Health Data & Statistics

• Disease Surveillance
• Healthcare Workforce Center
• HIV/AIDS
• PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System)
• Infant Mortality
• Maternal Mortality
• School Height Weight Project
• Sexually Transmitted Disease
• SD Cancer Registry
• SD Violent Death Reporting System (SD-VDRS)
• Injury Surveillance and Prevention
• SD Preventable Death Committee
• SD Youth Tobacco Survey
• Suicide Prevention
• Tuberculosis
• Vulnerability Assessment

National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)

NVDRS is the only state-based anonymous surveillance system that covers all types of violent deaths. NVDRS collects information about the who, what, where, and how on violent deaths and provides insight about why they occurred. No personally identifiable information is collected in NVDRS web-based system. NVDRS started in 2002 and went nationwide in 2018.

South Dakota Violent Death Reporting System (SD-VDRS)

The South Dakota Department of Health received funding from CDC in 2018 to implement SD-VDRS. The first year of data collection started in January of 2019, which is a pilot year and is focused on Minnehaha and Pennington county. SD-VDRS will go statewide during the second year of funding, starting January 1, 2020.

SD-VDRS Data Sources:

• Death Certificates
• Coroner Reports
• Law Enforcement Reports

Violent Deaths Include:

• Suicides
• Homicides
• Undetermined Intent
• Unintentional Firearm
• Legal Intervention & Terrorism

Data Collected:

• Victim Demographics
• Injury and Death Information
• Circumstances (mental health, substance abuse, life stressors, etc.)
• Weapon and Suspect Information
• Toxicology Findings

What SD-VDRS Can Do:

• Guide state and local prevention efforts
• Identify emerging issues
• Educate our state and communities

SD-VDRS Resources:

• South Dakota Preventable Death Review Committee
• SD-VDRS Informational one-pager - to order email Amanda.Nelson@state.sd.us
• SD-VDRS Pocket Guide - to order email Amanda.Nelson@state.sd.us

SD-VDRS Reports:

Reports for violent deaths occurring in Minnehaha and Pennington Counties.

• 2019 Preliminary SD-VDRS Data Report

Additional Resources:

• CDC National Violent Death Reporting System
• NVDRS: Stories from the Frontlines of Violent Death Surveillance (PDF)
• South Dakota Suicide Prevention

Contact:

Amanda Nelson, MPH
Injury Prevention Epidemiologist
South Dakota Department of Health
Amanda.Nelson@state.sd.us
605-367-7436