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Deaths due to HIV Disease by County, New Jersey, 2016-2020
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Deaths due to HIV Disease by County, New Jersey, 2016-2020
Why Is This Important?
HIV is a virus that weakens a person's immune system by destroying cells that fight disease and infection. No cure exists for HIV but with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled.[https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/about/index.html ^1^]
Definition
Deaths with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease as the underlying cause of death. ICD-10 codes: B20-B24
Data Notes
Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.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 HIV diseaseDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective HIV-12
U.S. Target: Reduce deaths from HIV infection to 3.3 deaths per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/hiv
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective HIV-3
NJ Target: Reduce deaths due to HIV to 2.1 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) for the total population, 9.3 for Blacks, 2.0 for Hispanics, and 0.5 for Whites by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/hiv-aids.shtml