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Deaths due to Diabetes by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Diabetes was the eighth leading cause of death among U.S. and New Jersey residents in 2020.
Definition
Deaths with diabetes as the underlying cause of death. ICD-10 codes: E10-E14
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- This is a Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective DM-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 diabetesDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective D-3
U.S. Target: Reduce the diabetes death rate to 66.6 deaths per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/diabetes
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective DM-1
NJ Target: Reduce diabetes deaths to 15.8 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) for the total population, 12.0 for Asians, 38.5 for Blacks, 24.5 for Hispanics, and 16.0 for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/diabetes.shtml