Archive of Injury and Violence Reports

2005

Violent Death in Virginia: 2003, VDH, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Released September 2005

Traumatic Brain Injury in Virginia 1999-2003

Report on Drowning Deaths in Virginia 1999-2003
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Released Feb. 2005

2004

• Childhood Sexual Assault Victimization in Virginia (August 2004)
  The Center for Injury & Violence Prevention at the Virginia Department of Health undertook a comprehensive telephone survey regarding sexual assault in Virginia. Some of the key findings are:
  • Twenty-five percent of those surveyed were sexually victimized as children; for women, the figure was 27% and for men, 20%
  • Over half of women experienced sexual assault before the age of 13, as did 39% of men.
  • Almost half (43%) of the perpetrators were identified as family members.
  • Only 10% of perpetrators were strangers.
    
    
• Suicide Across the Lifespan Plan for the Commonwealth: Epidemiology of Suicidal Behaviors in Virginia
  

2003

• Suicidal Poison Exposures Reported to Virginia's Poison Centers 2000-2003
  
  
• Report on Virginia Child Safety Seat Inspections 2001-2003

2002

• Virginia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) Injury-related Summary, 2002
  
  
• Estimating the Incidence of Statutory Rape in Virginia (2002)

2001

• Commonwealth of Virginia Child Safety Seat Survey: Summary Of Results (2001)

2000 and Earlier

• Injury-related Deaths and Hospitalizations, Virginia (2000): This report presents injury-related deaths and hospitalizations that occurred in Virginia during year 2000. The report includes injury deaths and hospitalizations by age, gender, race, hospital charges and length of stay. Also included are individual analysis of the leading causes of injury deaths and hospitalizations.
  
  
• Suicide Associated Deaths and Hospitalizations, Virginia 2000
  
  
• Motor Vehicle-Related Injury Hospitalizations, Virginia 2000: A Report on Motor Vehicle-Related Injury Hospitalizations, Age 0 to 14 Years, Virginia 2000
  
  
• Playground-Related Injury Hospitalizations Age 0 to 14 Years, Virginia 2000
  
  
• Fall-Related Injury Hospitalizations Among Older Adults, Virginia 2000
  
  
• Statewide Trends in Injury-Related Deaths: (1980-1998): http://www.injuryprevention.org/info/data/va.htm
  
  
• Injury in Virginia (1998-1999): This is a report on injury-related death and hospitalizations for
  the calendar years 1998-1999.
  
  
• Fractures and Internal Injuries in Virginia (1996-1999)
  
  
• Childhood Injury in Virginia (1994-1997)
  
  
• Annual Report on the Virginia Youth Suicide Prevention Plan: Youth suicide presents a serious, preventable health problem affecting the lives of young people across Virginia. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young Virginians aged 10-24 and is the third leading cause of death in that age group nationally.