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Leading Causes of Death: Counts and Percentages, New Jersey, 2021

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Why Is This Important?

Analysis of mortality by cause is essential for the development of prevention strategies.

Definition

Deaths due to underlying causes of death eligible to be ranked as leading causes of death based on National Center for Health Statistics standards

Data Source

Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health
(https://www.nj.gov/health/vital/)

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of deaths due to a particular underlying cause

  • Denominator:

    Total number of deaths due to all causes

Health Status Outcomes

There are also indicator profiles for leading causes of death by age. These are accessible on the [[a href="topic/Mortality.html" Mortality and Leading Causes of Death]] page.

Related Health Status Outcomes Indicators:

Health Topic Pages Related to: Leading Causes of Death

Indicator Data Last Updated On 12/07/2023, Published on 06/12/2024
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)