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: Percentage of live-born infants delivered with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams (about 5 lbs, 8 oz).

Definition: Number of live-born infants with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams born to resident mothers among all live births occurring in the same year.

Data Sources; (1) New Jersey Birth Certificate Database, (2) National Center for Health Statistics

Ratio: Percentage of live-born infants delivered with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams (about 5 lbs, 8 oz).

Definition: Number of live-born infants with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams born to resident mothers among all live births occurring in the same year.

Data Sources; (1) New Jersey Birth Certificate Database, (2) National Center for Health Statistics

Ratio: Percentage of live-born infants delivered with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams (about 5 lbs, 8 oz).

Definition: Number of live-born infants with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams born to resident mothers among all live births occurring in the same year.

Data Sources; (1) New Jersey Birth Certificate Database, (2) National Center for Health Statistics

Ratio: Percentage of live-born infants delivered with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams (about 5 lbs, 8 oz).

Definition: Number of live-born infants with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams born to resident mothers among all live births occurring in the same year.

Data Sources; (1) New Jersey Birth Certificate Database, (2) National Center for Health Statistics

Ratio: Percent of children receiving four (4) or more doses diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine 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; diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine by 19-35 months of age.

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

Ratio: Percentage of adults who have had their blood colesteral checked (within 5 years).

Definition: Proportion of adults aged 18 and older who have had their blood cholesterol checked by a health professional within the past five years.

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

Ratio: The proportion of observed survivors (all causes of death) in a cohort of cancer patients who survive five years or longer.

Definition: Five-year relative survival is the five-year survival experienced by a cohort of cancer patients in the absence of other causes of death. Relative survival takes into account the fact that some cancer patients will die of causes other than their cancer, and is calculated using survival life tables.

Data Source: New Jersey State Cancer Registry, Cancer Epidemiology Services, New Jersey Department of Health

Ratio: The proportion of observed survivors (all causes of death) in a cohort of cancer patients who survive five years or longer.

Definition: Five-year relative survival is the five-year survival experienced by a cohort of cancer patients in the absence of other causes of death. Relative survival takes into account the fact that some cancer patients will die of causes other than their cancer, and is calculated using survival life tables.

Data Source: New Jersey State Cancer Registry, Cancer Epidemiology Services, New Jersey Department of Health