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: Rate Per 100,000 Male Population Aged 65+ Years

Definition: The annual hospitalization rate as a result of fractures to the hip among older adult males ages 65 years and older per 100,000 population.

Data Source:

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

2) Uniform Billing Patient Summary, Division of Health Care Quality and Assessment, New Jersey Department of Health

Rate: Newly reported cases of gonorrhea per 100,000 male population age under 30 years of age.

Definition: (2016) Rate of newly reported gonorrhea cases among men under 30 years old (per 100,000 males) by date of diagnosis. NOTE - this indicator was modified during the HNJ2020 Midcourse Review process in 2016.

Previous Definition: (2010-2015) Rate of newly reported gonorrhea cases among men ages 15-44 years old (per 100,000 males) by date of diagnosis

Data Sources: Division of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB Services, New Jersey Department of Health