Rate: Number of deaths (per 100,000) due to end-stage renal disease.

Definition: Deaths with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) as the underlying cause of death ICD-10 code: N18.0 (1999-2010), N18.5 (2011 and after).

Data Sources:

(1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics

(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: Number of deaths due to asthma per 100,000 adults age 65+

Definition: Deaths rate in which asthma is the underlying cause, CD-10 codes: J45-J46

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: Firearm-related Deaths per 100,000 Persons (age adjusted)

Definition: Deaths with a firearm-related injury as the underlying cause of death.
ICD-10 codes: W32-W34 (unintentional), X72-X74 (suicide), X93-X95 (homicide), Y22-Y24 (undetermined intent), Y35.0 (legal intervention)

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

2) Population Estimates, State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

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

Rate: Number of deaths due to asthma per 100,000 adults age 35-64

Definition: Deaths among adults age 35-64 in which asthma is the underlying cause, CD-10 codes: J45-J46

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: Number of deaths due to prostate cancer per 100,000 male population.

Definition: Number of deaths per 100,000 males with malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the prostate as the underlying cause of death (ICD-10 code: C61).

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: Number of deaths due melanoma cancer per 100,000 Population.

Definition: Number of deaths per 100,000 with malignant melanoma of the skin as the underlying cause of death (ICD-10 code: C43).

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