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Deaths due to Cervical Cancer by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Cervical cancer is highly preventable because screening tests and a vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are available. When cervical cancer is found early, it is highly treatable and associated with long survival and good quality of life.[https://www.cdc.gov/cervical-cancer/about/index.html ^1^]
Definition
Deaths with malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the cervix uteri as the underlying cause of death ICD-10 code: C53
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective CA-4.
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 cancer of the uterine cervixDenominator:
Estimated number of females in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective C-4
U.S. Target: Reduce the death rate from cancer of the uterine cervix to 2.2 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-4
NJ Target: Reduce uterine cervix cancer deaths to 1.8 per 100,000 females (age-adjusted) for the total population, 3.6 for Blacks, and 1.6 for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/cancer.shtml
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator CAN03
Description: Cervical cancer mortality among all females, underlying cause
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/cancer.html