NewsCDC system recorded 72,093 violent deaths in 50 states and DC in 2023
NVDRS records covered 91.6% of specified U.S. death categories; Puerto Rico data were reported separately.
Event / data period: 2026-10-01
Published: · Updated:
IllustrationA CDC surveillance report published on 1 October says the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) recorded 70,133 fatal incidents involving 72,093 deaths in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for 2023. Puerto Rico was reported separately, with 671 fatal incidents involving 730 deaths.
Of deaths in the 50 states and DC total, 62.4% were classified as suicides and 28.5% as homicides. NVDRS records accounted for 91.6% of U.S. deaths in the specified categories: homicide, legal intervention, suicide, unintentional firearm injury, and deaths of undetermined intent that might be due to violence.
The system links death certificates with coroner or medical examiner records and law-enforcement reports. Forty-seven states supplied statewide data, while California, Florida and Texas contributed only specified counties; Puerto Rico was analyzed separately. The report offers detailed surveillance, not a complete census of all U.S. deaths.
Data
NVDRS 2023 summary
Main U.S. coverage and Puerto Rico are reported separately.
- Fatal incidents, 50 states and DC
- 70,133 fatal incidents
- 2023 · Observed
- Recorded deaths, 50 states and DC
- 72,093 deaths
- 2023 · Observed
- Puerto Rico fatal incidents
- 671 fatal incidents
- 2023 · Observed
- Recorded deaths in Puerto Rico
- 730 deaths
- 2023 · Observed
- Specified death categories covered
- 91.6 percent
- 2023 · Observed
Methodology
The system links records to describe death circumstances; the coverage share applies to five specified categories.
Updated:
Subjects and places
Subject proposals
- healthSuggested
- Preserved editorial category/topic; broad candidate onlywww.cdc.gov ↗
- population and censusSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: deathswww.cdc.gov ↗
Geographic references
Only source-provided geographic references are shown. Opening an external map is optional. Optional story maps use OpenStreetMap. Opening a map sends your IP address and this site’s address to the map provider; location data remains readable as text without loading the map.
- United States of America · United States of America · Place role: Coverage · Place type: Country or area · Location precision: RegionalEvidence
- Explicit preserved editorial country/region; no city or national centroid inferredwww.cdc.gov ↗