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Deaths due to Stroke by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Stroke was the fifth leading cause of death in New Jersey and the US in 2020. It is a major cause of serious disability for adults and it is preventable and treatable.
Definition
Deaths with cerebrovascular disease (stroke) as the underlying cause of death. ICD-10 codes: I60-I69
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective HDS-2.
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 due to strokeDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective HDS-03
U.S. Target: Reduce stroke deaths to 33.4 deaths per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2030.0
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/heart-disease-and-stroke/reduce-stroke-deaths-hds-03
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective HDS-3
U.S. Target: Reduce stroke deaths to 34.8 deaths per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/heart-disease-and-stroke
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective HDS-2
NJ Target: Reduce stroke deaths to 28.6 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) for the total population, 17.4 for Asians, 41.4 for Blacks, 17.1 for Hispanics, and 28.0 for Whites by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/heart-disease-stroke.shtml
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator CVD07
Description: Cerebrovascular disease (stroke) mortality among all people, underlying cause
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/cardiovascular-disease.html
Health Initiative: EPHT
Environmental Public Health Tracking Indicator HDS-196
Description: Mortality from stroke
https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/indicatorPages?selectedContentAreaAbbreviation=4&selectedIndicatorId=196