1 / 9

Overview of Delaware Violent Death Reporting System (DVDRS) and My Healthy Community Site

Overview of Delaware Violent Death Reporting System (DVDRS) and My Healthy Community Site. Amanda M. Bundek , BS, NREMT Epidemiologist, II Delaware division of public health. Delaware Violent Death Reporting System(DVDRS).

rodneyk
Download Presentation

Overview of Delaware Violent Death Reporting System (DVDRS) and My Healthy Community Site

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Overview of Delaware Violent Death Reporting System (DVDRS) and My Healthy Community Site Amanda M. Bundek , BS, NREMT Epidemiologist, II Delaware division of public health

  2. Delaware Violent Death Reporting System(DVDRS) • State-based surveillance system which reports data in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) • Data is collected from death certificate, medical examiner, and law enforcement reports. • Violent deaths are entered into the system based on the location of the injury, not the individual's residence location or death location. • Demographic and Circumstance data is collected. • A narrative synopsis of medical examiner and law enforcement reports .

  3. Violent Deaths by Intent, Delaware 2000-2017Data Source: Delaware Health Statistics Center, Vital Records; *Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population.

  4. Distribution of Suicide Injury Mechanism-Delaware, 2000-2017Data Source: Delaware Health Statistics Center, Vital Records

  5. Homicide Circumstance Data- Delaware, 2017Data Source: Delaware Violent Death Reporting System

  6. Suicide Circumstance Data- Delaware, 2017Data Source: Delaware Violent Death Reporting System

  7. My Healthy Community Delaware’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network

  8. My Healthy Communityhttps://myhealthycommunity.dhss.delaware.gov/ • Data-sharing platform that delivers neighborhood-focused population health, environmental, and social determinants of health data to the public • Official launch: May 13th • Topics include: • Air Quality • Asthma • Drinking Water • Substance Use • Demo

  9. Epidemiology Research Unit Caroline Judd, MPH Management Analyst, III Delaware Division of Public Health caroline.judd@delaware.gov Amanda Bundek Epidemiologist, II Delaware Division of Public Health amanda.bundek@delaware.gov

More Related