Indicator Profile of Deaths among Females

Why Is This Important?

Analysis of mortality by gender is essential to the elimination of health disparities.

Age-Adjusted Death Rate among Females by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2000-2007

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Data Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File. CDC WONDER On-line Database accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd10.html;  New Jersey Death Certificate Database, Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registration, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services;  Population Estimates: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, State Data Center; 

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Definition

Deaths among persons identified as female on the death certificate

How We Calculated the Rates

Numerator: Number of deaths among females
Denominator: Number of females in the population

Page Content Updated On 07/11/11, Published on 07/11/11
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Content updated: Wed, 2 May 2012 04:01:12 EDT