Data Source and Descriptions

  • National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program (NEISS-AIP)

    • NEISS-AIP provides nationally representative data about all types and causes of nonfatal injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments. CDC uses NEISS-AIP data to generate national estimates of nonfatal injuries, including those related to youth violence.

    Source: CDC

    Nashville Data Set:

    Smallest Unit of Analysis: State level

    Years: 2000-2008

    Data Access: Faculty can request detailed dataset

    List of Variables: Fatal Injury- Sex, Race, State, Ethnicity, Age Group, First Year, Last Year, Cause of Death, Deaths, Population, Crude Rate, Age-Adjusted Rate





  • National Violent Death Reporting System

    • CDC has funded 18 states and established the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) to gather, share, and link state-level data on violent deaths. NVDRS provides CDC and states with a more accurate understanding of violent deaths. This enables policy makers and community leaders to make informed decisions about violence prevention programs, including those that address youth violence.

    Source: CDC

    Description of Data: death certificates, police reports, and coroner or medical examiner reports

    Nashville Data Set:

    Smallest Unit of Analysis:

    Years: 2002-(2009?)

    Data Access: Faculty can request detailed dataset

    List of Variables: Demographics, substance use, relationship of victim to offender, circumstances leading to injury, whether the event occurred at home or work, location of the incident, and weapon type.





  • School-Associated Violent Deaths Study

    • In partnership with Departments of Education and Justice, CDC has conducted a national study of school-associated violent deaths since 1992. This ongoing study plays an important role in monitoring trends in lethal school violence, identifying risk factors, and assessing the effects of prevention efforts.

    Source: CDC

    Description of Data: School-associated violent deaths; common features of these events; and potential risk factors for perpetration and victimization.

    Nashville Data Set:

    Smallest Unit of Analysis: Schools

    Years: 1992 -2006

    Data Access:

    List of Variables: Homicide, suicide, legal intervention etc.





  • School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS)

    • SHPPS is a national survey conducted periodically to assess school health policies and programs at state, district, school, and classroom levels. SHPPS provides information on health education, programs, environmental strategies, and policies that schools, districts, and states use to address violence and suicide prevention.

    Source: CDC

    Description of Data: School Health Policies

    Nashville Data Set:

    Smallest Unit of Analysis: Classroom levels

    Years: 1994, 2000, and 2006

    Data Access: Publicly Available

    List of Variables: Health education, physical education, health services, mental health and social services, nutrition services, faculty and staff health promotion, alcohol – or other drug-use prevention, asthma awareness, foodborne illness prevention, HIV prevention, human sexuality, injury prevention and safety, other STD prevention, pregnancy prevention, suicide prevention, tobacco-use prevention, and violence prevention





  • WISQARS

    • WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System, pronounced “whiskers”) is an interactive database that provides national injury-related morbidity and mortality data used for research and for making informed public health decisions.

    Source: CDC

    Description of Data: Injury-related data

    Nashville Data Set:

    Smallest Unit of Analysis: Death Certificate

    Years: 1981-2008

    Data Access: Publicly Available

    List of Variables: Fatal injury, nonfatal injury, and violent deaths





  • Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

    • CDC’s YRBSS monitors health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among young people in the United States, including violence.

    Source: CDC

    Description of Data: Priority health-risk behaviors and the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youth and young adults

    Nashville Data Set:

    Smallest Unit of Analysis: Class level

    Years: 1991-2007, 2009

    Data Access: Publicly Available

    List of Variables: Weapon carrying, Fighting, Suicide, Tobacco use, Alcohol use, Marijuana use, Cocaine and other drugs use, Sexual behaviors, Race/ethnicity, BMI percentile, Age, Grade-level etc.