About 50,000 homicides and suicides occur in the U.S. each year. However, we cannot answer even basic questions about how or why because of the lack of a uniform, comprehensive national data system.
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Gaining a better understanding about the circumstances and trends associated with violent deaths can help identify prevention strategies, a coalition of health and welfare, violence and suicide prevention, and law enforcement advocates said today. The groups hailed studies published in the journal Injury Prevention, which draw on data from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) to identify patterns of violent death in America.
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