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Deaths due to Asthma by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Asthma causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing.[https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/ ^1^]
Definition
Deaths with asthma as the underlying cause of death. ICD-10 codes: J45-J46
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective AS-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 asthmaDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective RD-01
U.S. Target: Reduce asthma deaths to 8.9 per 1,000,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2030.0
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/respiratory-disease/reduce-asthma-deaths-rd-01
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective RD-1
U.S. Target: Reduce asthma deaths
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/respiratory-diseases
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective AS-1
NJ Target: Reduce asthma deaths to 0.8 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) for the total population, 2.4 for Blacks, 0.9 for Hispanics, and 0.5 for Whites by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/asthma.shtml
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator AST01
Description: Asthma mortality among all people, underlying cause
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/asthma.html