Rate: Number of deaths due to cancer of the trachea, bronchus, and lung per 100,000 Population.

Definition: Number of deaths per 100,000 with malignant neoplasm (cancer) cancer of the trachea, bronchus, and lung 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: 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

Rate: Number of deaths due to asthma per 100,000 adults age 35-64

Definition: Deaths among adults age 35-64 in which asthma is the underlying cause, CD-10 codes: J45-J46

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

Ratio: Total number of "observed" or actual infections (standardized infection ratios)

Definition: Infections that are acquired in a health care setting, as measured by a standardized infection ratio (SIR), resulting from central line.

Data Sources: New Jersey Healthcare-Associated Infections submitted through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

Rate: Homicide deaths per 100,000 persons aged 20-24

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 Source:

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 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

Ratio: Total number of "observed" or actual infections (Standardized infection ratio)

Definition: Infections that are acquired in a health care setting, as measured by a standardized infection ratio (SIR), resulting from knee prosthesis surgery.

Data Sources: New Jersey Healthcare-Associated Infections submitted through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)