TABLE M20A. AGE-ADJUSTED RATES FOR LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE
NEW JERSEY, 1999
COUNTY	DISEASES OF THE HEART (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51)		MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS (C00-C97)		CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES (I60-I69)		CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES (J40-J47)		DIABETES MELLITUS (E10-E14)
	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE	NUMBER	RATE
ATLANTIC	745	272.1	628	239.9	144	52.4	110	40.5	62	23.8
BERGEN	2,505	236.0	2,074	198.4	477	44.9	287	26.9	215	20.5
BURLINGTON	1,081	262.4	912	215.1	185	45.5	169	40.2	100	24.1
CAMDEN	1,383	286.1	1,151	235.4	250	51.8	230	47.1	152	31.2
CAPE MAY	384	252.3	331	230.9	72	45.7	73	47.4	29	20.6
CUMBERLAND	472	318.2	304	207.8	80	53.8	64	43.4	49	33.7
ESSEX	2,089	281.9	1,575	214.4	396	53.5	280	38.1	299	40.8
GLOUCESTER	602	279.5	526	234.0	113	53.4	113	52.0	60	26.6
HUDSON	1,631	309.8	1,069	198.2	208	39.3	191	35.9	201	37.5
HUNTERDON	212	200.6	193	175.3	45	43.3	39	38.1	15	**
MERCER	919	270.2	701	205.9	159	46.7	124	36.3	95	27.8
MIDDLESEX	1,914	291.9	1,422	202.4	296	45.2	238	35.8	199	28.7
MONMOUTH	1,655	260.2	1,413	226.5	342	53.5	248	39.9	178	28.5
MORRIS	1,093	241.5	915	201.0	197	43.9	142	32.2	98	21.6
OCEAN	2,611	310.7	1,783	234.5	339	39.6	278	32.3	200	25.3
PASSAIC	1,348	283.8	971	207.3	260	54.9	142	30.0	137	29.3
SALEM	240	308.1	182	243.4	41	51.6	35	44.6	25	32.7
SOMERSET	559	209.6	473	175.5	120	45.5	101	38.6	83	31.3
SUSSEX	302	271.6	228	200.1	53	46.0	46	42.6	42	38.2
UNION	1,472	259.2	1,151	203.8	292	51.4	178	31.2	177	31.2
WARREN	276	260.4	176	169.5	53	50.2	42	40.2	20	19.0
TOTAL	23,493	271.0	18,178	210.6	4,122	47.5	3,130	36.0	2,436	28.2
Age-adjusted rates are computed per 100,000 county-specific population based on the 2000 U.S. standard population.
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.