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Injury and Violence

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Injury and violence emcompass unintentional injuries, intentional injuries (assault, homicide, self-inflicted injury, suicide), and injuries of undetermined intent.

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Why It's Important

Experiencing injury or violence can have a lifelong impact. People can suffer short-term effects, such as missing work or school, and long-term effects, such as chronic illness or death.1

Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in children, adolescents, and adults younger than 45 years.2 Unintentional injuries can be caused by poisoning (e.g., drug overdoses), motor vehicles, falls, suffocation, drowning, fire, and more.

Intentional injuries may be self-inflicted or inflicted by others (assault). Violence includes bullying, child or elder abuse, intimate partner violence, school and community violence, and sexual violence.

1. Why Injury and Violence Prevention Matter. CDC. 5/29/24.
2. Injury Prevention. Healthy People 2030. 12/1/23.

Who's at Risk

Adolescents are especially at risk for experiencing violence. Children who experience violence are at risk for long-term physical, behavioral, and mental health problems.3

3. Violence Prevention. Healthy People 2030. 12/1/23.

How It's Tracked

Injuries are tracked using a range of surveys and reporting systems. Some examples include:
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
  • National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
  • National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS)
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Reporting Systems and Surveys
  • National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS)
  • National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
  • National Vital Statistics System (NVSS)
  • State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS)
  • Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBS)
The New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System (NJVDRS) and New Jersey State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (NJSUDORS) were established and are maintained through cooperative agreements with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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