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HEALTH PROFILE NEW JERSEY

 

A comprehensive summary of New Jersey's health including total deaths and death rates for 50 causes of death by age and gender. Use navigation on left side for more comparisions including cause of death county data. Navigate to other states from drop down at top left. Latest CDC data is used.

 

NEW JERSEY TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH BY GENDER
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
NEW JERSEY MALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
241.53
24
2. Cancer
215.34
31
3. Accidents
37.73
50
4. Stroke
36.87
39
5. Chronic Lung Disease
35.21
47
6. Diabetes
28.84
19
7. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
22.76
12
8. Blood Poisoning
20.01
5
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.94
37
10. Alzheimer's
14.57
43
11. Suicide
11.07
50
12. Parkinson's Disease
9.78
24
13. Liver Disease
9.54
42
14. Homicide
7.87
27
15. Hypertension/Renal
5.75
37
     
NEW JERSEY FEMALE
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Cancer
158.28
21
2. Heart Disease
154.78
21
3. Stroke
34.26
46
4. Chronic Lung Disease
28.90
45
5. Diabetes
20.98
22
6. Alzheimer's
19.53
44
7. Accidents
16.81
49
8. Blood Poisoning
16.42
5
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
14.08
20
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.51
43
11. Hypertension/Renal
5.92
36
12. Liver Disease
4.28
46
13. Parkinson's Disease
4.12
37
14. Suicide
2.71
50
15. Homicide
1.78
37
   
   

NEW JERSEY TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT OF TOP 50 CAUSES

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
12,944
26.04
2. Lung Cancers
4,426
8.90
3. Stroke
3,491
7.02
4. Lung Disease
2,883
5.80
5. Diabetes Mellitus
2,329
4.69
6. Alzheimers
1,823
3.67
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,781
3.58
8. Kidney Disease
1,706
3.43
9. Breast Cancer
1,430
2.88
10. Influenza & Pneumonia
1,354
2.72
11. Pancreas Cancer
1,096
2.20
12. Endocrine Disorders
1,089
2.19
13. Inflammatory/Heart
1,057
2.13
14. Lymphomas
1,031
2.07
15. Prostate Cancer
841
1.69
16. Road Traffic Accidents
703
1.41
17. Poisonings
662
1.33
18. Leukemia
651
1.31
19. Other Injuries
644
1.30
20. Liver Disease
642
1.29
21. Parkinson Disease
601
1.21
22. Suicide
596
1.20
23. Hypertension
595
1.20
24. HIV/AIDS
495
1.00
25. Ovary Cancer
490
0.99

TOTAL DEATHS Deaths %
26. Bladder Cancer
477
0.96
27. Liver Cancer
453
0.91
28. Other Neoplasms
437
0.88
29. Violence
402
0.81
30. Stomach Cancer
388
0.78
31. Oesophagus Cancer
378
0.76
32. Falls
375
0.75
33. Skin Cancers
321
0.65
34. Diarrhoeal diseases
278
0.56
35. Uterin Cancer
276
0.56
36. Oral Cancer
199
0.40
37. Congenital Anomalies
174
0.35
38. Low Birth Weight
155
0.31
39. Skin Disease
151
0.30
40. Hepatitis C
148
0.30
41. Alcohol
124
0.25
42. Multiple Sclerosis
113
0.23
43. Anaemia
112
0.23
44. Cervical Cancer
103
0.21
45. Asthma
91
0.18
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
88
0.18
47. Malnutrition
74
0.15
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
66
0.13
49. Fires
66
0.13
50. Drownings
60
0.12
   
   

NEW JERSEY CANCER PROFILE
AGE-STANDARDIZED RATES
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
   

CANCER INCIDENCE RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
64.4
34
2. Breast Cancer
129.2
8
3. Stomach Cancer
8.5
3
4. Bladder Cancer
25.8
7
5. Lymphomas
20.4
14
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
48.4
21
7. Leukaemia
13.0
12
8. Cervical Cancer
9.2
6
9. Prostate Cancer
183.0
3
10. Oral Cancer
9.7
42
11. Ovary Cancer
13.3
8
12. Liver Cancer
6.4
12
13. Pancreas Cancer
12.9
3
14. Uterin Cancer
30.3
5
15. Oesophagus Cancer
5.0
24
16. Skin Cancers
22.2
10
17. Brain Cancer
7.0
16

CANCER DEATH RATE Rate USA
Rank
1. Lung Cancers
47.3
39
2. Breast Cancer
27.0
3
3. Stomach Cancer
4.3
11
4. Bladder Cancer
5.1
7
5. Lymphomas
7.0
17
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.7
13
7. Leukaemia
6.8
43
8. Cervical Cancer
2.9
7
9. Prostate Cancer
21.2
46
10. Oral Cancer
2.3
37
11. Ovary Cancer
9.3
10
12. Liver Cancer
5.2
21
13. Pancreas Cancer
11.4
17
14. Uterin Cancer
5.5
3
15. Oesophagus Cancer
4.4
32
16. Skin Cancers
2.7
31
17. Brain Cancer
3.9
41
   
   

NEW JERSEY USA TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH COMPARISION
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
     
UNITED STATES
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
190.88
1
2. Cancer
178.37
2
3. Stroke
42.24
3
4. Chronic Lung Disease
40.76
4
5. Accidents
39.97
5
6. Alzheimer's
22.68
6
7. Diabetes
22.54
7
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.23
8
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
14.55
9
10. Suicide
11.26
10
11. Blood Poisoning
10.97
11
12. Liver Disease
9.11
12
13. Hypertension/Renal
7.38
13
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.37
14
15. Homicide
6.10
15
     
NEW JERSEY
 Rate USA
Rank
1. Heart Disease
191.22
24
2. Cancer
180.26
26
3. Stroke
35.68
45
4. Chronic Lung Disease
31.26
48
5. Accidents
26.87
49
6. Diabetes
24.37
19
7. Blood Poisoning
17.99
5
8. Alzheimer's
17.88
44
9. Nephritis/Kidney Disease
17.35
17
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.60
40
11. Liver Disease
6.73
46
12. Suicide
6.68
50
13. Parkinson's Disease
6.20
33
14. Hypertension/Renal
6.01
35
15. Homicide
4.86
29
 
 


HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD       POOR
Alcohol
Binge Drinkers
Percent Rank
14.3
36
 
Smoking
Percent Rank
14.7
50
 
Physical Activity
Percent Rank
48.1
37
 
Obesity
Percent Rank
23.9
42