Rate: Age-adjusted death rate, number of deaths due to stroke, per 100,000 population.

Definition: Rate of deaths with cerebrovascular disease (stroke) as the underlying cause (ICD-10 codes: I60-I69).

Data Sources:

(1) 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.

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: Age-adjusted rate of deaths due to coronary heart disease per 100,000 population.

Definition: deaths with coronary heart disease as the underlying cause (ICD-10 codes: I11, I20-I25).

Data Sources:

(1) 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.

Rate: Number of deaths occurring in infants under 1 year of age in a given year per 1,000 live births.

Definition: Rate of death occurring under 1 year of age in a given year per 1,000 live births to resident mothers in the same year.

Data Sources: (1) New Jersey Birth Certificate Database, (2) Linked Infant Death-Birth Database, New Jersey

History:
MAR 2014
- 2020 target based on 2007 data.

MAR 2017
- Baseline year changed from 2007 to 2010.
- 2020 targets modified to reflect a 10% improvement over 2010 baseline for total population and all racial/ethnic groups

Fatal occupational injuries (unintentional and homicide), incidence rate (construction), New Jersey.

Rate: fatalities per 100,000 construction workers.

Definition: Number and incidence rate of fatal occupational injuries, when the injury occurred while the individual was working in a construction-related occupation, either on or off of the employer's premises.

Data Source: Occupational Health Surveillance Unit, 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

Age-adjusted death rate of residents due to homicide, New Jersey.

Rate: Number of homicides per 100,000 persons (age-adjusted).

Definition: Deaths where homicide is indicated as the underlying cause of death. Homicide is defined as death resulting from the intentional use of force or power, threatened or actual, against another person, group, or community. ICD-10 Codes: X85-Y09, Y87.1 (homicide)

Data Sources:

(1) Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health http://www.state.nj.us/health/chs/

(2) National Center for Health Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau. Vintage 2009 bridged-rate postcensal population estimates
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/bridged_race.htm as of July 23, 2010

(3) 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