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Deaths due to Breast Cancer by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of deaths due to cancer among women in New Jersey, claiming more than 1,200 lives annually.
Definition
Deaths with malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the female breast as the underlying cause of death. ICD-10 code: C50
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective CA-3.
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 among females due to breast cancerDenominator:
Estimated number of females in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective C-04
U.S. Target: Reduce the female breast cancer death rate to 15.3 per 100,000 females (age-adjusted) by 2030
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/cancer/reduce-female-breast-cancer-death-rate-c-04
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective C-3
U.S. Target: Reduce the female breast cancer death rate to 20.7 deaths per 100,000 females (age-adjusted) by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/cancer
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective CA-3
NJ Target: Reduce breast cancer deaths among women to 23.5 per 100,000 females (age-adjusted) for the total population, 10.2 for Asians, 26.1 for Blacks, 11.2 for Hispanics, and 24.7 for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/cancer.shtml
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator CAN02
Description: Breast cancer mortality among all females, underlying cause
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/cancer.html