[YSPNetwork] Report: Oregon Violent Death Reporting System 2005

[Donna NOONAN]

YSPNetworkers,
The latest Oregon Violent Death Reporting System report (for 2005) has
just been released and is available online at
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ipe/nvdrs/docs/ViolentDeathinOregon2005.pdf.
 
Some facts you'll find in the report: 
Suicide accounted for 555 (74.2%) of the 748 violent deaths among
Oregonians in 2005. (There were 103 homicides in Oregon in 2005 - 13.8%
of all violent deaths.)
Suicide rates are highest among older adults.
The suicide rate among Oregon's male veterans is over twice as high as
non-veteran males.
Gunshot wounds accounted for 54% of the deaths.
 
The Oregon Violent Death Reporting System (ORVDRS) is a statewide,
active
surveillance system that collects detailed information on all
homicides, suicides,
deaths of undetermined intent, deaths resulting from legal
intervention, and deaths
related to unintentional firearm injuries. The goals of this system are
to generate public
health information on violent deaths and to work with partners to
develop prevention
strategies. Since 2003, ORVDRS has collected data from Oregon medical
examiners,
local police, death certificates, and the Homicide Incident Tracking
System. This report
describes data collected in the system*s third year.
 
Overview
Violent death is the second leading cause of death among Oregonians
aged 1-44 and the
ninth leading cause among all Oregonians. In 2005, the total of violent
deaths among
Oregonians was 748 (20.5 deaths per 100,000 population). Of those, 555
(74.2 percent)
were deaths by suicide (15.2 per 100,000); 103 (13.8 percent) by
homicide (2.8 per
100,000); 71 (9.5 percent) by undetermined manner (1.9 per 100,000); 16
(2.1 percent)
by legal intervention; and three (0.4 percent) by unintentional firearm
injury. Seventeen
incidents involved more than one death; 11 of those were
homicide-suicides.
 
There are breakdowns by age, gender, county, race, ethnicity. Go to
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ipe/nvdrs/index.shtml to find the report
online.
 
Donna
 
Donna G. Noonan, MPH, CHES
Youth Suicide Prevention Coordinator
Injury Prevention & Epidemiology Program
Oregon Public Health Division
800 NE Oregon, Ste 772
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: 971-673-1023 
Fax 971-673-0990
donna.noonan at state.or.us
http://oregon.gov/dhs/ph/ipe/ysp/index.shtml
 
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