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Deaths due to Firearm-related Injury by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Violence is a major public health concern throughout the United States.
Definition
Deaths with a firearm-related injury as the underlying cause of death. ICD-10 codes: W32-W34 (unintentional), X72-X74 (suicide), X93-X95 (homicide), Y22-Y24 (undetermined intent), Y35.0 (legal intervention)
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective IVP-2a.
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 firearm-related injuries of all intentionsDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective IVP-13
U.S. Target: Reduce firearm-related deaths to 10.7 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2030
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/violence-prevention/reduce-firearm-related-deaths-ivp-13
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective IVP-30
U.S. Target: Reduce firearm-related deaths to 9.3 deaths per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/injury-and-violence-prevention
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective IVP-2a
NJ Target: Reduce firearm-related deaths to 4.7 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) for the total population, 15.8 for Blacks, 3.6 for Hispanics, and 2.4 for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/injury-violence-prevention.shtmlHealthy NJ 2020 Objective IVP-2b
NJ Target: Reduce firearm-related deaths among males aged 15-19 years to 9.6 per 100,000 population for the total population and 49.7 for Blacks by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/injury-violence-prevention.shtml