Suicide and homicide rates increase...

Suicide and homicide rates increased from 2000 to 2003 in the six states that initially participated in the CDC's National Violent Death Reporting regularity However, the CDC warns that data are too limited to determine in what way risk factors and trends might have changed in fresh years. In 2003, homicide rates increased 4 percent and suicide rates increased 5 percent from the previous year in Maryland, Massachusetts, recently made known Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, and Virginia. Homicide rates in men younger than 25 years increased 18 percent in those states. The CDC established the reporting theory in 2003 to address a gap in understanding national and regional sweeps in violent deaths. Seventeen states commonly participate in the program; the nearest report, expected later this year, will include data from the six initial states plus Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. The remaining participating states--California, Connecticut, Utah, and fresh Mexico--will not release data until 2006 Additional information is available online at http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/profiles/ nvdrs/facts.htm.

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