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Welcome to the Kentucky Violent Death Reporting System

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are currently building a national surveillance system entitled the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) to merge uniform violent death data from all states.  Kentucky is one of 17 NVDRS states.  Click this link to view map[PDF - 58KB]

The Kentucky Violent Death Reporting System (KVDRS) addresses the need for accurate surveillance and data analysis by combining data from death certificates, coroner/medical examiner reports, police reports, crime laboratory reports, toxicology reports, and child fatality review team reports.  Click the following link to view the KVDRS data flow chart[PDF - 44KB]
By carefully examining the data, we learn who, what, when, where, and why these events occur. Populations may then be identified and targeted for interventions.

Special Thanks To:

Kentucky Department for Public Health, Kentucky Coroners, Kentucky Medical Examiners, Kentucky State Police, KSP Criminal Identification and Records Branch, KSP Forensic Crime Laboratories, Toxicology Laboratory, Child Fatality Review Teams, and The Department of Criminal Justice Training.

This project is supported by cooperative agreement number 424128 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.

 

Additional Resources
 

Click the following link for more information on KVDRS Funding.

Click the following link to view a map which outlines Centralizing Coroner Investigation Reporting in Kentucky. [PDF - 121KB]

 

Annual Report
 

To obtain additional copies of the report, contact:

Sue Hodges
Kentucky Violent Death Reporting System
333 Waller Ave., Suite 200
Lexington, KY 40504
(859)323-8591

 

Last Updated 2/16/2009
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