Ratio: Percent of Population

Definition: Percentage of front-seat passenger car occupants observed using seat belts in automobiles

Data Source: NJLPS Division of Highway Traffic Safety - National Occupant Protection Use Survey
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/CATS/listpublications.aspx?Id=7&ShowBy=Category

* In 2011 NHTSA established new uniform criteria (23 CFR Part 1340) for observational surveys. In the transitional period, NHTSA allows the States and Territories the option to use either the old or new criteria for 2012 surveys. In 2012, twenty-seven States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands used surveys that conformed to the new uniform criteria. From 2013 and beyond all State and Territory observational surveys will be based on the new criteria.

Ratio: Percent of Adults

Definition: Percentage of New Jersey adults aged 18 and over who use seat belts in automobiles

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

Ratio: Percent of Population

Definition: Percentage of front-seat passenger car occupants observed using seat belts in automobiles

Data Source: NJLPS Division of Highway Traffic Safety - National Occupant Protection Use Survey
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/CATS/listpublications.aspx?Id=7&ShowBy=Category

* In 2011 NHTSA established new uniform criteria (23 CFR Part 1340) for observational surveys. In the transitional period, NHTSA allows the States and Territories the option to use either the old or new criteria for 2012 surveys. In 2012, twenty-seven States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands used surveys that conformed to the new uniform criteria. From 2013 and beyond all State and Territory observational surveys will be based on the new criteria.

Ratio: Percent of High School Students

Definition: Percentage of high school students (grades 9-12) who use seat belts in automobiles

Data Source: NJDOE Student Health Survey of High School Students, New Jersey Department of Education

**This survey is only given in odd-numbered years.

Rate: Number of deaths due to motor vehicle-related injuries (per 100,000 persons)

Definition: Deaths with motor vehicle-related injury as the underlying cause of death. Motor vehicle-related deaths include motor vehicle and motorcycle drivers and passengers, pedestrians, and bicyclists struck by motor vehicles both on roadways in traffic and in other areas such as parking lots and driveways. ICD-10 codes: V02-V04, V09.0, V09.2, V12-V14, V19.0-V19.2, V19.4-V19.6, V20-V79, V80.3-V80.5, V81.0-V81.1, V82.0-V82.1, V83-V86, V87.0-V87.8, V88.0-V88.8, V89.0, V89.2

Data Source:

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: Percent of High School Students

Definition: Percentage of high school students (grades 9-12) who use seat belts in automobiles

Data Source: NJDOE Student Health Survey of High School Students, New Jersey Department of Education

**This survey is only given in odd-numbered years.