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: Age-adjusted percentage of biannual glycosylated hemoglobin screenings among adults 18+ diagnosed with diabetes, New Jersey.

Definition: Age-adjusted proportion of adults aged 18 years and older with diagnosed diabetes who reported having a glycosylated hemoglobin (commonly called "blood sugar") measurement twice in the last year.

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

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

Rate: Adults workers with elevated blood lead >= 25 ug/dL, rate of incidence per 100,000 employed adults.

Definition: Workers per 100,000 with lead exposure causing blood lead level concentrations to be greater than or equal to 25 ug/dL of whole blood.

Data Source: Occupational Health Surveillance Unit, New Jersey Department of Health

Ratio: Total number of "observed" or actual infections (standardized infection ratios)

Definition: Infections that are acquired in a health care setting, as measured by a standardized infection ratio (SIR), resulting from central line.

Data Sources: New Jersey Healthcare-Associated Infections submitted through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

Ratio: Total number of "observed" or actual infections (standardized infection ratios)

Definition: Infections that are acquired in a health care setting, as measured by a standardized infection ratio (SIR), resulting from central line.

Data Sources: New Jersey Healthcare-Associated Infections submitted through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

Ratio: Age-adjusted percentage of biannual glycosylated hemoglobin screenings among adults 18+ diagnosed with diabetes, New Jersey.

Definition: Age-adjusted proportion of adults aged 18 years and older with diagnosed diabetes who reported having a glycosylated hemoglobin (commonly called "blood sugar") measurement twice in the last year.

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

Ratio: Sum of blood lead levels in each child aged 1-5 years over total number of children aged 1-5 years

Definition: Mean (average) blood lead levels in children aged 1-5 years

Data Sources: LeadTrax Database, Maternal, Child, and Community Health Services, New Jersey Department of Health

Ratio: Percent of children aged 1-5 years who have an initial blood lead level greater than or equal to 10 mcg/dL

Definition: Percentage of children aged 1-5 years who have an initial blood lead level greater than or equal to 10 mcg/dL (micrograms per deciliter)

Data Source: LeadTrax; Maternal, Child, and Community Health Services, New Jersey Department of Health