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Homicide 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 problem in the United States. Homicide is the second leading cause of death among persons aged 20-29 years in New Jersey and third in the U.S.
Definition
Deaths where homicide is indicated as the underlying cause of death. Homicide is defined as death resulting from the intentional use of force or power, threatened or actual, against another person, group, or community. ICD-10 Codes: X85-Y09, Y87.1 (homicide) The homicides that occurred as a result of the events of September 11, 2001, have been excluded. Also, homicides due to legal intervention, which is the death of a person by a police officer in the line of duty, have been excluded.
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective IVP-1a.
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 resident deaths due to homicideDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective IVP-09
U.S. Target: Reduce homicides to 5.5 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2030
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/violence-prevention/reduce-homicides-ivp-09
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective IVP-29
U.S. Target: Reduce homicides to 5.5 homicides 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-1a
NJ Target: Reduce homicides to 4.3 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) for the total population, 18.6 for Blacks, 4.6 for Hispanics, and 0.9 for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/injury-violence-prevention.shtmlHealthy NJ 2020 Objective IVP-1b
NJ Target: Reduce homicides among males aged 15-19 years to 9.3 per 100,000 population for the total population, 51.1 for Blacks, and 13.9 for Hispanics by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/injury-violence-prevention.shtmlHealthy NJ 2020 Objective IVP-1c
NJ Target: Reduce homicides among adults aged 20-34 years to 10.3 per 100,000 population for the total population, 52.2 for Blacks, 8.6 for Hispanics, and 2.3 for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/injury-violence-prevention.shtml