Ratio: The number of students among all student survey respondents who watch television for more than 3 hours per day on an average school day.

Definition: The percentage of students who watch television or play video/computer games and use the internet for a specified number of hours per day on an average school day.

Data Sources:

1) New Jersey Student Health Survey, Office of Student Support Services, Division of Student Services and Career Readiness, New Jersey Department of Education

2) High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://nccd.cdc.gov/youthonline/

History:
MAR 2017: Chart and table titles corrected to read as "More Than 2 Hours Per Day." They were erroneously labeled previously as "2 or Less Hours Per Day."

Rate: Age-adjusted rate of deaths due to coronary heart disease per 100,000 population.

Definition: deaths with coronary heart disease as the underlying cause (ICD-10 codes: I11, I20-I25).

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.

Ratio: Percentage of mothers that reported ever initiating breastfeeding.

Definition: Number of resident mothers that reported ever initiating breastfeeding.

Data Sources:

1) Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System;

2) Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology; Division of Family Health Services; New Jersey Department of Health

2) US Breastfeeding Report Card, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Ratio: Percent of children receiving recommended doses of hepatitis B vaccine 0 - 3 days from birth.

Definition: Percentage of young children who received effective vaccination coverage levels for universally recommended vaccines by a given age; hepatitis B between 0 and 3 days old.

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

HISTORY
*The 2011 rates was changed from 47.0% to 47.3% in May of 2015

Ratio: Percentage of survey respondents age 65+ who reported ever receiving a pneumococcal vaccine anytime during their life.

Definition: Percentage of non-institutionalized adults age 65+ who reported ever receiving a pneumococcal vaccination in their lifetime.

Data Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health

Ratio: Percent of children receiving four (4) or more doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) by 19-35 months of age.

Definition: Percentage of young children who received effective vaccination coverage levels for universally recommended vaccines by a given age; of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) by 19-35 months of age.

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

HISTORY
May 2015:
(1) The 2011 rate was changed from 84.0% to 83.9%

Ratio: Percent of total resident population age 18+ having a primary care provider as the usual source of care.

Definition: Adults age 18 years old or older having a primary care provider as the usual source of care.

Data source: Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health