Emerging Data Systems on Violent Events
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The committee reinforces recommendations made by past National Research
Council committees and others to support the development and maintenance
of the National Violent Death Reporting System and the National Incident-
Based Reporting System. These data systems are designed to provide
information that characterizes violent events. No single system will provide
data that can answer all policy questions, but the necessary first step is to
collect accurate and reliable information to describe the basic facts about
violent injuries and deaths. The committee is encouraged by the efforts of the
Harvard School of Public Health’s Injury Control Research Center pilot data
collection program and the recent seed money provided to implement a Violent
Death Reporting System at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.