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Complete Health Indicator Report of Deaths due to Firearm-related Injury

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Why Is This Important?

Violence is a major public health concern throughout the United States.

Definition

Deaths with a firearm-related injury as the underlying cause of death. ICD-10 codes: W32-W34 (unintentional), X72-X74 (suicide), X93-X95 (homicide), Y22-Y24 (undetermined intent), Y35.0 (legal intervention)

How Are We Doing?

The firearm-related age-adjusted death rate among Blacks is more than 5 times the rates among Whites and Hispanics. County rates per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) range from a low of 1.8 in Bergen to a high of 12.9 in Salem (2016-2020).

How Do We Compare With the U.S.?

New Jersey's age-adjusted death rate due to firearm-related injuries and the rate among New Jersey males aged 15-19 years old are about one-third the corresponding national rates.

What Is Being Done?

New Jersey already has some of the strictest firearm laws in the nation. In January, 2017, the Governor signed into law a revision of certain existing laws concerning domestic violence and firearms (P.L.2016, c.91), which enhances protections for domestic violence victims by restricting access to firearms by a person convicted of a domestic violence crime or subject to a domestic violence restraining order. For female homicide victims, more than half of homicides are committed by a current or former intimate partner, and a majority of those deaths involve a firearm.1

The Governor's Study Commission on Violence released a report of recommendations to the Governor on ways to combat all types of violence from a public health perspective in October, 2015.

The New Jersey Department of Health maintains the New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System (NJVDRS), a CDC-funded surveillance system that tracks suicides, homicides, unintentional firearm deaths, injury deaths of undetermined intent, and deaths by legal intervention and is used to educate public health and public safety professionals in the state and inform their interventions and decision-making, with the ultimate goal of reducing the incidence of violent deaths. NJVDRS is part of the National Violent Death Reporting System.

More Resources

CDC Violence Prevention Info: https://www.cdc.gov/violence-prevention/

National Violent Death Reporting System: https://www.cdc.gov/nvdrs/about/index.html

NJ State Police Firearms Info: https://www.njsp.org/firearms/index.shtml

NJ Governor's Study Commission on Violence Report: http://nj.gov/oag/newsreleases15/pr20151013a.html

Health Program Information

NJ Violent Death Reporting System: http://www.nj.gov/health/chs/njvdrs/

Year2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920200.02.04.06.08.010.012.014.016.0Age-adjusted Rate per 100,000 PopulationDeaths due to Firearm-related Injury by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000 to 2020New JerseyUnited States
New Jersey, United StatesYearAge-adjusted Rate per 100,000 Population95% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit95% Confidence Interval, Upper LimitCount

New Jersey

 34000New Jersey200020004.13.74.5342
 34000New Jersey200120014.44.04.9370
 34000New Jersey200220024.94.45.4417
 34000New Jersey200320035.44.95.9458
 34000New Jersey200420045.44.95.9455
 34000New Jersey200520055.24.75.6435
 34000New Jersey200620065.85.36.4492
 34000New Jersey200720075.34.85.8446
 34000New Jersey200820085.04.55.5429
 34000New Jersey200920094.84.35.2414
 34000New Jersey201020105.24.85.7458
 34000New Jersey201120115.65.06.0482
 34000New Jersey201220125.14.65.6444
 34000New Jersey201320135.85.36.3506
 34000New Jersey201420145.44.95.9469
 34000New Jersey201520155.44.95.9475
 34000New Jersey201620165.65.16.1485
 34000New Jersey201720175.44.95.9478
 34000New Jersey201820184.84.35.2420
 34000New Jersey201920194.13.74.6368
 34000New Jersey202020205.14.65.6446

United States

 100000United States2000200010.210.010.328,663
 100000United States2001200110.310.210.429,573
 100000United States2002200210.510.310.630,242
 100000United States2003200310.310.210.430,136
 100000United States2004200410.09.910.129,569
 100000United States2005200510.310.210.430,694
 100000United States2006200610.310.110.430,896
 100000United States2007200710.310.110.431,224
 100000United States2008200810.310.110.431,593
 100000United States2009200910.110.010.231,347
 100000United States2010201010.110.010.231,672
 100000United States2011201110.210.110.332,351
 100000United States2012201210.510.410.633,563
 100000United States2013201310.410.310.533,636
 100000United States2014201410.310.210.433,594
 100000United States2015201511.110.911.236,252
 100000United States2016201611.811.711.938,658
 100000United States2017201712.011.912.139,773
 100000United States2018201811.911.812.039,740
 100000United States2019201911.911.712.039,707
 100000United States2020202013.613.513.745,222

Data Notes

  • Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
  • This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective IVP-2a.

Data Sources

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of deaths due to firearm-related injuries of all intentions
  • Denominator:

    Estimated number of persons in the population

Year2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920200.05.010.015.020.025.030.0Age-adjusted Rate per 100,000 PopulationDeaths due to Firearm-related Injury by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2000 to 2020WhiteBlackHispanic
Race/Ethnicity, New JerseyYearAge-adjusted Rate per 100,000 Population95% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit95% Confidence Interval, Upper LimitCount

White

 1White200020002.72.33.2165
 1White200120012.92.53.4176
 1White200220023.32.83.8206
 1White200320033.42.93.8199
 1White200420043.42.93.9201
 1White200520052.82.33.2162
 1White200620063.32.83.8196
 1White200720072.82.43.3167
 1White200820082.82.43.2171
 1White200920093.02.63.5177
 1White201020103.02.53.4180
 1White201120113.32.83.8189
 1White201220122.72.33.1162
 1White201320133.32.83.8192
 1White201420143.42.93.9194
 1White201520153.63.04.1199
 1White201620163.02.53.4172
 1White201720173.32.83.8191
 1White201820183.32.83.8179
 1White201920192.82.33.2161
 1White202020203.02.63.5171

Black

 2Black2000200011.59.613.4138
 2Black2001200112.310.314.3148
 2Black2002200213.311.215.4157
 2Black2003200317.014.619.3202
 2Black2004200416.414.118.7198
 2Black2005200518.816.321.2227
 2Black2006200620.517.923.0249
 2Black2007200717.715.420.1215
 2Black2008200816.213.918.5196
 2Black2009200914.512.416.6177
 2Black2010201018.616.121.0219
 2Black2011201119.717.222.3233
 2Black2012201217.715.320.1206
 2Black2013201319.517.022.0231
 2Black2014201417.815.420.2206
 2Black2015201519.116.621.6222
 2Black2016201620.818.123.4241
 2Black2017201718.716.221.2218
 2Black2018201814.712.517.0169
 2Black2019201914.111.916.2163
 2Black2020202017.515.019.9203

Hispanic

 3Hispanic200020003.12.04.237
 3Hispanic200120013.72.54.945
 3Hispanic200220023.82.64.947
 3Hispanic200320033.82.84.953
 3Hispanic200420043.42.44.448
 3Hispanic200520052.41.63.234
 3Hispanic200620063.02.13.944
 3Hispanic200720074.02.95.156
 3Hispanic200820083.32.34.249
 3Hispanic200920093.22.34.148
 3Hispanic201020102.82.03.747
 3Hispanic201120112.71.93.546
 3Hispanic201220124.03.04.969
 3Hispanic201320133.62.64.661
 3Hispanic201420143.22.44.156
 3Hispanic201520152.11.42.839
 3Hispanic201620163.22.44.157
 3Hispanic201720172.82.03.653
 3Hispanic201820183.22.44.159
 3Hispanic201920192.01.42.737
 3Hispanic202020202.92.23.757

Data Notes

  • Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
  • This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective IVP-2a. There are too few deaths among Asians to calculate reliable rates.

Data Sources

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of deaths due to firearm-related injuries of all intentions
  • Denominator:

    Estimated number of persons in the population

Year2000-20022001-20032002-20042003-20052004-20062005-20072006-20082007-20092008-20102009-20112010-20122011-20132012-20142013-20152014-20162015-20172016-20182017-20192018-20200.05.010.015.020.025.030.0Rate per 100,000 Males Aged 15-19 YearsDeaths due to Firearm-related Injury: among Males Aged 15-19 Years, New Jersey and the UnitedStates, 2000-2002 to 2018-2020New JerseyUnited States
New Jersey, United StatesYearRate per 100,000 Males Aged 15-19 Years95% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit95% Confidence Interval, Upper Limit

New Jersey

 34000New Jersey2000-200220029.67.511.7
 34000New Jersey2001-200320039.47.411.5
 34000New Jersey2002-2004200412.09.714.4
 34000New Jersey2003-2005200513.110.715.5
 34000New Jersey2004-2006200614.812.217.3
 34000New Jersey2005-2007200715.312.717.8
 34000New Jersey2006-2008200815.012.517.6
 34000New Jersey2007-2009200914.411.916.8
 34000New Jersey2008-2010201013.711.316.1
 34000New Jersey2009-2011201114.111.716.5
 34000New Jersey2010-2012201214.211.716.6
 34000New Jersey2011-2013201313.711.316.1
 34000New Jersey2012-2014201411.79.514.0
 34000New Jersey2013-2015201510.48.312.5
 34000New Jersey2014-2016201610.78.612.9
 34000New Jersey2015-2017201711.39.013.5
 34000New Jersey2016-2018201810.78.512.8
 34000New Jersey2017-201920199.47.311.4
 34000New Jersey2018-202020209.17.011.1

United States

 100000United States2000-2002200221.521.022.1
 100000United States2001-2003200321.020.521.5
 100000United States2002-2004200420.620.121.1
 100000United States2003-2005200520.920.421.4
 100000United States2004-2006200621.521.022.0
 100000United States2005-2007200721.821.322.3
 100000United States2006-2008200821.421.021.9
 100000United States2007-2009200920.319.820.8
 100000United States2008-2010201019.418.919.8
 100000United States2009-2011201118.718.219.1
 100000United States2010-2012201218.418.018.9
 100000United States2011-2013201318.017.518.4
 100000United States2012-2014201417.617.118.0
 100000United States2013-2015201517.917.418.4
 100000United States2014-2016201619.418.919.9
 100000United States2015-2017201721.621.122.1
 100000United States2016-2018201822.822.323.3
 100000United States2017-2019201923.522.924.0
 100000United States2018-2020202025.524.926.0

Data Notes

  • Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
  • This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective IVP-2b.

Data Sources

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of deaths due to firearm-related injuries of all intentions
  • Denominator:

    Estimated number of persons in the population

Year2000-20022001-20032002-20042003-20052004-20062005-20072006-20082007-20092008-20102009-20112010-20122011-20132012-20142013-20152014-20162015-20172016-20182017-20192018-20200.020.040.060.080.0100.0Rate per 100,000 Males Aged 15-19 YearsDeaths due to Firearm-related Injury by Race/Ethnicity, among Males Aged 15-19 Years, New Jersey,2000-2002 to 2018-2020BlackHispanic
Race/Ethnicity, New JerseyYearRate per 100,000 Males Aged 15-19 Years95% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit95% Confidence Interval, Upper LimitFootnotes

Black

 2Black2000-2002200242.831.654.0
 2Black2001-2003200343.232.054.4
 2Black2002-2004200454.642.167.2
 2Black2003-2005200560.847.873.9
 2Black2004-2006200672.558.486.7
 2Black2005-2007200775.661.389.9
 2Black2006-2008200877.362.891.7
 2Black2007-2009200970.356.584.0
 2Black2008-2010201069.255.682.8
 2Black2009-2011201163.250.176.2
 2Black2010-2012201261.948.974.9
 2Black2011-2013201355.943.468.5
 2Black2012-2014201451.739.464.0
 2Black2013-2015201552.539.965.1
 2Black2014-2016201655.242.268.2
 2Black2015-2017201758.645.172.2
 2Black2016-2018201848.936.461.4
 2Black2017-2019201944.832.756.8
 2Black2018-2020202042.330.454.1

Hispanic

 3Hispanic2000-20022002**
 3Hispanic2001-20032003**
 3Hispanic2002-20042004**
 3Hispanic2003-20052005**
 3Hispanic2004-20062006**
 3Hispanic2005-20072007**
 3Hispanic2006-20082008**
 3Hispanic2007-20092009**
 3Hispanic2008-20102010**
 3Hispanic2009-2011201112.87.717.9
 3Hispanic2010-2012201213.88.618.9
 3Hispanic2011-2013201313.98.619.1
 3Hispanic2012-2014201411.46.616.1
 3Hispanic2013-20152015**
 3Hispanic2014-20162016**
 3Hispanic2015-20172017**
 3Hispanic2016-2018201811.36.716.0
 3Hispanic2017-20192019**
 3Hispanic2018-20202020**
  • **Rate does not meet National Center for Health Statistics standards of statistically reliability for presentation (RSE >=23% and n<20).

Data Notes

  • Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
  • This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective IVP-2b. There were too few deaths among Hispanic males aged 15-19 years in some years and among Whites and Asian males aged 15-19 years in all years to calculate reliable rates.

Data Sources

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of deaths due to firearm-related injuries of all intentions
  • Denominator:

    Estimated number of persons in the population

Deaths due to Firearm-related Injury by County, New Jersey, 2016-2020

Atlantic
Bergen
Burlington
Camden
Cape May
Cumberland
Essex
Gloucester
Hudson
Hunterdon
Mercer
Middlesex
Monmouth
Morris
Ocean
Passaic
Salem
Somerset
Sussex
Union
Warren

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Age-adjusted Rate per 100,000 Population

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County, New Jersey, United StatesAtlanticBergenBurlingtonCamdenCape MayCumberlandEssexGloucesterHudsonHunterdonMercerMiddlesexMonmouthMorrisOceanPassaicSalemSomersetSussexUnionWarrenNew JerseyUnited States0.02.04.06.08.010.012.014.016.018.0Age-adjusted Rate per 100,000 PopulationDeaths due to Firearm-related Injury by County, New Jersey, 2016-2020
County, New Jersey, United StatesAge-adjusted Rate per 100,000 Population95% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit95% Confidence Interval, Upper LimitCount
Atlantic19.47.611.1
Bergen21.81.52.2
Burlington35.54.56.5
Camden48.27.19.4
Cape May53.81.95.6
Cumberland69.47.211.7
Essex711.310.212.3
Gloucester84.43.45.5
Hudson93.52.94.2
Hunterdon105.43.57.4
Mercer118.37.09.7
Middlesex122.62.13.1
Monmouth133.22.63.9
Morris142.11.52.6
Ocean153.42.74.1
Passaic165.24.36.1
Salem1712.98.817.0
Somerset182.71.93.6
Sussex194.42.86.0
Union204.03.24.8
Warren213.82.25.4
New Jersey340005.04.85.2
United States10000012.2

Data Notes

  • Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
  • County is the decedent's county of residence, not the county where the injury occurred.

Data Sources

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of deaths due to firearm-related injuries of all intentions
  • Denominator:

    Estimated number of persons in the population





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Footnote References

1. New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System data, http://www.state.nj.us/health/chs/njvdrs/

Indicator Data Last Updated On 04/06/2023, Published on 06/04/2024
Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360, e-mail: chs@doh.nj.gov (https://www.nj.gov/health/chs)