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Deaths due to Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases by County, New Jersey, 2020
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Deaths due to Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases by County, New Jersey, 2020
Why Is This Important?
Chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD) was the sixth leading cause of death in New Jersey and the US in 2020.
Definition
Deaths with chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD) as the underlying cause of death. CLRD includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, and other chronic lower respiratory diseases. ICD-10 codes: J40-J47
Data Notes
Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.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 chronic lower respiratory diseasesDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective RD-05
U.S. Target: Reduce deaths from COPD among adults aged 45 years and over to 107.2 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2030.0
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/respiratory-disease/reduce-deaths-copd-adults-rd-05
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective RD-10
U.S. Target: Reduce deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among adults aged 45 years and over to 102.6 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/respiratory-diseases
Health Initiative: EPHT
Environmental Public Health Tracking Indicator COPD-121
Description: Mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/indicatorPages?selectedContentAreaAbbreviation=23&selectedIndicatorId=121