At a glance
The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) was created in 2002, and is implemented in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
NVDRS State Profiles
NVDRS was created in 2002 and began collecting data from six states. By 2006, 17 states were participating, and today NVDRS is implemented in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Newer NVDRS states may not yet have available data, as they are in earlier stages of data collection. If data are not yet available for your state, you can still use the NVDRS data to better understand general patterns of violent deaths in participating states. However, keep in mind that NVDRS data are not nationally representative. We do not yet have a complete picture of violent death across the nation.
The recent expansion of NVDRS to include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico will allow CDC to provide information to inform violence prevention efforts in each area. It will also ensure we have enhanced information on the national scope of the problem of violent deaths to monitor and track trends and to inform national violence prevention efforts.
Continue reading for an alphabetized list of NVDRS program contact information by state.
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Alabama Department of Public Health
RSA Tower, Suite 960
201 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Principal Investigator: Betsy Cagle
Phone: 334-206-3995
Email: betsy.cagle@adph.state.al.us
Program Manager: Gloria Davis
Phone: 334-206-2938
Email: Gloria.davis@adph.state.al.us
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Division of Public Health
Section of Epidemiology
3601 C Street, Suite 540
Anchorage, AK 99524-0249
Principal Investigator: Ashley Hannigan
Phone: 907-269-8050
Fax: 907-269-2041
Email: ashley.hannigan2@alaska.gov
Arizona State University
Center Violence Prevention & Community Safety – ASU
411 N. Central Street
Suite 680
Phoenix, AZ 85004-2135
Principal Investigator: Charles M. Katz, Ph.D.
Phone: 602-496-1471
Fax: 602-496-1494
Email: charles.katz@asu.edu
Program Manager: Taylor Cox, Ph.D.
Phone: 602-496-1472
Fax: 602-496-1428
Email: tcox2@mainex1.asu.edu
Arkansas Department of Health
4815 W Markham St.
Little Rock, AR 72205
Principal Investigator: Jacob Smith
Phone: 501-671-1611
Email: Jacob.R.Smith@arkansas.gov
Program Manager: Nokomis Carter
Phone: 501-614-5234
Email: Nokomis.Carter@arkansas.gov
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California Department of Public Health
P.O. Box 997377, MS 7214
1616 Capitol Avenue, MS 7214
Sacramento, CA. 95899-7377
Program Email: CalVDRS@cdph.ca.gov
Principal Investigator: Julie Cross Riedel, PhD, MPH
Phone: 279-213-1503
Email: Julie.Cross-Riedel@cdph.ca.gov
Project Coordinator: Navjot "Jyoti" Kaur, MPH
Phone: 279-217-1034
Email: Navjot.Kaur@cdph.ca.gov
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
CHEIS-HS-A1
Denver, CO 80246
Principal Investigator: Kirk Bol, MSPH
Phone: 303-692-2170
Fax: 303-691-7821
Email: kirk.bol@state.co.us
Project Coordinator: Candace Bretsch
Email: candace.bretsch@state.co.us
Connecticut State Department of Public Health
410 Capitol Avenue, MS 11-HLS
Hartford, CT 06134
Principal Investigator: Susan Logan, MS, MPH
Phone: 860-509-7248
Fax: 860-509-7855
Email: Susan.Logan@ct.gov
Project Manager: Michael "Mike" Makowski, MPH
Phone: 860-509-3672
Email: Michael.Makowski@ct.gov
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Delaware Health and Social Services Division of Public Health
417 Federal Street
Dover, DE 19901-3635
Principal Investigator: Caroline Judd
Phone: 302-744-4799
Fax: 302-739-6631
Email: caroline.judd@delaware.gov
Program Manager: Amanda Bundek
Phone: 302-744-4850
Fax: 302-739-6631
Email: Amanda.bundek@delaware.gov
District of Columbia
Department of Health
899 North Capitol St NE
Washington, DC, 20002
Principal Investigator: Kenan J. Zamore
Phone: 202-442-9138
Email: kenan.zamore@dc.gov
Florida Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way Bin A-05
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Principal Investigator: Mary Prim, MS, CHES
Phone: 850-841-8512
Email: Mary.Prim@flhealth.gov
Georgia Department of Public Health
2 Peachtree Street NW
14th Floor 14-440
Atlanta, GA 30303
Principal Investigator: Rana Bayakly, MPH
Phone: 404-657-2617
Fax: 404-463-0780
Email: rana.bayakly@dph.ga.gov
Program Manager: Cijji Johnson
Email: Cijji.Johnson@dph.ga.gov
Hawaii Department of Health
Leahi Hospital – Trotter Basement
3675 Kilauea Ave.
Honolulu, HI 96813
Principal Investigator: Meiko Arai, PhD
Phone: 808-733-9201
Email: meiko.arai@doh.hawaii.gov
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Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
450 W State St
Boise, ID 83702
Principal Investigator: James Aydelotte
Phone: 208-334-4969
Email: James.Aydelotte@dhw.idaho.gov
Northwestern University
Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics
Feinberg School of Medicine
750 N Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60611
Principal Investigator: Maryann Mason, PhD
Phone: 312-503-5142
Email: maryann-mason@northwestern.edu
Program Manager: Antigone Kouvelis
Email: antigone.kouvelis@northwestern.edu
Indiana Department of Health
Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention
2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Principal Investigator: Morgan Sprecher
Phone: 317-233-9825
Email: MSprecher@health.in.gov
Iowa Department of Public Health
321 E. 12th St.
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
Principal Investigator/Program Director: Derma Rivera-Aguirre
Phone: 515-783-7773 mobile
Email: derma.rivera @hhs.iowa.gov
Project Coordinator: Lisa Roth
Phone: 319-359-9444
Email: lisa-m-roth@uiowa.edu
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Bureau of Health Promotion
1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 230
Topeka, KS 66612
Principal Investigator: Julie Sergeant
Phone: 785-296-0351
Email: julie.sergeant@ks.gov
Program Manager: Jeff Wilhelm
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
333 Waller Ave
Lexington, KY 40504
Principal Investigator: Sabrina Brown, DrPH
Phone: 859-323-8591
Email: Sabrina.brown@uky.edu
Project Manager: Jacqueline Seals
Email: jacqueline.seals@uky.edu
Louisiana Department of Health
1450 Poydras Street
Suite 2032
New Orleans, LA 70112-1277
Principal Investigator: Rebecca Majdoch
Phone: 504-568-8171
Email: Rebecca.Majdoch@la.gov
Program Manager: Lauren Dyer
Phone: 504-568-8176
Email: Lauren.Dyer2@la.gov
M
Maine Office of Chief Medical Examiner
State House Station #37
Augusta, ME 04333-0037
University of Maine
Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
York Complex
Orono, ME 04469-5784
Principal Investigator: Marcella H. Sorg, PhD
Phone: 207-581-2596
Fax: 207-624-7178
Email: mhsorg@maine.edu
Program Manager: Jamie A. Wren, MPH
Phone: 207-581-1629
Fax: 207-581-1266
Email: jamie.a.wren@maine.edu
Maryland Department of Health
201 West Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Principal Investigator: Georgette Lavetsky, MHS
Phone: 443-695-3007
Email: georgette.lavetsky@maryland.gov
Program Manager: Carley Petrey
Phone: 443-675-5051
Email: carley.petrey@maryland.gov
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Violent Death Reporting System
250 Washington Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Principal Investigator: Lauren Larochelle
Phone: 617-624-5664
Fax: 617-624-5631
Email: lauren.larochelle@state.ma.us
Michigan Department of Community Health
Injury and Violence Prevention Section
320 S. Walnut Street
Lansing, MI 48913-0001
Principal Investigator: Nina Bowser
Phone: 517-335-9703
Fax: 517-335-9669
Email: bowserN@michigan.gov
Minnesota Department of Health
Injury and Violence Prevention
625 Robert St. N.
P.O. Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
Principal Investigator: Stefan Gingerich
Phone: 651-201-5449
Email: Stefan.Gingerich@state.mn.us
Mississippi State Department of Health
570 E Woodrow Wilson Ave
Jackson, MS 39216
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kina White
Phone: 601-206-1559
Email: kina.white@msdh.ms.gov
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
930 Wildwood Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Principal Investigator: Dr. Venkata Garikapaty
Phone: 573-526-0452
Email: Venkata.Garikapaty@health.mo.gov
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
2401 Colonial Drive
Helena, MT 59601
Principal Investigator: Alyssa Johnson
Phone: 406-444-0752
Email: alyssa.johnson@mt.gov
Program Coordinator: Victoria Green
Email: victoria.green@mt.gov
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Nebraska Department of Public Health
301 Centennial Mall So.
P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509-5026
Principal Investigator: Lifeng Li
Phone: 402-471-0553
Email: Lifeng.Li@nebraska.gov
Nevada Department of Behavioral and Public Health
4126 Technology Way
Carson City, NV 89706
Principal Investigator: Amy Lucas
Email: alucas@dhhs.nv.gov
Phone: 775-684-5895
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Maternal and Child Health Section
29 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Principal Investigator: Djelloul Fourar-Laidi
Phone: 603-223-7464
Fax: 603-271-4519
Email: Djelloul.A.Fourar-Laidi@dhhs.state.nh.us
New Jersey Department of Health
Center for Health Statistics
P.O. Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625-0360
Principal Investigator: Bretta Jacquemin, MPH
Phone: 609-913-5782
Email: bretta.jacquemin@doh.nj.gov
New Mexico Department of Health
1190 St. Francis Drive, Suite N1110
Santa Fe, NM 87502-6110
Principal Investigator: Tosin Ogunmayowa, PhD
Phone: 505-231-0714
Email: Tosin.Ogunmayowa@doh.nm.gov
Project Manager: Andrew Johns
Email: Andrew.Johns@doh.nm.gov
New York State Department of Health
Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention
Empire State Plaza, Corning Tower Building, Room 1325
Albany, New York 12237
Principal Investigator: Michael Bauer, MS
Phone: 518-402-7900
Email: michael.bauer@health.ny.gov
Program Manager: Leah Hines, MPH
Phone: 508-402-7900
Email: leah.hines@health.ny.gov
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention
125 Worth Street, Room 618, CN 58A
New York, New York 10013
Co-Principal Investigator: Catherine Stayton, DrPH, MPH
Phone: 646-632-6090
Email: cstayton@health.nyc.gov
Program Manager: Carla Clark, PhD, MPH
Phone: 646-632-6060
Email: cclark@health.nyc.gov
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
2011 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2001
Principal Investigator: Scott Proescholdbell, MPH
Phone: 919-707-5442
Fax: 919-870-4803
Email: scott.proescholdbell@dhhs.nc.gov
Program Manager: Tammy Norwood
Email: tammy.norwood@dhhs.nc.gov
North Dakota Department of Health
600 E Boulevard Ave Dept 301
Bismarck, ND 58505
Principal Investigator: Tracy Miller
Phone: 701-328-2387
Email: tkmiller@nd.gov
Program Manager: Kodi Pinks
Email: kpinks@nd.gov
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Ohio Department of Health
246 North High Street
8th floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Principal Investigator: Kara Manchester
Phone: 614-466-8437
Email: kara.manchester@odh.ohio.gov
Program Manager: Sarah Cunningham
Phone: 614-644-7866
Email: Sarah.Cunningham@odh.ohio.gov
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Injury Prevention Science
123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Suite 1702
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406
Principal Investigator/Program Manager: Brandi Woods-Littlejohn
Phone: 405-426-8440
Email: BrandiW@health.ok.gov
Oregon Health Authority
Oregon Public Health Division
Injury & Violence Prevention Program
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 705
Portland, OR 97232-2162
Principal Investigator: Kim Waite
Phone: 971-413-2421
Email: Kim.L.Waite@oha.oregon.gov
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
Room 1008, Health & Welfare Building
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701
Principal Investigator: Suzanne Hoedemaker, MSW
Phone: 717-787-5900
Email: shoedemake@pa.gov
Program Manager: Jenine Melo
Email: jmelo@pa.gov
Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics
57 Quisqueya St.
Suite 2000
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917-5484
Principal Investigator: Diego E Zavala, PhD
Phone: 787-840-2575
E-mail: diego.zavala@estadisticas.pr
Program Manager: Mariluz Bezares
Email: mariluz.bezares@estadisticas.pr
Rhode Island Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 407
Providence, RI 02908
Principal Investigator: Samara Viner-Brown, MS
Phone: 401-222-5122
Fax: 401-222-5517
Email: samara.vinerbrown@health.ri.gov
Program Manager: Jonathan Barkley, MPH
Phone: 401-222-7623
Email: jonathan.barkley@health.ri.gov
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South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Principal Investigator: Susan L. Jackson RN, MP
Phone: 803-898-7152
Email: jacksosl@dhec.sc.gov
South Dakota Department of Health
615 East 4th Street
Pierre, SD 57501
Principal Investigator: Kiley Hump
Phone: 605-773-3737
Email: Kiley.hump@state.sd.us
Program Manager: Ally Gross
Phone: 605-367-5469
Email: Ally.Gross@state.sd.us
Tennessee Department of Health
710 James Robertson Pkwy
Andrew Johnson Tower 2nd Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
Principal Investigator: Margaret Hyder
Phone: 423-439-8403
Email: Margaret.Hyder@tn.gov
Program Manager: Molly Golladay
Email: Molly.Golladay@tn.gov
Program email: TN.VDRS@tn.gov
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 W 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756
Principal Investigator: Jia Benno, MPH
Phone: 512-902-0197
Email: Jia.Benno@dshs.texas.gov
Program Manager: Michael McNutt
Phone: 512-701-4602
Email: Mike.McNutt@dshs.texas.gov
Utah Department of Health and Human Services
Violence and Injury Prevention Program
P.O. Box 142106
Salt Lake City, UT 84414-2016
Principal Investigator: Gary Mower
Phone: 385-602-4171
Email: gdmower@utah.gov
Program Manager: Jonathan Argyle
Email: jargyle@utah.gov
Vermont Department of Health
280 State Drive
Waterbury, VT 05671-9501
Principal Investigator: Mallory Staskus
Phone: 802-863-7200
Email: Mallory.Staskus@vermont.gov
Program Manager: Grace Yu
Phone: 802-863-7200
Email: grace.yu@vermont.gov
Virginia Department of Health
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
737 North 5th Street, Suite 301
Richmond, VA 23219
Principal Investigator: Ryan Diduk-Smith
Phone: 804-205-3856
Fax: 804-786-1877
E-mail: Ryan.Diduk@vdh.virginia.gov
Program Manager: Michael Keith II, MPH
Phone: 804-205-3854
Email: Michael.Keith@vdh.virginia.gov
Washington State Department of Health
111 Israel Road SE
Tumwater, WA 98501
Principal Investigator: David Tobin
Phone:360-584-4168
Email: David.Tobin@doh.wa.gov
Program Manager: Kirstin McFarland
Phone: 360-890-6398
Email: Kirstin.McFarland@doh.wa.gov
West Virginia Department of Health
One Davis Square
Suite 100E
Charleston, West Virginia 25301-1729
Principal Investigator: Matthew Izzo
Phone: 304-558-6920
Email: matthew.d.izzo@wv.gov
Program Manager: Maggie Molitor
Phone: 304-558-6920
Email: Maggie.W.Molitor@wv.gov
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
1 West Wilson Street, Rm 651
Madison, WI 53703
Principal Investigator: Lindsay Emer
Phone: 608-720-8013
Email: lindsayr.emer@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Project Coordinator: Rebecca Gonnering
Phone: 920-448-5226
Email: rebecca.gonnering@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Wyoming Department of Health
2300 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Principal Investigator: Joe Grandpre
Phone: 307-777-8654
Email: Joe.grandpre@wyo.gov
Program Manager: Stacey Haugen
Phone: 307-777-7116
Email: stacey.haugen1@wyo.gov