The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) collects information about violent deaths (defined as intentional use of physical force or power against oneself or another person) from death certificates, medical examiner reports, law enforcement reports and toxicology reports into an anonymous database to provide valuable context around how and why violent deaths, including suicides, occur.

Study design: Surveillance data; convenience sampling

Measures of depression: Current depressed mood; Current mental health treatment; History of mental health treatment; History of suicidal ideation; History of self-injury/self-harm; Recent disclosure of suicidal ideation or intention; Presence of suicide note
Data collection: Surveillance data collection from public records
Other measures: Recent criminal legal problem; Recent non-criminal legal problem; Physical health probleml Job problem; Financial problem; School problem; Eviction or less of housing; Suicide of family member or friend; Diagnosed mental health problem; History of mental health problem; Alcohol or substance use disorder; Other addiction; Relationship problem; History of abuse/neglect; perpetrator of interpersonal violence; Victim of interpersonal violence; Physical altercation; Argument or conflict; Crime in progress; Recent crisis

Notable publications using this data:

• K.J. Gold et al: Mental health, substance use and intimate partner problems among pregnant and postpartum suicide victims in the National Violent Death Reporting System

• E. Petrosky et al: Chronic Pain Among Suicide Decedents, 2003 to 2014: Findings From the National Violent Death Reporting System
• T.J. Shumette and S.T. Wilkinson: Suicide in Older Adults With and Without Known Mental Illness: Results From the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003–2016
• K.J. Gold et al: Physician Suicide in the United States:Updated Estimates from the National Violent Death Reporting System