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Deaths due to Colorectal Cancer by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in New Jersey and the US.
Definition
Deaths with malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the colon, rectum, and anus as the underlying cause of death ICD-10 codes: C18-C21
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective CA-5.
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 cancer of the colon, rectum, and anusDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective C-06
U.S. Target: Reduce the colorectal cancer death rate to 8.9 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2030
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/cancer/reduce-colorectal-cancer-death-rate-c-06
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective C-5
U.S. Target: Reduce the colorectal cancer death rate to 14.5 deaths per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/cancer
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective CA-5
NJ Target: Reduce colorectal cancer deaths to 12.9 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) for the total population, 5.4 for Asians, 17.1 for Blacks, 9.5 for Hispanics, and 13.3 for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/cancer.shtml
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator CAN01
Description: Colon and rectum (colorectal) cancer mortality among all people, underlying cause
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/cancer.html