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Deaths due to COVID-19
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Deaths due to COVID-19 by County, New Jersey, 2020
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.[https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/about-covid-19.html ^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
| Numerator: | Number of deaths due to COVID-19 |
| Denominator: | Estimated number of persons in the population |
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. [https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/about-covid-19.html CDC: About COVID-19]