Rate: Number of deaths due to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000)
Definition: Deaths with unintentional poisoning by and exposure to noxious substances as the underlying cause of death ICD-10 codes: X40-X49 (includes poisoning by legal and illegal drugs, alcohol, gases and vapors such as carbon monoxide and automobile exhaust, pesticides, and other chemicals and noxious substances)
Data Sources:
(1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File. CDC WONDER On-line Database
(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