| Cause of Death | Percent of Deaths | Numer- ator |
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Record Count: 12 |
| Heart Disease | 22.0% | 18,553 |
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| Cancer | 18.4% | 15,492 |
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| COVID-19 | 10.0% | 8,445 |
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| Unintentional Injury | 6.1% | 5,136 |
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| Stroke | 4.5% | 3,763 |
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| CLRD | 2.9% | 2,475 |
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| Alzheimer's Disease | 2.9% | 2,404 |
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| Diabetes | 2.5% | 2,077 |
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| Septicemia | 2.4% | 2,012 |
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| Kidney Disease | 2.0% | 1,647 |
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| All Other Causes | 26.4% | 22,199 |
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Data Source
Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health
Definition
Deaths due to underlying causes of death eligible to be ranked as leading causes of death based on National Center for Health Statistics standardsHow We Calculated the Rates
| Numerator: | Number of deaths due to a particular underlying cause |
| Denominator: | Percent: Total number of deaths due to all causes;
Rate: Number of persons in the population |
Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 07/11/2023
