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 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: 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 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: Number of live births to pregnant women who received prenatal care in the first trimester as a percentage of the total number of live births.

Definition: Number of live births to pregnant women who received prenatal care in the first trimester.

Data Source: Birth Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health

Ratio: Percentage of mothers who put their infants on their backs to sleep, among all mothers of infants involved in survey.

Definition: Self-reported practice of putting infants on their backs to sleep.

Data Source: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Maternal, Child, and Community Health Services, Division of Family Health Services,New Jersey Department of Health

Rate: Number of emergency room visits per 100,000 children age 0 - 4 years old.

Definition: Rate of emergency room visits due to asthma (primary diagnosis of asthma, defined by ICD-9 code 493 for January 2000 through September 2015; and ICD-10 codes J44 and J45 for the last quarter of 2015).

Source: New Jersey Uniform Billing Patient Summary Data (Hospital Discharges), Office of Health Care Quality and Assessment, New Jersey Department of Health

Ratio: Percentage of mothers who put their infants on their backs to sleep, among all mothers of infants involved in survey.

Definition: Self-reported practice of putting infants on their backs to sleep.

Data Source: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, Maternal, Child, and Community Health Services, Division of Family Health Services,New Jersey Department of Health