Age-adjusted death rate of residents due to homicide, New Jersey.

Rate: Number of homicides per 100,000 persons (age-adjusted).

Definition: Deaths where homicide is indicated as the underlying cause of death. Homicide is defined as death resulting from the intentional use of force or power, threatened or actual, against another person, group, or community. ICD-10 Codes: X85-Y09, Y87.1 (homicide)

Data Sources:

(1) Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health http://www.state.nj.us/health/chs/

(2) National Center for Health Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau. Vintage 2009 bridged-rate postcensal population estimates
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/bridged_race.htm as of July 23, 2010

(3) 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

Rate: Number of emergency room visits per 100,000 adults age 65+ years old.

Definition: Rate of emergency room visits due to asthma (primary diagnosis of asthma, defined by ICD-9 code 493 for January 2000 through September 2015; and ICD-10 codes J44 and J45 for the last quarter of 2015).

Source: New Jersey Uniform Billing Patient Summary Data (Hospital Discharges), Office of Health Care Quality and Assessment, New Jersey Department of Health

Rate: New cases of end-stage renal disease (per 100,000 population).

Definition: New cases of end-stage renal disease per 100,000 population.

Data Sources:

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

(2) Quality Insights Renal Network

Rate: Number of deaths (per 100,000) due to HIV disease

Definition: Deaths with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease as the underlying cause (ICD-10 codes: B20-B24).

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: HIV-infected adolescents and adults who receive HIV care and treatment consistent with current standards, per 100,000 HIV-infected persons age 13+.

Definition: Percent of HIV-infected adolescents and adults who receive HIV care and treatment consistent with current standards.

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