National Violent Death
Reporting System Coding Manual
The NVDRS Coding Manual is a reference
document to be used by state health departments for defining cases,
entering data, and checking data once it is entered. It contains
information about individual variables and the way the data are
structured. The Coding Manual is intended to be used in conjunction with
the materials provided at the coding training and the NVDRS Software
Manual. Other material related to setting up a state violent death
reporting system can be found in the NVDRS Implementation Manual.
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Full Manual (1 MB, includes all
sections listed below)
Introduction, Definitions, Entering a
Case, and Data Elements
Incident Variables
Documents
Person's Identity
Death
Certificate Main Elements
Coroner/Medical Examiner Main
Elements
Suicide Circumstance Elements
Homicide Circumstance Elements
Unintentional Circumstances
Police Report
Main Elements and Circumstances
Supplementary Homicide
Report
Hospital
Person-Child Fatality Review
Type of Death (Abstractor)
Victim-Suspect Relationship
Weapon Type (Abstractor)
ATF Trace Information
Weapon
Person to Weapon
Relationship
Validation Rules
Index
Manual Cover
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