Rate: Number of deaths due to all kinds of Cancer per 100,000 Population.

Definition: Number of deaths per 100,000 with malignant neoplasm (cancer) as the underlying cause (ICD-10 codes: C00-C97).

Data Sources:

(1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File. CDC WONDER On-line Database accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd10.html

(2) Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health

(3) Population Estimates, State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Ratio: Percentage of children aged 19 to 35 months who have received the 4:3:1:3:3:1:4 vaccination series.

Definition: 4:3:1:4:3:1:4 series combination = 4 doses DTP or DTaP, 3 doses Polio, 1 dose MMR, 4 doses Hib, 3 doses Hepatitis B, 1 dose Varicella, and 4 doses PCV7 vaccine.

Data Source: National Immunization Survey, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Rate: Age-adjusted death rate, number of deaths due to stroke, per 100,000 population.

Definition: Rate of deaths with cerebrovascular disease (stroke) as the underlying cause (ICD-10 codes: I60-I69).

Data Sources:

(1) Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health

(2) Population Estimates, State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Age-adjusted death rate of residents due to homicide, New Jersey.

Rate: Number of homicides per 100,000 persons (age-adjusted).

Definition: Deaths where homicide is indicated as the underlying cause of death. Homicide is defined as death resulting from the intentional use of force or power, threatened or actual, against another person, group, or community. ICD-10 Codes: X85-Y09, Y87.1 (homicide)

Data Sources:

(1) Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health http://www.state.nj.us/health/chs/

(2) National Center for Health Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau. Vintage 2009 bridged-rate postcensal population estimates
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/bridged_race.htm as of July 23, 2010

(3) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File. CDC WONDER On-line Database accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd10.html