Homicide among Indigenous females in North Carolina:a comparison of publicly generated data and violent death reporting system |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Health Behavior,University of North Carolina-Gillings School of Global Public Health,Chapel Hill,NC,USA;2.Injury and Violence Prevention Branch,North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services,Raleigh,NC,USA;3.Missing and Murdered Indigenous Coalition of North Carolina,NC,USA;4.Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy,University of North Carolina-Eshelman School of Pharmacy,Chapel Hill,NC,USA |
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| Abstract: | Like other minoritized populations,American Indian/Alaska Native(AI/AN)females experience disparate morbidity and mortality outcomes to that of the general US population.This study identified discrepancies in reporting of AI/AN female decedents between the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System(NC-VDRS)and an online,user-generated database.Female AI/AN decedent data of all ages were collected from the NC-VDRS and compared against that of the publicly available North Carolina Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women(MMIW NC)database for the study period,2004-2019.Twenty-four of the 72 cases matched between data systems(33.3％).Substantive differences between the NC-VDRS and the MMIW NC database were found.Future efforts should be directed towards supporting Indigenous communities with the comprehensive data the NC-VDRS can provide.This paper highlights statewide public health systems like the NC-VDRS supporting community efforts to understand,advocate for,and disseminate information on MMIW. |
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| Keywords: | homicide Indigenous populations North Carolina women injury and violence prevention |
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