Why Is This Important?

COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is a disease caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2 discovered in December 2019. It is very contagious and has quickly spread around the world.¹ COVID-19 was the second leading cause of death in New Jersey in 2020.

Definition

Deaths with COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death. ICD-10 code: U07.1

Data Sources

• Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health
  (https://www.nj.gov/health/vital/)
• Population Estimates, State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
  (https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/demographics/population-household-estimates/)
• Underlying Cause of Death, CDC WONDER On-line Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  (https://wonder.cdc.gov/Deaths-by-Underlying-Cause.html)

How the Measure is Calculated

How Do We Compare With the U.S.?

New Jersey's death rate in 2020 was 1.7 times the rate of the nation as a whole.

More Resources

Additional NJ COVID-19 Mortality Data: https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/covid/index.shtml

NJDOH Communicable Disease Service: https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/ncov.shtml

NJ COVID-19 Information Hub: https://covid19.nj.gov/

COVID-19 Data from the National Center for Health Statistics: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/index.htm

Footnote References

1. CDC: About COVID-19