New Jersey Injury Statistics and Publications
Central Nervous System Injury
Central Nervous System Injury Surveillance
Brain Injury Fact Sheet (April 2007)
Central Nervous System Injury Surveillance Reports
New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System
New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System
Unintentional injuries are the sixth leading cause of death among New Jerseyans. An overwhelming majority of fatal injuries are the result of motor vehicle crashes and poisoning. Other causes of unintentional injury include falls, suffocation and fires.
Violence is a major cause of injury and death in the United States and in New Jersey. Homicide and suicide rates in New Jersey are substantially lower than as compared to the United States. Still, hundreds of deaths per year are attributed to these causes.
Motor Vehicle
Unintentional Poisonings
Violence & Abuse
Violent Deaths in New Jersey 2003-2005 [PDF 4520KB]
Report Maps - Suicide, Homicide and 'Gang-Related" Homicide Maps excerpted from report [PDF 4477k]
Selected circumstances of violent deaths in New Jersey, 2004 [pdf 40KB]
(Companion to CDC's "Homicides and Suicides - National Violent Death Reporting System, United States, 2003-2004" MMWR 55(26) July 7, 2006 )
- Suicide and Self-Injury
- Homicide and Assault
Other Injury Topics
Presentations
- February 21, 2007 - Presentation by Gregory K. Brown, PhD, on the use of cognitive therapy for suicide prevention.
- November 30, 2006 - Presentation at the DHSS Epidemiology Seminar Series [PDF 1.61 MB]
- November 3, 2006 - Presentation at the New Jersey State Gang Summit 2006 "Focus on Prevention" [PDF 2580k]
- May 16, 2006 – Presentation to the Governor's Advisory Council on Youth Suicide Prevention [PDF 729k]
- New Jersey Injury Outlook, March 21, 2006 - Presentation to the New Jersey State Safety Council (PDF 1.6MB)
- Intimate Partner Homicide in NJ, March 2006
- February 21, 2006 – Presentation to the New Jersey Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board [PDF 1.2MB]
- Overview: New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System, Dec 9, 2004 - Part I - Analyses based on data collected through October 8, 2003, on incidents occurring between January 1 and December 31, 2003
- Murder-Suicide in NJ, Dec 9, 2004 – Part II - Homicide in 7 New Jersey Cities, 2003
- New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System, Dec 10, 2003 - Part I - Analyses based on data collected through October 8, 2003, on incidents occurring between January 1 and September 26, 2003
- December 10, 2003 – Part II - New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System (NJVDRS): A collaboration between The Center for Health Statistics The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services and The Violence Institute of New Jersey The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- June 12, 2003 - Part I - New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System (NJVDRS): A collaboration between The Center for Health Statistics The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services and The Violence Institute of New Jersey The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, NJ Homicides and Suicides from January 1, 2003 foward
- June 12, 2003 – Part II – Violent Death Surveillance in New Jersey
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