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CME/CE Test

Surveillance for Violent Deaths — National Violent Death Reporting System, 39 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2018

  1. You are advising a public health department about risk factors for violent death. According to the summary of National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) data on violent deaths in 2018 by Sheats and colleagues, which of the following statements about manner of death, sex, age group, and race/ethnicity of violent deaths is correct?
    Of the 54,170 violent deaths in 39 states and the District of Columbia, most were homicides.
    The suicide rate was highest among adults aged 35–64 years and non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) and non-Hispanic White (White) persons.
    The homicide rate was highest among Hispanic Black male persons.
    The legal intervention death rate was highest among male persons aged 20–24 years.
  2. According to the summary of NVDRS data on violent deaths in 2018 by Sheats and colleagues, which of the following statements about method of injury, circumstances of injury, and other selected characteristics of violent deaths is correct?
    The most common method of injury for suicide was a firearm among male persons and poisoning among female persons.
    Suicide was most often preceded by a mental health, intimate partner, or physical health problem or a crisis in the preceding or upcoming 2 weeks.
    When the relationship between a homicide victim and a suspect was known, the suspect was most often an acquaintance or friend for female victims.
    When suspect demographics were known, most homicide suspects were male and the highest proportion were aged ≥45 years.
  3. According to the summary of NVDRS data on violent deaths in 2018 by Sheats and colleagues, which of the following statements about public health implications of these data is correct?
    NVDRS data for year 2018 is nationally representative.
    NVDRS data are used solely to monitor occurrence of violence-related fatal injuries.
    The demographics of law enforcement officers involved in legal intervention deaths differ widely from demographics of the U.S. police force.
    Public health surveillance is the foundation for public health practice.