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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

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of deaths due to firearm-related injuries of all intentions
  • Denominator:

    Estimated number of persons in the population

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Indicator Data Last Updated On 04/06/2023, Published on 06/04/2024
Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360, e-mail: chs@doh.nj.gov (https://www.nj.gov/health/chs)