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The Office of Violence Prevention Open Data Portal
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The Office of Violence Prevention's (OVP) open data portal is a resource that provides interactive dashboards including data on several different forms of violence. OVP’s data team is working to make additional dashboards available, so please check back for updates. You can contact OVP’s data team with any questions at OVPData@ph.lacounty.gov
The dashboards are grouped into the topic areas shown below. Some dashboards may be included in multiple topic areas. Please click on the topic you’re interested in or scroll down the page to see what dashboards are available.
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Data Portal Topics
Click a topic below to jump to section.
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Youth Suicide Deaths & Attempts
This dashboard provides data on suicide deaths and attempts among Los Angeles County youth ages 10-24 years. The data provided includes:
- An overview of the youth population
- Annual trends & demographics of youth who died by suicide
- Methods involved in youth suicide deaths
- Circumstances related to youth suicide deaths
- Weekly trends & demographics of youth who visited the emergency department after a suicide attempt
While we strive to be as inclusive as possible, due to data reporting guidelines, we are not able to report small numbers. This ensures we maintain the privacy of impacted individuals, but it means we do not include data for some racial/ethnic groups. This includes youth who identify as American Indian and Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, Multiracial, or some other race, including those for whom race/ethnicity was not reported. Nor are we currently able to share any data on how suicide deaths and attempts impact sexual and gender expansive populations (e.g., LGBTQIA2S+ youth). Due to data collection and reporting practices, the data we provide here reports a youth's sex at birth (male or female) and not their current gender identity.
To access our reports with information on youth suicide deaths and attempts, please visit our main data and reports page.
Safe Data Usage Reminder
Before using any of the data provided on this dashboard, please assess your data report, presentation, talking points or any other way you're presenting the data through a safety lens.
The intention behind sharing this data is to spread awareness of the prevalence of this public health concern. To minimize potential harm or stigma when sharing the data, it is important to communicate information thoughtfully and intentionally to promote clarity, center the audience's well-being, and provide access to resources for support. The Introduction page within the dashboard includes specific safe messaging guidelines and a link to a video with more information.
Data Sources
- County of Los Angeles, Internal Services Department, Information Technology Service, Urban Research-GIS Section, July 1, 2023 Population Estimates for Los Angeles County Tract-City and Countywide Statistical Area Splits by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity, Los Angeles, CA, March 2024. SPA, HD and SD geographies integrated in by Population Health Assessment Team, Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology. Downloaded on 12.10.2024.
- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Los Angeles, CA. AskCHIS 2023. Available at http://ask.chis.ucla.edu. Exported on December 20 & 23, 2024.
- Los Angeles County Violent Death Reporting System Data taken from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). Data was downloaded on 04.12.2024.
- Syndromic Surveillance data provided by the Syndromic Surveillance Project housed in the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Office of Acute Communicable Disease Control (ACDC).
Prepared by LA County Department of Public Health, Office of Violence Prevention, 2025.
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Firearm Deaths & Injuries
This series of three dashboards provides data on Los Angeles County residents who were injured or killed by a firearm. Injuries are divided into those treated in hospitals (more severe injuries) and those treated and released from emergency departments (less severe injuries). People with firearm injuries that were not treated in hospitals or emergency departments are not included in these dashboards. Each dashboard provides trends for the past five years both for the overall county population and for the following categories:
- Gender (Male,Female)
- Age Group (0-24 years, 25-54 years, 55+ years)
- Race/Ethnicity (Black, Latino/Latinx, White)
- Injury Intent (For Deaths: Homicide, Suicide, or Other; for Hospitalizations & Emergency Department (ED) Visits: Assault or Other)
While we strive to be as inclusive as possible, due to data reporting guidelines, we are not able to report small numbers. This ensures we maintain the privacy of impacted individuals, but it means we do not include data for some racial and ethnic populations such as Asians, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and American Indians and Alaska Natives. Nor are we currently able to share any data on how firearm violence impacts gender minority populations (e.g., LGBTQ+ individuals). Our data tables currently only include information on males and females. In order to report consistent, reliable data by age group, we created three broad categories for reporting in these dashboards. Our OVP Data tables that are available on our main data and reports page have more detailed data available for some demographic groups. These tables can be accessed here.
Data Sources
- Los Angeles County Annual Death Data Files 2017-2021, assembled from California Department of Public Health Vital Records Data. Office of Health Assessment & Epidemiology, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
- California Department of Health Care Access and Information, 2016-2020 Hospital and Emergency Department data.
- Population data for rate calculations prepared by Hedderson Demographic Services for Los Angeles County Internal Services Department. SPA, HD and SD geographies integrated in by Population Health Assessment Team, Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology.
Firearm deaths identified using these ICD-10 codes: W32-34, X72-74, X93-95, Y22-24, Y35.0, U01.4. Firearm injuries were identified using ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes as recommended by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists: https://www.cste.org/page/injury-surv-toolkit
Prepared by LA County Department of Public Health, Office of Violence Prevention, December 2023.
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