Query Builder for New Jersey Mortality Data: Count

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Overview

Overview

The mortality data in this query module have been derived from death certificates in participation with the National Vital Statistics System, and are maintained and provided by the New Jersey Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics and Registration. They include virtually all deaths of New Jersey residents, regardless of where the death occurred. The causes of death were coded using International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes.

Getting Started

Follow the steps to narrow your query and display your results. When you are done forming your query, click "Submit" bottom of the screen (last step) to get your query result.
Step 1: Select year (2008)

Selecting years

Use Ctrl to make multiple selections or drag the mouse to select consecutive years.
Select years.

Step 2: Select age of decedent (Predefined age groups: All ages)

Choose a coding scheme to use for age groups. Default is 11 pre-defined age groups, all ages.

Age adjustment age groups (less than 1, 1-4, 5-14, 15-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, 75-84, 85+)
Four age groups (0-14,15-44,45-64,65+)
Seven age groups (0, 1-14, 15-24, 25-44, 45-64, 65-84, 85+)
Eight age groups (0-17, 18-24,25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, 75+)
5-year age groups (0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85+)

How to Specify Age Groups

Enter whole numbers from 0 to 999.

Use a hyphen to indicate a range of ages (e.g., "5-8" will includes ages 5, 6, 7, and 8).

You may use greater than (>) or less than (<) symbols.

You may use a plus sign (+) to indicate all ages equal to or greater than (e.g.,"85+" yields all those aged 85 and over).

Enter "unknown" to include those with unreported age in total results.
Enter custom age group (Click HELP icon to the right for more information.)











Step 3: Select race and/or ethnicity (Race/ethnicity combined: All races/ethnicities)

Race Selection Changes

In 2003, the standard US death certicate was changed to allow selection of more than one race. NJ implemented the new certificate in 2004. There are no records for Two or More Races in 2000-2002. Some out of state occurrences had 2+ races in 2003. See the Death Data Technical Notes for detailed information.
Choose a coding scheme to use for race and ethnicity. Default is race/ethnicity combined, all races/ethnicities.

Race/ethnicity
All races/ethnicities
White, non-Hispanic
Black, non-Hispanic
Hispanic (of any race)
Asian, non-Hispanic
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
Other Single Race, non-Hispanic
Two or More Races, non-Hispanic
Race
All races
White
Black or African American
Asian
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
American Indian/Alaska Native
Other Single Race
Two or More Races
Hispanic origin
Both Hispanic and non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Non-Hispanic
Step 4: Select other characteristics

Select other characteristics that you would like to include in your analysis. The default is all characteristics.

Gender
Male
Female
Nativity (birthplace)
U.S.
Puerto Rico
Remainder of World
Place of death
Hospital inpatient
Hospital emergency department
Hospital, DOA
Home
Hospice
Nursing home/Long term care
Other
Step 5: Select cause of death (NJDHSS 33 Major Causes of Death: All causes)

Cause of Death

There are a variety of predefined causes of death to choose from. If causes on the predefined lists do not meet your needs, you may enter your own ICD-10 codes by selecting "User-defined causes."
First choose a coding scheme to use for causes of death. Default is all causes.

NJDHSS 33 major causes of death

NCHS Leading Causes of Death

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has developed a uniform procedure for ranking causes of death. Using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding structure, 113 selected causes of death were consolidated from the entire ICD-10 coding structure. Of these 113 causes, a subset of 50 rankable causes were selected to rank deaths for individuals older than one year of age. The rankings denote the most frequently occurring causes of death among causes eligible for ranking. Use the help page link to the right with a yellow "?" for a listing.
NCHS 50 rankable causes of death
NCHS 113 selected causes of death

How to Specify ICD-10 Codes

Enter the codes with or without the decimal point. Use a hyphen to indicate a range of codes. Use a space or comma between codes.

Note that, for example, P23 includes all codes under P23 (congenital pneumonia), from P23.0 (Congenital pneumonia due to viral agent) to P23.9 (Congenital pneumonia, unspecified). Because the codes are alpha-numeric and not simply numeric, deaths coded simply P23_ [underscore added to show blank space] will not be included in a range from P23.0-P23.9 since P23_ is less than P23.0. P23-P24 would include all codes under P23 and P24.
User defined causes











Step 6: Select geographic area of residence (County of Residence: All counties)

Selecting Geography

Select the geographic areas you want to include. Municipality data prior to 2004 are not available in the query. See the Death Data Technical Notes for detailed information.
Select the geographic areas you would like to include in your analysis. The default is all New Jersey residents.

County of residence
Municipality of residence: Default is all 566 municipalities. (To choose certain municipalities, select county first. County name given for townships with duplicate names.)
Atlantic County
Bergen County
Burlington County
Camden County
Cape May County
Cumberland County
Essex County
Gloucester County
Hudson County
Hunterdon County
Mercer County
Middlesex County
Monmouth County
Morris County
Ocean County
Passaic County
Salem County
Somerset County
Sussex County
Union County
Warren County
Military
Other
Step 7: Select state of occurrence

Select state of occurrence. The default is all deaths regardless of place of occurrence.

New Jersey
Out of State
Step 8: Select how to display the results

Use the drop down list options below to specify how to display the numerical data values on the query results page. If both a Row Values Grouped By and a Column Values Grouped By are specified, then a two dimensional table will be presented in the query results. Regardless of what is selected, a standard data list table will be presented as well as meta data that describes the data sources, data issues, and any data notes. Select the Chart Graphic Type option below if you want a chart graphic to be shown.
Specify how to display the numerical data values.

Column Values Grouped By:
 
Row Values Grouped By:
 Count data values
 

Chart Graphic Type:

Finish: Submit the defined query
Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, 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 and Senior Services' 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 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:32:52 from New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Center for Health Statistics, State Health Assessment Data Web site: http://nj.gov/health/shad".

Content updated: Wed, 2 May 2012 04:01:16 EDT