. Published online August 9, 2024.
doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2024.07.921

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Fischer S, Miller M, Barber C, Azrael D. Accuracy of the national violent death reporting
system in identifying unintentional firearm deaths to children by children. Inj Epidemiol.
2024;11(1):29. Published 2024 Jul 2. doi:10.1186/s40621-024-00499-0
Zivin K, Zhong C, Rodríguez-Putnam A, et al. Suicide Mortality During the Perinatal
Period. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(6):e2418887. Published 2024 Jun 3.
doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.18887
Palmer BE, Barnes RD, Freese RL, Kim MH, Robiner WN. Physician homicide: Reports
in the National Violent Death Reporting System (2003-2018). Compr Psychiatry.
2024;133:152503. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152503
Wilson RF, Blair JM. Racial inequities in homicide rates: Black women in the USA.
Lancet. 2024;403(10430):882-883. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02585-0
Wilson RF, Mintz S, Blair JM, Betz CJ, Collier A, Fowler KA. Unintentional Firearm
Injury Deaths Among Children and Adolescents Aged 0-17 Years - National Violent
Death Reporting System, United States, 2003-2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep.
2023;72(50):1338-1345. Published 2023 Dec 15. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm7250a1
Wilson RF, Xu L, Betz CJ, Sheats KJ, Blair JM, Yue X, Nguyen B, Fowler KA. Firearm
Homicides of US Children Precipitated by Intimate Partner Violence: 2003-2020.
Pediatrics. 2023 Dec 1;152(6):e2023063004. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-063004. PMID:
37927118.
Nguyen BL, Fowler KA, Betz CJ, Tsukerman K, Smith SG. Sex work-related homicides:
Insights from the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2012-2020. J Forensic Sci.
2023 Nov 20. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.15434. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37986645.
Wilson RF, Fortson BL, Zhou H, Lyons BH, Sheats KJ, Betz CJ, Blair JM, Self-Brown
S. Trends in Homicide Rates for US Children Aged 0 to 17 Years, 1999 to 2020. JAMA
Pediatr. 2023 Feb 1;177(2):187-197. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4940. PMID:
36534407; PMCID: PMC9856621.
Wilson RF, Afifi TO, Yuan K, et al. Child-Abuse Related Homicides Precipitated by
Caregiver use of Harsh Physical Punishment. Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect.
2023;135.
Watson AEN, Oliver C, Wilson RF, et al. Factors Associated with Abusive Head Trauma
in Child Maltreatment-Related Homicide Cases in the United States: An Analysis of the
National Violent Death Reporting System Data. Journal of Family Violence. 2023
Fowler KA, Kaplan MS, Stone DM, Zhou H, Stevens MR, Simon TR. Suicide Among
Males Across the Lifespan: An Analysis of Differences by Known Mental Health Status.
Am J Prev Med. 2022 Sep;63(3):419-422. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2022.02.021. Epub
2022 Jun 7. PMID: 35987559; PMCID: PMC9437900.
Wilson RF, Klevens J, Fortson B, Williams D, Xu L, Yuan K. Neonaticides in the United
States-2008-2017. Acad Forensic Pathol. 2022 Mar;12(1):3-14.
doi:10.1177/19253621221077870. Epub 2022 Feb 17. PMID: 35694006; PMCID:
PMC9179000.
Fowler KA, Leavitt RA, Betz CJ, Yuan K, Dahlberg LL. Examining differences between
mass, multiple, and single-victim homicides to inform prevention: findings from the
National Violent Death Reporting System. Inj Epidemiol. 2021 Aug 9;8(1):49. doi:
10.1186/s40621-021-00345-7. PMID: 34365969; PMCID: PMC8351098.
Crosby AE, Ertl A, Lyons BH, Ivey-Stephenson AZ, Jack SP. Circumstances associated
with suicides among females—16 states, United States, 2005–2016. Medical care. 2021
Feb 1;59:S92-9.

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Logan JE, Ertl A, Bossarte R. Correlates of intimate partner homicide among male
suicide decedents with known intimate partner problems. Suicide and Life‐Threatening
Behavior. 2019 Jun 12.
Robiner WN, Li T. Psychologist homicide victims: The National Violent Death
Reporting System and other sources. J Clin Psychol. 2021 Jun 25. doi:
10.1002/jclp.23199. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34171119.
Culbreth R, Swahn MH, Osborne M, Brandenberger K, Kota K. Substance use and deaths
by suicide: A latent class analysis of the National Violent Death Reporting System. Prev
Med. 2021 Jun 10:106682. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106682. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 34119594.
Arseniev-Koehler A, Foster JG, et al. Aggression, Escalation, and Other Latent Themes
in Legal Intervention Deaths of Non-Hispanic Black and White Men: Results From the
2003‒2017 National Violent Death Reporting System. Am J Public Health. 2021 May
13:e1-e9. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306312. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33984244.
Braun BI, Hafiz H, Singh S, et al. Health Care Worker Violent Deaths in the Workplace:
A Summary of Cases From the National Violent Death Reporting System. Workplace
Health Saf. 2021 May 4:21650799211003824. doi: 10.1177/21650799211003824. Epub
ahead of print. PMID: 33942679.
Ali B, Rockett IRH, Miller TR, et al. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Preceding
Circumstances of Suicide and Potential Suicide Misclassification Among US
Adolescents. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2021 Jan 7. doi: 10.1007/s40615-02000957-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33415703.
Carmichael H, Samuels JM, Jamison EC, Bol KA, Coleman JJ, Campion EM, Velopulos
CG. Finding the elusive trauma denominator: Feasibility of combining data sets to
quantify the true burden of firearm trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Mar
1;90(3):466-470. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003005. PMID: 33105286.
Elkbuli A, Sutherland M, Shepherd A, Kinslow K, Liu H, Ang D, McKenney M. Factors
Influencing US Physician and Surgeon Suicide Rates 2003-2017: Analysis of the CDCNational Violent Death Reporting System. Ann Surg. 2020 Nov 4. doi:
10.1097/SLA.0000000000004575. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33156059.
Lyons BH, Walters ML, Jack SPD, et al. Suicides Among Lesbian and Gay Male
Individuals: Findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System. Am J Prev
Med, 2019; 56(4), 512-521.
Petrosky E, Harpaz R, Fowler KA, et al., Chronic Pain Among Suicide Decedents, 2003
to 2014: Findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System. Ann Intern Med.
2018; 169(7):448-455.
Fowler KA, Dahlberg LL, Haileyesus T, et al. Childhood Firearm Injuries in the United
States. Pediatrics. 2017;140(1):e20163486 doi: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2017-2298
Barber, C, Barber C, Azrael D, Cohen A, et al. Homicides by Police: Comparing Counts
from the National Violent Death Reporting System, Vital Statistics and Supplementary
Homicide Reports Am. J. Public Health, 106(5). doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303074
Crosby AE, Lyons B. Assessing Homicides by and of U.S. Law-Enforcement Officers. N
Engl J Med. 2016;375(16):1509-1511. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1609905 Schiff LB, Holland
KM, Stone DM, et al. Acute and Chronic Risk Preceding Suicidal Crises Among MiddleAged Men Without Known Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse Problems: An
Exploratory Mixed-Methods Analysis. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and
Suicide Prevention. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000329.

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Fowler KA, Gladden RM, Vagi KJ, et al. Increase in Suicides Associated with Home
Eviction and Foreclosure During the US Housing Crisis: Findings from 16 National
Violent Death Reporting System States, 2005-2010. Am. J. Public Health, 105:311–316.
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.301945.