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Deaths due to Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2000 to 2020

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  • **Rate does not meet National Center for Health Statistics standards of statistically reliability for presentation (RSE >=23% and n<20).

Why Is This Important?

Motor vehicle crashes are the second leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States and in New Jersey.

Definition

Deaths with motor vehicle-related injury as the underlying cause of death. Motor vehicle-related deaths include motor vehicle and motorcycle drivers and passengers, pedestrians, and bicyclists struck by motor vehicles both on roadways in traffic and in other areas such as parking lots and driveways. ICD-10 codes: V02-V04, V09.0, V09.2, V12-V14, V19.0-V19.2, V19.4-V19.6, V20-V79, V80.3-V80.5, V81.0-V81.1, V82.0-V82.1, V83-V86, V87.0-V87.8, V88.0-V88.8, V89.0, V89.2

Data Notes

  • Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
  • Data for White, Black, and Asian do not include Hispanics. Hispanic ethnicity includes all races.

Data Sources

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of deaths due to motor vehicle-related injuries
  • Denominator:

    Estimated number of persons in the population

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Indicator Data Last Updated On 06/29/2022, 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)