NJSHAD - Health Indicator Report - Deaths due to Unintentional Poisoning by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2000 to 2020

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	Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey Sort Order	Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey	Year	Year Sort Order	Age-adjusted Rate per 100,000 Population	95% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit	95% Confidence Interval, Upper Limit	Count	Footnotes

White
	1	White	2000	2000	6.6	5.9	7.2	358
	1	White	2001	2001	6.9	6.2	7.6	378
	1	White	2002	2002	8.7	7.9	9.5	480
	1	White	2003	2003	8.0	7.3	8.8	430
	1	White	2004	2004	6.7	6.0	7.4	357
	1	White	2005	2005	9.3	8.5	10.1	490
	1	White	2006	2006	10.9	10.0	11.8	562
	1	White	2007	2007	9.7	8.8	10.6	494
	1	White	2008	2008	9.9	9.0	10.7	517
	1	White	2009	2009	10.6	9.7	11.6	538
	1	White	2010	2010	12.6	11.6	13.6	622
	1	White	2011	2011	15.1	14.0	16.2	755
	1	White	2012	2012	18.4	17.2	19.7	892
	1	White	2013	2013	19.8	18.5	21.1	950
	1	White	2014	2014	19.3	18.0	20.6	905
	1	White	2015	2015	22.8	21.3	24.2	1,034
	1	White	2016	2016	32.3	30.5	34.0	1,432
	1	White	2017	2017	40.2	38.2	42.1	1,768
	1	White	2018	2018	43.5	41.4	45.5	1,899
	1	White	2019	2019	39.3	37.4	41.3	1,743
	1	White	2020	2020	38.9	37.0	40.8	1,705
Black
	2	Black	2000	2000	9.8	8.0	11.7	108
	2	Black	2001	2001	12.1	10.0	14.2	134
	2	Black	2002	2002	14.0	11.8	16.2	156
	2	Black	2003	2003	11.6	9.6	13.6	129
	2	Black	2004	2004	9.0	7.2	10.7	100
	2	Black	2005	2005	15.5	13.2	17.8	173
	2	Black	2006	2006	12.1	10.0	14.1	135
	2	Black	2007	2007	9.7	7.9	11.6	109
	2	Black	2008	2008	8.4	6.7	10.1	95
	2	Black	2009	2009	10.5	8.6	12.4	120
	2	Black	2010	2010	10.2	8.3	12.0	119
	2	Black	2011	2011	9.8	8.0	11.6	117
	2	Black	2012	2012	11.1	9.2	13.0	133
	2	Black	2013	2013	12.8	10.8	14.9	153
	2	Black	2014	2014	11.3	9.4	13.3	137
	2	Black	2015	2015	14.7	12.5	16.8	180
	2	Black	2016	2016	23.1	20.4	25.9	285
	2	Black	2017	2017	36.6	33.2	40.0	458
	2	Black	2018	2018	42.2	38.6	46.0	519
	2	Black	2019	2019	44.3	40.6	48.1	555
	2	Black	2020	2020	47.9	44.0	51.8	603
Hispanic
	3	Hispanic	2000	2000	4.9	3.5	6.2	58
	3	Hispanic	2001	2001	4.9	3.7	6.2	61
	3	Hispanic	2002	2002	5.5	4.1	6.9	67
	3	Hispanic	2003	2003	4.6	3.3	5.8	59
	3	Hispanic	2004	2004	4.4	3.2	5.6	54
	3	Hispanic	2005	2005	4.4	3.2	5.5	59
	3	Hispanic	2006	2006	4.1	2.9	5.2	54
	3	Hispanic	2007	2007	3.4	2.4	4.4	48
	3	Hispanic	2008	2008	5.9	4.6	7.2	81
	3	Hispanic	2009	2009	5.1	3.9	6.3	75
	3	Hispanic	2010	2010	4.7	3.6	5.9	71
	3	Hispanic	2011	2011	5.2	4.1	6.3	87
	3	Hispanic	2012	2012	6.5	5.2	7.8	106
	3	Hispanic	2013	2013	7.4	6.1	8.8	122
	3	Hispanic	2014	2014	7.3	6.0	8.6	126
	3	Hispanic	2015	2015	9.8	8.3	11.3	169
	3	Hispanic	2016	2016	14.5	12.8	16.3	259
	3	Hispanic	2017	2017	17.7	15.8	19.7	319
	3	Hispanic	2018	2018	21.3	19.2	23.4	389
	3	Hispanic	2019	2019	23.3	21.0	25.4	433
	3	Hispanic	2020	2020	24.4	22.2	26.6	457
Asian
	4	Asian	2000	2000					**
	4	Asian	2001	2001					**
	4	Asian	2002	2002					**
	4	Asian	2003	2003					**
	4	Asian	2004	2004					**
	4	Asian	2005	2005					**
	4	Asian	2006	2006					**
	4	Asian	2007	2007					**
	4	Asian	2008	2008					**
	4	Asian	2009	2009					**
	4	Asian	2010	2010					**
	4	Asian	2011	2011					**
	4	Asian	2012	2012					**
	4	Asian	2013	2013					**
	4	Asian	2014	2014					**
	4	Asian	2015	2015					**
	4	Asian	2016	2016					**
	4	Asian	2017	2017	2.8	1.7	3.9	25
	4	Asian	2018	2018	2.4	1.3	3.4	21
	4	Asian	2019	2019					**
	4	Asian	2020	2020	3.3	2.1	4.4	31

Why Is This Important?

Every day in the U.S., an average of 240 people die as a result of unintentional poisoning and 4,900 others are treated in emergency departments (2020 data).¹ Unintentional poisoning deaths in the United States increased nearly sevenfold between 2000 and 2020.²

Definition

Deaths with unintentional poisoning by and exposure to noxious substances as the underlying cause of death. ICD-10 codes: X40-X49 (includes poisoning by legal and illegal drugs, alcohol, gases and vapors such as carbon monoxide and automobile exhaust, pesticides, and other chemicals and noxious substances) This includes, but is not limited to, opioids and other drugs.

Data Notes

Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective IVP-6.

Data for White, Black, and Asian do not include Hispanics. Hispanic ethnicity includes persons of any race.

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/)

How the Measure is Calculated

Numerator:
Number of deaths due to unintentional poisoning
Denominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population

Related Health Objectives and Indicators

Healthy NJ 2020 Objective IVP-6

NJ Target: Reduce unintentional poisoning deaths to 6.8 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) for the total population, 8.6 for Blacks, 3.1 for Hispanics, and 8.6 for Whites by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/injury-violence-prevention.shtml

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Deaths due to Unintentional Poisoning by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2000 to 2020

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