Violent deaths among whites in North Carolina

              Manner of Death: NC-VDRS, 2004-2009
Suicide, 74%
Homicide, 21%
Undetermined
Intent, 4%
Legal
Intervention, 1%
Unintentional
Firearm Death,
1%
Violent Death Rate by Race, 2004-2009
29.0
21.8
19.5
8.9
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
30.0
35.0
American Indian African
American
White Asian or Pacific
Islander
Rate per 100,000 population
The North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System (NC-VDRS) is a CDC-funded statewide surveillance system
that collects detailed information on deaths that occur in North Carolina resulting from violence: homicide,
suicide, unintentional firearm deaths, legal intervention and deaths for which intent could not be determined.
NC-VDRS is a multi-source system that gathers information from death certificates, medical examiner reports
and law enforcement reports. The goal of this system is to aid researchers, legislators, and community interest
groups in the development of public health prevention strategies to reduce violent deaths. NC-VDRS began
collecting data in January 2004. This document summarizes all deaths from violence among white residents from
2004 to 2009.
• Between 2004 and 2009, 7,828 white North
Carolina residents died by violence.
• There were 5,809 suicides (74%), 1,614
homicides (21%), 60 unintentional firearm deaths
(1%), 62 deaths from legal interventions (1%) and
283 deaths of undetermined intent (4%).
• In 2009, there were 6,978,478 white residents
living in North Carolina, accounting for 74.4
percent of the state's population.
• Whites had the third highest rate of violent
death by race in North Carolina from 2004 to
2009 (19.5 per 100,000 population).
Manner of Death by Race: NC-VDRS, 2004-2009
21%
73%
62%
35%
74%
23%
32%
60%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
White African American American Indian Asian/Pacific
Islander
Homicide
Suicide • Suicide accounted for 74 percent of
violent deaths among whites from 2004-
2009, and homicide accounted for 21
percent of violent deaths.
• In contrast, both African Americans and
American Indians suffered more violent
deaths from homicide than from suicide.