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 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: 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

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