Data Element |
Options/Definitions |
Mode of Determining a Manner or Cause of Death |
- Abstracter assigned
- ICD-10 underlying cause of death
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Intent (Manner) of Injury |
- All intents, or any combination of the following
- Unintentional firearm
- Homicide
- Legal intervention
- Suicide
- Undetermined intent
- Homicide followed by suicide, except when using ICD-10 mode
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Cause (Mechanism) of Injury |
- All injury, or any combination of the following
- Firearm (additional subcategories for abstractor assigned: all
firearms, handgun, shotgun, rifle, other firearm, combination of firearms, unknown/not reported)
- Cut/Pierce/Stab with sharp instrument
- Struck by/against (additional subcategories for abstractor assigned: all, blunt instrument, personal weapons (hands, feet))
- Poisoning (additional subcategories for abstractor assigned: all, street/recreational drugs only, alcohol only, prescription drugs only, over-the-counter (OTC) drugs only, carbon monoxide or other gas only, multiple drug combinations, other specified poison, unknown drugs/not reported)
- Hanging, strangulation, suffocation
- Fall
- Drowning
- Fire/Burn
- Motor vehicle, including cars, vans, SUVs, buses, motorcycles and others
- Intentional neglect
- Other
- Unknown
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Victim-Suspect Relationship
(Note: For incidents with multiple victims, all
victim-subject relationships will be counted.) |
- All, or any combination of the following
- Spouse or other intimate partner (current or ex)
- Parent
- Child
- Other relative
- Acquaintance or friend
- Stranger
- Other specified relationship
- Unknown relationship
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Year(s) of Report |
- Calendar year of victim’s death (or first death for multiple victims)
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State(s)
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- Individual participating states
- Groups of states
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Race,
Ethnicity, and Sex of the Victim/Suspect |
- All races, white, black, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian/Pacific Islander
- All ethnicities, Hispanic, non-Hispanic, unknown
- Both sexes, male, female
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Place of Injury |
- All, or any combination of the following:
- House/apartment/yard/driveway
- Residential institution/shelter/prison
- Highway/street/road/automobile
- Recreational/cultural area/public building
- Commercial/farm/industrial/construction area
- Natural area/countryside/forest
- Other including school/sports areas
- Unknown/missing
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Homeless Status |
- All
- Homeless
- Not homeless
- Unknown/missing
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Pregnancy Status |
- All
- Pregnant
- Not pregnant
- Unknown/missing
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Military Status |
- All
- Current/former military
- Non-military
- Unknown/missing
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Homicide and Legal Intervention Circumstances of the Victim |
- All persons with known circumstances
- Intimate partner violence-related
- Argument over money/property
- Other argument/abuse/conflict
- Precipitated by another crime
- Crime in progress
- Drug involvement
- Brawl (3 or more persons involved in a mutual
physical fight)
- Jealousy (lovers’ triangle)
- Victim used weapon
- Gang-related
- Victim was a bystander
- Mercy killing
- Hate crime
- Justifiable self defense
- Victim was assisting a crime victim
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Suicide/Undetermined Death Circumstances |
- All persons with known circumstances
- Current depressed mood
- Current mental health problems
- Current treatment for mental health problem
- Ever treated for mental health problem
- Person left a suicide note
- Disclosed intent to commit suicide
- History of suicide attempts
- Crisis in past 2 wks
- Intimate partner problem
- Other relationship problem
- Physical health problem
- Alcohol dependence
- Other substance problem
- Recent criminal legal problem
- Other legal problems
- Job problem
- Financial problem
- School problem
- Suicide of family or friend in the past five years
- Other death of family or friend in the past five years
- Perpetrator of interpersonal violence in the past month
- Victim of interpersonal violence in the past month
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Unintentional Firearm Death Circumstances |
- All persons with known circumstances
- Hunting
- Target shooting
- Self defensive shooting
- Celebratory firing
- Loading/unloading gun
- Cleaning gun
- Showing gun to others
- Playing with gun
- Other context of injury
- Thought safety was engaged
- Thought unloaded, magazine disengaged
- Thought gun was unloaded, other
- Unintentionally pulled trigger
- Bullet ricochet
- Gun defect or malfunction
- Fired while holstering/unholstering
- Dropped gun
- Fired while operating safety/lock
- Gun mistaken for toy
- Other mechanism of injury
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Content Source: National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control, Office of Statistics and Programming
Page last modified:November 18, 2008