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Deaths due to Falls by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Falls are the leading cause of death due to injury among persons 65 years and older in New Jersey.
Definition
Deaths with a fall-related injury as the underlying cause of death. ICD-10 codes: W00-W19
Data Notes
This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective OA-2.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 fallsDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective IVP-08
U.S. Target: Reduce fall-related deaths among older adults aged 65 years and over to 64.3 deaths per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2030.0
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/injury-prevention/reduce-fall-related-deaths-among-older-adults-ivp-08
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective IVP-23.2
U.S. Target: Prevent an increase in fall-related deaths among adults aged 65 years and older to 47.0 deaths per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/injury-and-violence-prevention
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective OA-2
NJ Target: Reduce fall-related deaths among adults age 65 years and older to 25.5 per 100,000 population for the total population, 13.9 for Asians, 12.8 for Blacks, 12.4 for Hispanics, and 29.1 for Whites by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/older-adults.shtml