HEALTH RANKINGS New Jersey

NEW JERSEY TOP 40 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE: CDC 12/22

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	USA Rank
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	81.16	38
2.	COVID-19	71.86	35
3.	Stroke	32.30	42
4.	Poisonings	32.00	22
5.	Lung Cancers	25.59	45
6.	Alzheimers	20.62	46
7.	Lung Disease	19.61	49
8.	Hypertension	19.27	48
9.	Breast Cancer	18.61	37
10.	Diabetes Mellitus	17.63	49
11.	Prostate Cancer	15.96	49
12.	Kidney Disease	14.48	21
13.	Endocrine Disorders	12.83	47
14.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	12.02	42
15.	Pancreas Cancer	11.70	25
16.	Influenza & Pneumonia	9.91	29
17.	Liver Disease	9.44	49
18.	Parkinson's Disease	8.04	46
19.	Lymphomas	7.20	49
20.	Suicide	7.07	50

CAUSES OF DEATH		Rate	USA Rank
21.	Inflammatory/Heart	6.97	31
22.	Uterin Cancer	6.13	9
23.	Ovary Cancer	5.76	36
24.	Liver Cancer	5.68	40
25.	Falls	5.23	51
26.	Leukemia	5.19	46
27.	Homicide	4.76	36
28.	Bladder Cancer	4.22	26
29.	Other Neoplasms	3.63	44
30.	Oesophagus Cancer	3.15	44
31.	Stomach Cancer	2.67	18
32.	Alcohol	2.60	49
33.	Skin Cancers	2.44	47
34.	Congenital Anomalies	2.11	46
35.	Oral Cancer	2.01	46
36.	Cervical Cancer	1.79	31
37.	HIV/AIDS	1.45	17
38.	Low Birth Weight	0.98	32
39.	Drug Use	0.77	30
40.	Drownings	0.69	43

NEW JERSEY TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES: CDC 12/22

CAUSES OF DEATH		Deaths	%
1.	Coronary Heart Disease	9,585	16.24
2.	COVID-19	8,418	14.26
3.	Stroke	3,748	6.35
4.	Lung Cancers	3,079	5.22
5.	Poisonings	3,009	5.10
6.	Alzheimers	2,398	4.06
7.	Lung Disease	2,312	3.92
8.	Hypertension	2,272	3.85
9.	Diabetes Mellitus	2,066	3.50
10.	Kidney Disease	1,686	2.86
11.	Endocrine Disorders	1,483	2.51
12.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	1,407	2.38
13.	Pancreas Cancer	1,405	2.38
14.	Breast Cancer	1,212	2.05
15.	Influenza & Pneumonia	1,142	1.93
16.	Liver Disease	1,060	1.80
17.	Parkinson's Disease	916	1.55
18.	Lymphomas	839	1.42
19.	Inflammatory/Heart	794	1.35
20.	Other Injuries	771	1.31
21.	Prostate Cancer	755	1.28
22.	Road Traffic Accidents	718	1.22
23.	Suicide	682	1.16
24.	Liver Cancer	674	1.14
25.	Falls	592	1.00

CAUSES OF DEATH		Deaths	%
26.	Leukemia	572	0.97
27.	Bladder Cancer	491	0.83
28.	Other Neoplasms	418	0.71
29.	Uterin Cancer	399	0.68
30.	Oesophagus Cancer	380	0.64
31.	Homicide	375	0.64
32.	Ovary Cancer	371	0.63
33.	Malnutrition	350	0.59
34.	Stomach Cancer	298	0.50
35.	Skin Cancers	290	0.49
36.	Alcohol	272	0.46
37.	Oral Cancer	236	0.40
38.	Diarrhoeal diseases	201	0.34
39.	Congenital Anomalies	158	0.27
40.	HIV/AIDS	152	0.26
41.	Skin Disease	135	0.23
42.	Asthma	110	0.19
43.	Cervical Cancer	98	0.17
44.	Anaemia	93	0.16
45.	Multiple Sclerosis	87	0.15
46.	Drug Use	71	0.12
47.	Low Birth Weight	67	0.11
48.	Peptic Ulcer Disease	66	0.11
49.	Rheumatic/Heart	61	0.10
50.	Rheumatoid Arthritis	43	0.07

NEW JERSEY CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE: CDC 12/22

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

		Rate	USA Rank
1.	Lung Cancers	25.59	45
2.	Breast Cancer	18.61	37
3.	Prostate Cancer	15.96	49
4.	Colon-Rectum Cancers	12.02	42
5.	Pancreas Cancer	11.70	25
6.	Lymphomas	7.20	49
7.	Uterin Cancer	6.13	9
8.	Ovary Cancer	5.76	36

		Rate	USA Rank
9.	Liver Cancer	5.68	40
10.	Leukemia	5.19	46
11.	Bladder Cancer	4.22	26
12.	Oesophagus Cancer	3.15	44
13.	Stomach Cancer	2.67	18
14.	Skin Cancers	2.44	47
15.	Oral Cancer	2.01	46
16.	Cervical Cancer	1.79	31

DEATH RATE HISTORY SELECTED CAUSES

HEART DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	270.54	23,493	8,359,592
2000	269.39	23,724	8,414,350
2001	254.01	22,704	8,492,671
2002	248.55	22,510	8,552,643
2003	239.87	22,043	8,601,402
2004	221.79	20,560	8,634,561
2005	219.14	20,655	8,651,974
2006	203.93	19,548	8,661,679
2007	193.04	18,831	8,677,885
2008	191.59	19,056	8,711,090
2009	178.61	18,086	8,755,602
2010	181.98	18,730	8,791,894
2011	174.92	18,330	8,821,155
2012	171.54	18,340	8,864,590
2013	170.07	18,460	8,899,339
2014	166.28	18,319	8,938,175
2015	166.72	18,647	8,958,013
2016	164.70	18,597	8,944,469
2017	162.29	18,840	9,005,644
2018	162.96	19,047	8,908,520
2019	157.98	18,716	8,882,190
2020	166.33	19,744	8,882,371
2021	157.54	18,508	9,267,130

ALL CANCERS

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	209.26	18,178	8,359,592
2000	205.92	18,073	8,414,350
2001	204.44	18,165	8,492,671
2002	198.13	17,827	8,552,643
2003	197.27	17,957	8,601,402
2004	187.05	17,208	8,634,561
2005	185.02	17,171	8,651,974
2006	183.04	17,180	8,661,679
2007	180.09	17,096	8,677,885
2008	175.01	16,876	8,711,090
2009	168.97	16,541	8,755,602
2010	169.46	16,815	8,791,894
2011	166.04	16,708	8,821,155
2012	160.31	16,485	8,864,590
2013	156.24	16,315	8,899,339
2014	156.09	16,591	8,938,175
2015	150.79	16,270	8,958,013
2016	149.68	16,377	8,944,469
2017	144.63	16,264	9,005,644
2018	141.33	16,011	8,908,520
2019	136.50	15,698	8,882,190
2020	133.41	15,576	8,882,371
2021	130.59	15,481	9,267,130

STROKE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	47.47	4,122	8,359,592
2000	49.01	4,316	8,414,350
2001	44.81	4,007	8,492,671
2002	44.33	4,016	8,552,643
2003	43.12	3,966	8,601,402
2004	40.79	3,781	8,634,561
2005	38.47	3,614	8,651,974
2006	36.28	3,468	8,661,679
2007	35.96	3,492	8,677,885
2008	33.07	3,264	8,711,090
2009	32.57	3,265	8,755,602
2010	33.35	3,402	8,791,894
2011	32.87	3,418	8,821,155
2012	32.72	3,440	8,864,590
2013	32.37	3,456	8,899,339
2014	31.41	3,419	8,938,175
2015	31.08	3,413	8,958,013
2016	30.37	3,401	8,944,469
2017	30.21	3,474	9,005,644
2018	29.75	3,444	8,908,520
2019	30.31	3,550	8,882,190
2020	31.83	3,725	8,882,371
2021	32.30	3,760	9,267,130

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	35.88	3,130	8,359,592
2000	34.08	3,007	8,414,350
2001	32.65	2,911	8,492,671
2002	31.95	2,885	8,552,643
2003	31.93	2,910	8,601,402
2004	32.97	3,031	8,634,561
2005	33.96	3,148	8,651,974
2006	30.48	2,862	8,661,679
2007	31.35	2,991	8,677,885
2008	33.89	3,280	8,711,090
2009	31.75	3,125	8,755,602
2010	31.36	3,106	8,791,894
2011	31.22	3,157	8,821,155
2012	31.68	3,271	8,864,590
2013	31.09	3,245	8,899,339
2014	28.47	3,046	8,938,175
2015	29.59	3,202	8,958,013
2016	27.93	3,064	8,944,469
2017	28.64	3,227	9,005,644
2018	28.02	3,210	8,908,520
2019	26.29	3,053	8,882,190
2020	25.02	2,945	8,882,371
2021	21.07	2,472	9,267,130

ACCIDENTS

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	26.22	2,227	8,359,592
2000	26.74	2,284	8,414,350
2001	27.80	2,405	8,492,671
2002	29.75	2,599	8,552,643
2003	27.02	2,371	8,601,402
2004	26.29	2,324	8,634,561
2005	28.76	2,561	8,651,974
2006	29.02	2,590	8,661,679
2007	26.91	2,425	8,677,885
2008	26.68	2,436	8,711,090
2009	20.06	1,875	8,755,602
2010	26.70	2,486	8,791,894
2011	28.56	2,685	8,821,155
2012	31.66	2,990	8,864,590
2013	31.79	3,028	8,899,339
2014	30.92	2,970	8,938,175
2015	33.67	3,218	8,958,013
2016	40.80	3,839	8,944,469
2017	47.29	4,482	9,005,644
2018	50.06	4,676	8,908,520
2019	49.21	4,650	8,882,190
2020	50.35	4,761	8,882,371
2021	51.64	5,077	9,267,130

DIABETES

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	28.03	2,436	8,359,592
2000	28.23	2,483	8,414,350
2001	28.74	2,556	8,492,671
2002	28.12	2,532	8,552,643
2003	27.20	2,484	8,601,402
2004	28.21	2,595	8,634,561
2005	27.31	2,540	8,651,974
2006	26.07	2,454	8,661,679
2007	24.41	2,329	8,677,885
2008	23.11	2,242	8,711,090
2009	19.93	1,959	8,755,602
2010	20.96	2,098	8,791,894
2011	21.96	2,222	8,821,155
2012	19.26	1,988	8,864,590
2013	19.43	2,043	8,899,339
2014	19.34	2,062	8,938,175
2015	17.87	1,933	8,958,013
2016	17.82	1,949	8,944,469
2017	16.92	1,908	9,005,644
2018	16.57	1,880	8,908,520
2019	16.74	1,934	8,882,190
2020	21.22	2,443	8,882,371
2021	17.63	2,073	9,267,130

ALZHEIMER'S

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	11.99	1,041	8,359,592
2000	14.35	1,267	8,414,350
2001	15.32	1,376	8,492,671
2002	16.72	1,522	8,552,643
2003	17.65	1,636	8,601,402
2004	18.28	1,711	8,634,561
2005	19.03	1,815	8,651,974
2006	16.87	1,649	8,661,679
2007	18.24	1,823	8,677,885
2008	18.22	1,857	8,711,090
2009	17.88	1,872	8,755,602
2010	17.66	1,878	8,791,894
2011	18.17	1,960	8,821,155
2012	17.14	1,881	8,864,590
2013	16.25	1,812	8,899,339
2014	17.36	1,962	8,938,175
2015	19.77	2,260	8,958,013
2016	21.09	2,435	8,944,469
2017	23.58	2,829	9,005,644
2018	22.68	2,710	8,908,520
2019	21.74	2,629	8,882,190
2020	22.07	2,677	8,882,371
2021	20.62	2,399	9,267,130

INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	23.94	2,075	8,359,592
2000	23.20	2,044	8,414,350
2001	21.15	1,893	8,492,671
2002	21.77	1,973	8,552,643
2003	19.81	1,823	8,601,402
2004	17.06	1,586	8,634,561
2005	17.33	1,637	8,651,974
2006	13.69	1,315	8,661,679
2007	13.76	1,343	8,677,885
2008	14.17	1,413	8,711,090
2009	12.97	1,309	8,755,602
2010	10.98	1,128	8,791,894
2011	12.08	1,257	8,821,155
2012	10.60	1,131	8,864,590
2013	12.57	1,356	8,899,339
2014	11.26	1,234	8,938,175
2015	12.53	1,402	8,958,013
2016	10.71	1,208	8,944,469
2017	11.66	1,337	9,005,644
2018	12.60	1,465	8,908,520
2019	10.93	1,270	8,882,190
2020	14.09	1,638	8,882,371
2021	9.90	1,156	9,267,130

NEPHRITIS/KIDNEY DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	15.85	1,380	8,359,592
2000	16.97	1,495	8,414,350
2001	16.75	1,495	8,492,671
2002	18.38	1,662	8,552,643
2003	18.51	1,696	8,601,402
2004	17.59	1,624	8,634,561
2005	17.10	1,597	8,651,974
2006	17.31	1,645	8,661,679
2007	17.46	1,690	8,677,885
2008	17.52	1,715	8,711,090
2009	17.19	1,709	8,755,602
2010	15.59	1,580	8,791,894
2011	14.47	1,490	8,821,155
2012	13.61	1,431	8,864,590
2013	13.15	1,400	8,899,339
2014	13.84	1,502	8,938,175
2015	14.42	1,582	8,958,013
2016	13.80	1,535	8,944,469
2017	13.89	1,591	9,005,644
2018	14.65	1,672	8,908,520
2019	13.92	1,622	8,882,190
2020	14.31	1,674	8,882,371
2021	14.05	1,644	9,267,130

BLOOD POISONING

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	20.08	1,742	8,359,592
2000	19.81	1,744	8,414,350
2001	20.55	1,830	8,492,671
2002	21.97	1,986	8,552,643
2003	20.80	1,904	8,601,402
2004	20.62	1,903	8,634,561
2005	20.65	1,931	8,651,974
2006	19.75	1,871	8,661,679
2007	18.08	1,733	8,677,885
2008	18.35	1,793	8,711,090
2009	17.65	1,744	8,755,602
2010	16.55	1,658	8,791,894
2011	16.77	1,726	8,821,155
2012	16.03	1,672	8,864,590
2013	16.96	1,785	8,899,339
2014	16.45	1,764	8,938,175
2015	17.93	1,957	8,958,013
2016	17.54	1,925	8,944,469
2017	16.70	1,898	9,005,644
2018	17.01	1,948	8,908,520
2019	17.12	1,983	8,882,190
2020	17.71	2,061	8,882,371
2021	17.22	2,011	9,267,130

SUICIDE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	6.61	563	8,359,592
2000	6.57	560	8,414,350
2001	6.80	588	8,492,671
2002	6.29	553	8,552,643
2003	6.66	588	8,601,402
2004	6.82	597	8,634,561
2005	6.07	536	8,651,974
2006	6.53	585	8,661,679
2007	6.67	596	8,677,885
2008	6.79	615	8,711,090
2009	6.15	557	8,755,602
2010	7.73	719	8,791,894
2011	7.48	689	8,821,155
2012	7.41	683	8,864,590
2013	8.04	757	8,899,339
2014	8.34	786	8,938,175
2015	8.31	789	8,958,013
2016	7.20	687	8,944,469
2017	8.34	795	9,005,644
2018	8.29	778	8,908,520
2019	8.03	762	8,882,190
2020	7.10	679	8,882,371
2021	7.07	688	9,267,130

HYPERTENSION/RENAL

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	4.49	389	8,359,592
2000	5.38	473	8,414,350
2001	5.78	516	8,492,671
2002	5.65	512	8,552,643
2003	5.44	501	8,601,402
2004	5.86	542	8,634,561
2005	6.34	601	8,651,974
2006	5.77	557	8,661,679
2007	6.07	595	8,677,885
2008	6.45	641	8,711,090
2009	6.55	667	8,755,602
2010	7.23	750	8,791,894
2011	6.98	736	8,821,155
2012	8.16	881	8,864,590
2013	7.78	846	8,899,339
2014	6.32	709	8,938,175
2015	6.50	733	8,958,013
2016	6.97	794	8,944,469
2017	6.96	808	9,005,644
2018	6.40	752	8,908,520
2019	7.57	893	8,882,190
2020	8.95	1,063	8,882,371
2021	8.11	961	9,267,130

LIVER DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	9.16	791	8,359,592
2000	8.77	765	8,414,350
2001	8.78	778	8,492,671
2002	8.11	730	8,552,643
2003	8.51	774	8,601,402
2004	7.62	704	8,634,561
2005	7.83	730	8,651,974
2006	7.14	674	8,661,679
2007	6.71	646	8,677,885
2008	7.26	707	8,711,090
2009	7.32	719	8,755,602
2010	7.29	732	8,791,894
2011	7.63	784	8,821,155
2012	7.04	721	8,864,590
2013	7.53	795	8,899,339
2014	7.48	794	8,938,175
2015	7.30	782	8,958,013
2016	7.37	801	8,944,469
2017	7.32	797	9,005,644
2018	8.25	893	8,908,520
2019	7.78	853	8,882,190
2020	9.10	991	8,882,371
2021	9.44	1,060	9,267,130

PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	4.99	436	8,359,592
2000	5.52	490	8,414,350
2001	5.84	524	8,492,671
2002	5.77	524	8,552,643
2003	5.73	526	8,601,402
2004	5.74	529	8,634,561
2005	6.59	616	8,651,974
2006	5.69	539	8,661,679
2007	6.24	601	8,677,885
2008	6.05	588	8,711,090
2009	6.24	615	8,755,602
2010	6.51	645	8,791,894
2011	6.61	666	8,821,155
2012	6.19	633	8,864,590
2013	6.74	703	8,899,339
2014	7.11	751	8,938,175
2015	6.61	716	8,958,013
2016	7.05	759	8,944,469
2017	7.22	798	9,005,644
2018	7.79	881	8,908,520
2019	7.47	859	8,882,190
2020	8.70	1,004	8,882,371
2021	8.04	920	9,267,130

HOMICIDE

Date	Rate	Total	Population
1999	3.61	298	8,359,592
2000	3.87	320	8,414,350
2001	12.23	1,051	8,492,671
2002	3.96	333	8,552,643
2003	5.06	423	8,601,402
2004	4.84	405	8,634,561
2005	5.13	427	8,651,974
2006	5.41	449	8,661,679
2007	4.84	403	8,677,885
2008	4.49	377	8,711,090
2009	3.87	328	8,755,602
2010	4.61	388	8,791,894
2011	4.93	413	8,821,155
2012	4.79	405	8,864,590
2013	4.90	419	8,899,339
2014	4.42	372	8,938,175
2015	4.51	388	8,958,013
2016	4.61	395	8,944,469
2017	4.11	352	9,005,644
2018	3.68	311	8,908,520
2019	3.44	287	8,882,190
2020	4.35	362	8,882,371
2021	4.76	409	9,267,130