Efforts and Opportunities to Understand Women's Mortality Due to Suicide and Homicide Using the National Violent Death Reporting System

• Published in: Journal of women's health (Larchmont, N.Y. 2002) Vol. 27; no. 9; p. 1073
• Main Authors: Ivey-Stephenson, Asha Z, Blair, Janet M, Crosby, Alex E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Female; Homicide - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Middle Aged; Research Design; Suicide - statistics & numerical data; United States - epidemiology; Violence - statistics & numerical data; violent death; homicide; suicide

Women's mortality due to violent deaths is a public health issue that has received national attention. Many data systems only collect death certificate data, which provide very limited information about the circumstances surrounding a violent death. The Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...