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Age-Adjusted Death Rate by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2000 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Age-adjusted death rates are constructs that show what the level of mortality would be if no changes occurred in the age composition of the population from year to year. Age-adjusted death rates are better than crude death rates as indicators of relative risk when comparing mortality across geographic areas or between gender or racial/ethnic subgroups of the population that have different age compositions.
Definition
The number of resident deaths per 100,000 population age-adjusted to the US 2000 standard population
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 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:
The number of resident deathsDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population