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

Definition: Deaths with diabetes as the underlying cause of death (ICD-10 codes: E10-E14).

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

Definition: Deaths with diabetes as the underlying cause of death (ICD-10 codes: E10-E14).

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 among females due to breast cancer per 100,000 female population.

Definition: Number of deaths per 100,000 with malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the female breast as the underlying cause (ICD-10 codes: C33-C34).

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 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 among females due to breast cancer per 100,000 female population.

Definition: Number of deaths per 100,000 with malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the female breast as the underlying cause (ICD-10 codes: C33-C34).

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 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: 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.