State Profiles

At a glance

The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) was created in 2002, and is implemented in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

NVDRS State Profiles

NVDRS was created in 2002 and began collecting data from six states. By 2006, 17 states were participating, and today NVDRS is implemented in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Newer NVDRS states may not yet have available data, as they are in earlier stages of data collection. If data are not yet available for your state, you can still use the NVDRS data to better understand general patterns of violent deaths in participating states. However, keep in mind that NVDRS data are not nationally representative. We do not yet have a complete picture of violent death across the nation.

The recent expansion of NVDRS to include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico will allow CDC to provide information to inform violence prevention efforts in each area. It will also ensure we have enhanced information on the national scope of the problem of violent deaths to monitor and track trends and to inform national violence prevention efforts.

Map of the United States and surrounding territories illustrating the reach of NVDRS
The NVDRS spans all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Continue reading for an alphabetized list of NVDRS program contact information by state.

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RSA Tower, Suite 960
201 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36104

Principal Investigator: Betsy Cagle
Phone: 334-206-3995
Email: betsy.cagle@adph.state.al.us

Program Manager: Gloria Davis
Phone: 334-206-2938
Email: Gloria.davis@adph.state.al.us


Division of Public Health
Section of Epidemiology
3601 C Street, Suite 540
Anchorage, AK 99524-0249

Principal Investigator: Ashley Hannigan
Phone: 907-269-8050
Fax: 907-269-2041
Email: ashley.hannigan2@alaska.gov


Center Violence Prevention & Community Safety – ASU
411 N. Central Street
Suite 680
Phoenix, AZ 85004-2135

Principal Investigator: Charles M. Katz, Ph.D.
Phone: 602-496-1471
Fax: 602-496-1494
Email: charles.katz@asu.edu

Program Manager: Taylor Cox, Ph.D.
Phone: 602-496-1472
Fax: 602-496-1428
Email: tcox2@mainex1.asu.edu


4815 W Markham St.
Little Rock, AR 72205

Principal Investigator: Jacob Smith
Phone: 501-671-1611
Email: Jacob.R.Smith@arkansas.gov

Program Manager: Nokomis Carter
Phone: 501-614-5234
Email: Nokomis.Carter@arkansas.gov

C


P.O. Box 997377, MS 7214
1616 Capitol Avenue, MS 7214
Sacramento, CA. 95899-7377
Program Email: CalVDRS@cdph.ca.gov

Principal Investigator: Julie Cross Riedel, PhD, MPH
Phone: 279-213-1503
Email: Julie.Cross-Riedel@cdph.ca.gov

Project Coordinator: Navjot "Jyoti" Kaur, MPH
Phone: 279-217-1034
Email: Navjot.Kaur@cdph.ca.gov


4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
CHEIS-HS-A1
Denver, CO 80246

Principal Investigator: Kirk Bol, MSPH
Phone: 303-692-2170
Fax: 303-691-7821
Email: kirk.bol@state.co.us

Project Coordinator: Candace Bretsch
Email: candace.bretsch@state.co.us


410 Capitol Avenue, MS 11-HLS
Hartford, CT 06134

Principal Investigator: Susan Logan, MS, MPH
Phone: 860-509-7248
Fax: 860-509-7855
Email: Susan.Logan@ct.gov

Project Manager: Michael "Mike" Makowski, MPH
Phone: 860-509-3672
Email: Michael.Makowski@ct.gov

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417 Federal Street
Dover, DE 19901-3635

Principal Investigator: Caroline Judd
Phone: 302-744-4799
Fax: 302-739-6631
Email: caroline.judd@delaware.gov

Program Manager: Amanda Bundek
Phone: 302-744-4850
Fax: 302-739-6631
Email: Amanda.bundek@delaware.gov


Department of Health
899 North Capitol St NE
Washington, DC, 20002

Principal Investigator: Kenan J. Zamore
Phone: 202-442-9138
Email: kenan.zamore@dc.gov


4052 Bald Cypress Way Bin A-05
Tallahassee, FL 32399

Principal Investigator: Mary Prim, MS, CHES
Phone: 850-841-8512
Email: Mary.Prim@flhealth.gov


2 Peachtree Street NW
14th Floor 14-440
Atlanta, GA 30303

Principal Investigator: Rana Bayakly, MPH
Phone: 404-657-2617
Fax: 404-463-0780
Email: rana.bayakly@dph.ga.gov

Program Manager: Cijji Johnson
Email: Cijji.Johnson@dph.ga.gov


Leahi Hospital – Trotter Basement
3675 Kilauea Ave.
Honolulu, HI 96813

Principal Investigator: Meiko Arai, PhD
Phone: 808-733-9201
Email: meiko.arai@doh.hawaii.gov

I


450 W State St
Boise, ID 83702

Principal Investigator: James Aydelotte
Phone: 208-334-4969
Email: James.Aydelotte@dhw.idaho.gov


Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics
Feinberg School of Medicine
750 N Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60611

Principal Investigator: Maryann Mason, PhD
Phone: 312-503-5142
Email: maryann-mason@northwestern.edu

Program Manager: Antigone Kouvelis
Email: antigone.kouvelis@northwestern.edu


Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention
2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Principal Investigator: Morgan Sprecher
Phone: 317-233-9825
Email: MSprecher@health.in.gov


321 E. 12th St.
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075

Principal Investigator/Program Director: Derma Rivera-Aguirre
Phone: 515-783-7773 mobile
Email: derma.rivera @hhs.iowa.gov

Project Coordinator: Lisa Roth
Phone: 319-359-9444
Email: lisa-m-roth@uiowa.edu

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Bureau of Health Promotion
1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 230
Topeka, KS 66612

Principal Investigator: Julie Sergeant
Phone: 785-296-0351
Email: julie.sergeant@ks.gov

Program Manager: Jeff Wilhelm


Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
333 Waller Ave
Lexington, KY 40504

Principal Investigator: Sabrina Brown, DrPH
Phone: 859-323-8591
Email: Sabrina.brown@uky.edu

Project Manager: Jacqueline Seals
Email: jacqueline.seals@uky.edu


1450 Poydras Street
Suite 2032
New Orleans, LA 70112-1277

Principal Investigator: Rebecca Majdoch
Phone: 504-568-8171
Email: Rebecca.Majdoch@la.gov

Program Manager: Lauren Dyer
Phone: 504-568-8176
Email: Lauren.Dyer2@la.gov

M


State House Station #37
Augusta, ME 04333-0037

University of Maine
Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
York Complex
Orono, ME 04469-5784

Principal Investigator: Marcella H. Sorg, PhD
Phone: 207-581-2596
Fax: 207-624-7178
Email: mhsorg@maine.edu

Program Manager: Jamie A. Wren, MPH
Phone: 207-581-1629
Fax: 207-581-1266
Email: jamie.a.wren@maine.edu


201 West Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Principal Investigator: Georgette Lavetsky, MHS
Phone: 443-695-3007
Email: georgette.lavetsky@maryland.gov

Program Manager: Carley Petrey
Phone: 443-675-5051
Email: carley.petrey@maryland.gov


Massachusetts Violent Death Reporting System
250 Washington Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02108

Principal Investigator: Lauren Larochelle
Phone: 617-624-5664
Fax: 617-624-5631
Email: lauren.larochelle@state.ma.us


Injury and Violence Prevention Section
320 S. Walnut Street
Lansing, MI 48913-0001

Principal Investigator: Nina Bowser
Phone: 517-335-9703
Fax: 517-335-9669
Email: bowserN@michigan.gov


Injury and Violence Prevention
625 Robert St. N.
P.O. Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975

Principal Investigator: Stefan Gingerich
Phone: 651-201-5449
Email: Stefan.Gingerich@state.mn.us


570 E Woodrow Wilson Ave
Jackson, MS 39216

Principal Investigator: Dr. Kina White
Phone: 601-206-1559
Email: kina.white@msdh.ms.gov


930 Wildwood Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65102

Principal Investigator: Dr. Venkata Garikapaty
Phone: 573-526-0452
Email: Venkata.Garikapaty@health.mo.gov


2401 Colonial Drive
Helena, MT 59601

Principal Investigator: Alyssa Johnson
Phone: 406-444-0752
Email: alyssa.johnson@mt.gov

Program Coordinator: Victoria Green
Email: victoria.green@mt.gov

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301 Centennial Mall So.
P.O. Box 95026
Lincoln, NE 68509-5026

Principal Investigator: Lifeng Li
Phone: 402-471-0553
Email: Lifeng.Li@nebraska.gov


4126 Technology Way
Carson City, NV 89706

Principal Investigator: Amy Lucas
Email: alucas@dhhs.nv.gov
Phone: 775-684-5895


Maternal and Child Health Section
29 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301

Principal Investigator: Djelloul Fourar-Laidi
Phone: 603-223-7464
Fax: 603-271-4519
Email: Djelloul.A.Fourar-Laidi@dhhs.state.nh.us


Center for Health Statistics
P.O. Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625-0360

Principal Investigator: Bretta Jacquemin, MPH
Phone: 609-913-5782
Email: bretta.jacquemin@doh.nj.gov


1190 St. Francis Drive, Suite N1110
Santa Fe, NM 87502-6110

Principal Investigator: Tosin Ogunmayowa, PhD
Phone: 505-231-0714
Email: Tosin.Ogunmayowa@doh.nm.gov

Project Manager: Andrew Johns
Email: Andrew.Johns@doh.nm.gov


Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention
Empire State Plaza, Corning Tower Building, Room 1325
Albany, New York 12237

Principal Investigator: Michael Bauer, MS
Phone: 518-402-7900
Email: michael.bauer@health.ny.gov

Program Manager: Leah Hines, MPH
Phone: 508-402-7900
Email: leah.hines@health.ny.gov


Bureau of Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention
125 Worth Street, Room 618, CN 58A
New York, New York 10013

Co-Principal Investigator: Catherine Stayton, DrPH, MPH
Phone: 646-632-6090
Email: cstayton@health.nyc.gov

Program Manager: Carla Clark, PhD, MPH
Phone: 646-632-6060
Email: cclark@health.nyc.gov


2011 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-2001

Principal Investigator: Scott Proescholdbell, MPH
Phone: 919-707-5442
Fax: 919-870-4803
Email: scott.proescholdbell@dhhs.nc.gov

Program Manager: Tammy Norwood
Email: tammy.norwood@dhhs.nc.gov


600 E Boulevard Ave Dept 301
Bismarck, ND 58505

Principal Investigator: Tracy Miller
Phone: 701-328-2387
Email: tkmiller@nd.gov

Program Manager: Kodi Pinks
Email: kpinks@nd.gov

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246 North High Street
8th floor
Columbus, OH 43215

Principal Investigator: Kara Manchester
Phone: 614-466-8437
Email: kara.manchester@odh.ohio.gov

Program Manager: Sarah Cunningham
Phone: 614-644-7866
Email: Sarah.Cunningham@odh.ohio.gov


Injury Prevention Science
123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Suite 1702
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406

Principal Investigator/Program Manager: Brandi Woods-Littlejohn
Phone: 405-426-8440
Email: BrandiW@health.ok.gov


Oregon Public Health Division
Injury & Violence Prevention Program
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 705
Portland, OR 97232-2162

Principal Investigator: Drew Simpson
Phone: 971-352-5569
Email: Drew.R.Simpson@oha.oregon.gov.


Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
Room 1008, Health & Welfare Building
625 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701

Principal Investigator: Suzanne Hoedemaker, MSW
Phone: 717-787-5900
Email: shoedemake@pa.gov

Program Manager: Jenine Melo
Email: jmelo@pa.gov


57 Quisqueya St.
Suite 2000
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917-5484

Principal Investigator: Diego E Zavala, PhD
Phone: 787-840-2575
E-mail: diego.zavala@estadisticas.pr

Program Manager: Mariluz Bezares
Email: mariluz.bezares@estadisticas.pr


3 Capitol Hill, Room 407
Providence, RI 02908

Principal Investigator: Samara Viner-Brown, MS
Phone: 401-222-5122
Fax: 401-222-5517
Email: samara.vinerbrown@health.ri.gov

Program Manager: Jonathan Barkley, MPH
Phone: 401-222-7623
Email: jonathan.barkley@health.ri.gov

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2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201

Principal Investigator: Susan L. Jackson RN, MP
Phone: 803-898-7152
Email: jacksosl@dhec.sc.gov


615 East 4th Street
Pierre, SD 57501

Principal Investigator: Lori Martinec
Phone: 605-773-3917
Email: Lori.Martinec@state.sd.us

Program Manager: Ally Gross
Phone: 605-367-5469
Email: Ally.Gross@state.sd.us


710 James Robertson Pkwy
Andrew Johnson Tower 2nd Floor
Nashville, TN 37243

Principal Investigator: Margaret Hyder
Phone: 423-439-8403
Email: Margaret.Hyder@tn.gov

Program Manager: Molly Golladay
Email: Molly.Golladay@tn.gov

Program email: TN.VDRS@tn.gov


1100 W 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756

Principal Investigator: Jia Benno, MPH
Phone: 512-902-0197
Email: Jia.Benno@dshs.texas.gov

Program Manager: Michael McNutt
Phone: 512-701-4602
Email: Mike.McNutt@dshs.texas.gov


Violence and Injury Prevention Program
P.O. Box 142106
Salt Lake City, UT 84414-2016

Principal Investigator: Gary Mower
Phone: 385-602-4171
Email: gdmower@utah.gov

Program Manager: Jonathan Argyle
Email: jargyle@utah.gov


280 State Drive
Waterbury, VT 05671-9501

Principal Investigator: Mallory Staskus
Phone: 802-863-7200
Email: Mallory.Staskus@vermont.gov

Program Manager: Grace Yu
Phone: 802-863-7200
Email: grace.yu@vermont.gov


Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
737 North 5th Street, Suite 301
Richmond, VA 23219

Principal Investigator: Ryan Diduk-Smith
Phone: 804-205-3856
Fax: 804-786-1877
E-mail: Ryan.Diduk@vdh.virginia.gov

Program Manager: Michael Keith II, MPH
Phone: 804-205-3854
Email: Michael.Keith@vdh.virginia.gov


111 Israel Road SE
Tumwater, WA 98501

Principal Investigator: David Tobin
Phone:360-584-4168
Email: David.Tobin@doh.wa.gov

Program Manager: Kirstin McFarland
Phone: 360-890-6398
Email: Kirstin.McFarland@doh.wa.gov


One Davis Square
Suite 100E
Charleston, West Virginia 25301-1729

Principal Investigator: Matthew Izzo
Phone: 304-558-6920
Email: matthew.d.izzo@wv.gov

Program Manager: Maggie Molitor
Phone: 304-558-6920
Email: Maggie.W.Molitor@wv.gov


1 West Wilson Street, Rm 651
Madison, WI 53703

Principal Investigator: Lindsay Emer
Phone: 608-720-8013
Email: lindsayr.emer@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Project Coordinator: Rebecca Gonnering
Phone: 920-448-5226
Email: rebecca.gonnering@dhs.wisconsin.gov


2300 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82001

Principal Investigator: Joe Grandpre
Phone: 307-777-8654
Email: Joe.grandpre@wyo.gov

Program Manager: Stacey Haugen
Phone: 307-777-7116
Email: stacey.haugen1@wyo.gov