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About the Custom Query System: Contents and Usage

The NJSHAD Query System provides a simple-to-use interface that allows users to step through data selection options and perform custom queries of New Jersey's public health databases.

What Is a Custom Data Query?

A custom data query is an interface (set of pages) where the user can select a dataset (e.g., birth) and a measure (e.g, count) and then limit the results to a year, age group, county, etc. to obtain specific data. Available datasets are listed below as well as on the left navigation buttons. Measures can include rates, counts, survey topics, top 10 lists, averages, etc. The limiting selections depend on the dataset. For example, mortality data can be limited by year, cause of death, age, gender, and geography (county, municipality).

How To Build a Query

  1. Select a dataset from the menu buttons on the left.
  2. Select a measure. Click on one of the gray bars on the dataset's Outcome Measure Selection page to see a list of measures.
  3. Build your query. Follow the numbered steps (gray bars) on the Query Builder page to build your query. Click on a step bar to expand the step. Make selections to build your query. Making no selection on any or all steps will result in default values (usually "all") being used.
  4. Submit query. After you have built your query, click the "Submit" button below the last step to run your query.
  5. View and/or modify your results. From the results page you can select or change a graph, copy and paste to Excel, use the small dark red arrows in the table headers to sort data columns, use the Return to Selection Page button to modify your query selections, or start a new query. For more information about these features and step-by-step examples see the NJSHAD Query System Tutorials page.

See the Query Help page or the Query Tips page for more query system information.

Help!

Use the Query Help button in the left navigation menu for definitions, information, instructions, and examples. Help icons like these throughout the query modules also provide information necessary to make specific query-related selections.

Datasets Currently Included


Datasets Under Consideration for Inclusion in the System

  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
  • Cancer Incidence
  • Emergency Department Encounter
  • Inpatient Hospital Discharge
  • Marriage and Divorce
  • Perinatal Death
  • Population Estimates

How to Cite Query Results

Use and reproduction of the information published on this website is encouraged and may be done without permission. Please refer to the NJSHAD Citation page for suggested citation styles.

Data Uses

The information provided through the NJSHAD query system is intended to support evidenced-based decision making in New Jersey to plan and improve service delivery, evaluate health care systems, and inform policy decisions. Other uses are not permissible.
 
Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360, Phone: 609-984-6703, Fax: 609-984-7633, e-mail: chs@doh.state.nj.us, Web: www.nj.gov/health/chs
The information provided above is from the New Jersey Department of Health's NJSHAD Web site (http://nj.gov/health/shad). The information published on this website may be reproduced without permission. Please use the following citation: "Retrieved Tue, 21 May 2013 3:55:37 from New Jersey Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, State Health Assessment Data Web site: http://nj.gov/health/shad".

Content updated: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 04:01:46 EST