Georgia data summary. Violent death reporting system

2009 Georgia Data Summary
VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM
Types of violent death included: Suicide, homicide, unintentional firearm injury, legal intervention, and deaths of undetermined intent.

DESCRIPTION The Georgia Violent Death Reporting System (GVDRS) is part of the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CDC/NCIPC)
Population-based system which is able to report on multi-victim incidents as well as on individual persons (victims and suspects)
MULTIPLE SOURCES OF DATA
GVDRS combines data from several sources which include:
Death certificates Medical examiner and/or coroner records Law enforcement records Supplemental homicide reports Crime laboratory records
CURRENT STATES PARTICIPATING IN NVDRS

NVDRS GOALS

NVDRS site

Inform decision makers and program planners
about the magnitude, trends and characteristics of violent death
Evaluate state-based violence prevention
programs and strategies

NUMBER OF GEORGIA RESIDENT VICTIMS BY TYPE, 2006

Type of Violent Death
Suicide Homicide Undetermined intent Unintentional firearm Legal intervention Total

2006

#

%

904

51

616

35

200

11

13

1

38

2

1771

100

SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE BY GEORGIA PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT, 2006

Public Health District
1-1 Northwest (Rome) 1-2 North Georgia (Dalton) 2 North (Gainesville) 3-1 Cobb-Douglas 3-2 Fulton 3-3 Clayton County (Morrow) 3-4 East Metro (Lawrenceville) 3-5 DeKalb 4 LaGrange 5-1 South Central (Dublin) 5-2 North Central (Macon) 6 East Central (Augusta) 7 West Central (Columbus) 8-1 South (Valdosta) 8-2 Southwest (Albany) 9-1 Coastal (Savannah) 9-2 Southeast (Waycross) 10 Northeast (Athens) Unknown GA county of Residence Total

Suicide # Rate
58 11.3 40 12.2 33 7.2 66 9.4 70 8.6 12 5.1 80 11.1 49 7.4 56 9.1 12 8.9 36 7.6 43 10.1 14 4.0 17 7.5 22 6.2 56 11.5 24 7.5 42 11.5

Homicide # Rate
14 2.7 6 1.8
11 2.4 22 3.1 101 12.4 39 16.5 46 6.4 98 14.7 28 4.6 13 9.6 22 4.6 29 6.8 24 6.8 10 4.4 19 5.4 45 9.2 26 8.1 20 5.5

174 --- 43 --904 11.0 616 7.5

Note: Rates are per 100,000 population. These are crude rates, rather than age-adjusted rates.

Georgia Department of Community Health, Division of Public Health 2 Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 657-2635 GA-GVDRS@dhr.state.ga.us http://health.state.ga.us

Date updated: September 2009

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SUICIDE

HOMICIDE

Suicide by Methods, Georgia 2006

Fall 1%

2% Other

Poisoning 11%

Hanging, Strangulation, Suffocation 19%

Homicide by Methods, Georgia, 2006

Hanging, Strangulation,

Personal Weapons (feet, Suffocation

fists and hands)

2%

3%

2% Other

Blunt Instrument 3%

Sharp Instrument 13%

Sharp Instrument 2%

Firearms 65%

Firearm 77%

* Other= blunt instrument, drowning, fire/burn, motor vehicle, other transportation vehicle

Suicide Rate by Age Group and Sex, Georgia, 2006

Rate per 100,000

100

90

80

70

Males

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

Females

<1 1-4 5- 15- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75- 85+

14 24 34 44 54 64 74 84

Age Group (Years)

* The rates for females and males 14 years of age and younger and
females 75 years of age and older are based upon small numbers.

Rate per 100,000

* Other= poisoning, fall, fire/burn, shaking, motor vehicle, intentional neglect, other
Homicide Rate by Age Group and Sex, Georgia, 2006

100

90

80

70

Males Females

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

<1 1-4 5- 15- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75- 85+

14 24 34 44 54 64 74 84

Age Group (Years)

* The rates for males and females 14 years of age and younger and 65
years of age and older are based upon small numbers.

Suicide Rate by Race/Ethnicity and Sex, Georgia, 2006

35

Rate per 100,000

30

25

Males Females

20

15

10

5

0

White nonhispanic

Black nonhispanic

Hispanic

Data presented in the following table were derived from 68% of the total number of incidents; categories are not mutually exclusive.

TOP SUICIDE CIRCUMSTANCES, 2006

Crisis within the past two weeks Current mental health problem Intimate partner problem Disclosed intent to commit suicide Person left a suicide note History of mental health problem Current depressed mood Ever treated for mental illness Previous suicide attempt

34% 33% 28% 28% 25% 25% 24% 21% 13%

Homicide Rate by Race/Ethnicity and Sex, Georgia, 2006

Rate per 100,000

35 30 25 20 15 10
5 0
White nonhispanic

Males

Females

Black nonhispanic

Hispanic

Data presented in the following table were derived from 62% of the total number of incidents; categories are not mutually exclusive.

TOP HOMICIDE CIRCUMSTANCES, 2006
Involved other argument, abuse, or conflict Intimate partner violence Precipitated by another crime Drug-related
RELEVANT LINKS
Georgia Violent Death Reporting System www.health.state.ga.us/epi/cdiee/gvdrs.asp
National Violent Death Reporting System www.cdc.gov/ncipc/profiles/nvdrs/default.htm

37% 22% 21% 14%

Georgia Department of Community Health, Division of Public Health 2 Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 657-2635 GA-GVDRS@dhr.state.ga.us http://health.state.ga.us

Date updated: September 2009

Publication Number

Georgia Department of Community Health, Division of Public Health 2 Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 657-2635 GA-GVDRS@dhr.state.ga.us http://health.state.ga.us

Date updated: September 2009

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