Rate: Number of hospitalizations per 100,000 children under 5 years old.

Definition: Rate of hospitalizations 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: Number of new cases of breast cancer (per 100,000) diagnosed at the regional or distant stage among females.

Definition: Age-adjusted incidence rate of invasive breast cancer per 100,000 female population.

Data Sources:

(1) NJ State Cancer Registry, Dec 31, 2015 Analytic File, using NCI SEER*Stat ver 8.2.1 (www.seer.cancer.gov/seerstat)

(2) NJ population estimates as calculated by the NCI's SEER Program, released January 2015, http://www.seer.cancer.gov/popdata/download.html.

Rate: Number of deaths due to a cancer of the colon, rectum, or anus per 100,000 population.

Definition: Number of deaths per 100,000 with malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the colon, rectum, or anus as the underlying cause (ICD-10 codes: C18-C21).

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: Deaths Per 100,000 15-19 year old males of Population

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

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

Rate: Number of deaths due uterine cervix cancer per 100,000 female population.

Definition: Number of deaths per 100,000 females with malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the cervix uteri as the underlying cause of death. ICD-10 code: C53.

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 emergency room visits per 100,000 children age 0 - 4 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