Official Site of The State of New Jersey
Deaths due to Prostate Cancer by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men in the U.S.^[https://www.cdc.gov/prostate-cancer/statistics/index.html 1]^ and, in New Jersey, is the second leading cause of death due to cancer among men.
Definition
Deaths with malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the prostate as the underlying cause of death ICD-10 code: C61
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective CA-7.
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 among males due to cancer of the prostateDenominator:
Estimated number of males in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective C-08
U.S. Target: Reduce the prostate cancer death rate to 16.9 per 100,000 males (age-adjusted) by 2030
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/cancer/reduce-prostate-cancer-death-rate-c-08
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective C-7
U.S. Target: Reduce the prostate cancer death rate to 21.8 deaths per 100,000 males (age-adjusted) by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/cancer
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective CA-7
NJ Target: Reduce prostate cancer deaths to 21.2 per 100,000 males (age-adjusted) for the total population, 38.6 for Blacks, 17.6 for Hispanics, and 19.6 for Whites by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/cancer.shtml
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator CAN05
Description: Prostate cancer mortality among all males, underlying cause
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/cancer.html