Virginia Injury and Violence Data
In 2007, there were 3,965 deaths that resulted from intentional and unintentional injuries in the Commonwealth. Injuries are the leading cause of death for Virginians between the ages of 1 and 40. Injuries in Virginia also result in enormous health care costs. In 2007, there were 42,093 injury-related hospital discharges. Virginians spent a total of 203,590 days in a hospital and over 1 billion dollars were billed by hospitals because of injury.
VOIRS: Virginia Online Injury Reporting System. This system allows you to create customized reports on various causes and intents of injury by geographic and demographic variables.
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Click here to access maps of death and hospitalization rates by injury intent in cities and counties across Virginia.
For additional research and data resources click here.
Contact Us:
Information Line: 1-800-732-8333
Email: injury@vdh.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 864-7732
