- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Georgia Violent Death Reporting System (GA-VDRS)
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Public Health
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Public Health
- Date of Original:
- 2015
- Subject:
- Georgia Violent Death Reporting System
Violent deaths--Georgia--Statistics - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- pamphlets
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Pamphlet looking at the Georgia Violent Death Reporting System.
- External Identifiers:
- OCLC 1273716183
IZ MMS ID 9949397386902959
Call Number P780 .M1 2015 D4
NZ MMS ID 9922582183602931 - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bp780-b-pm1-b2015-bd4-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bp780-b-pm1-b2015-bd4-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
GA-VDRS Goals
1. Inform county representatives, public health professionals and programs.
2. Provide data to guide violence prevention efforts in Georgia.
3. Evaluate violence prevention programmatic activities.
4. Participate in providing violent death data to national organizations.
5. Make data available through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/).
6. Provide data for violent death research.
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
2 Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30303
Suite 14-392 Phone: 404-657-2578
Fax: 404-463-0780 Email: gvdrs@dph.ga.gov
Thank you to all Sheriff's Offices, Police Departments, and Coroners' and Medical Examiners' Offices that contributed data to the GA-VDRS.
Visit us online at: http://dph.georgia.gov/GVDRS
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC HEALTH
Georgia Violent Reporting
Scientific Based Data to Support Decision Making Injury Prevention & Intervention Research & Analysis Training & Awareness Violence Reduction
Georgia Violent Death Reporting System
GA-VDRS Defined
The Georgia Violent Death Reporting System is a federally funded project that aims to identify deaths within Georgia such as: Suicide Homicide Legal Intervention Undetermined Intent Accidental Firearm Terrorism
GA-VDRS Data Sources
Information is collected from: Death Certificates Medical Examiners and/or Coroner's
Reports Police Reports Crime Laboratory Reports Toxicology Reports Child Fatality Review
Percent of Violent Deaths by Top 5 Circumstances and Manner of Death, 2008-2012
Circumstance Homicide
Precipitated by another crime Gang-related Argument or conflict Intimate partner violence Crime in progress
Suicide
Depressed mood Mental health problem Intimate partner problem Physical health problem Disclosed suicidal thoughts or intent to complete suicide
Percent
35.4 16.4 16.2 12.6 12.3
34.5 29.0 25.3 24.3
22.1
Percent of Violent Deaths by Type of Weapon* Used and Manner of Death, 2008-2012
Number of Violent Deaths by Manner of Death, 2008-2012
Manner of Death
Suicide Homicide Undetermined Accidental Firearm Legal Intervention
Total
Violent Deaths
Number
5,340 3,231 836
73 69 9,549
Percent
55.9% 33.8% 8.8% 0.8% 0.7% 100%
Percent of Violent Deaths with Positive Toxicology Results by Drug Type*^, 2008-2012
Antidepressants 1%
42%
Amphetamines Opiates
Benzodiazepines
44%% 6% 14%
Homicide Suicide
10%
25%
Cocaine
14% 5%
Marijuana
4%
16%
Alcohol
26% 33%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
*Among victims who had toxicology tests (Homicide: 51%; Suicide: 44%) ^Drug type is not mutually exclusive
50%
The highest homicide rates occurred among residents of metropolitan areas (e.g., Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, Albany, and Macon).
The highest suicide rates occurred among residents of rural Georgia counties.