Ratio: Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who reported smoking cigarettes every day or some days.

Definition: Number of adults aged 18 years and older who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and who now report smoking cigarettes every day or some days.

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

Rate: New tuberculosis (TB) cases reported in one year per 100,000 persons.

Definition: Tuberculosis incidence rate per 100,000 population.

Data Sources:

1) National TB Surveillance System (TB), CDC/NCHHSTP

2) Tuberculosis Information Management System, Tuberculosis Control Program, Division of HIV, STD, and TB Services, New Jersey Department of Health

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

Rate: Firearm-related Deaths per 100,000 Persons (age adjusted)

Definition: Deaths with a firearm-related injury as the underlying cause of death.
ICD-10 codes: W32-W34 (unintentional), X72-X74 (suicide), X93-X95 (homicide), Y22-Y24 (undetermined intent), Y35.0 (legal intervention)

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

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

Definition: Percentage of community water systems in compliance with all current state and federal drinking water requirements for water quality.

Data Source: Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection