The Topics in Health Statistics are organized chronologically below under the following subheadings: Injury, Maternal & Child Health, Mortality, Hospitalization, Behavioral Health, and Miscellaneous.

Injury

Fatal Poisonings in New Jersey, 2003 (PDF 72KB) 10/2006
Older Pedestrian Fatalities in New Jersey, 1999-2000 (PDF 320K) 10/2004
Suicide in New Jersey, 1999-2000 (PDF 172KB) 3/2004
      Age-adjusted Suicide Rates by County, New Jersey, 1999-2001(PDF 5KB) 9/2004

Maternal & Child Health

Cesarean Delivery: Comparing New Jersey Hospitals (PDF 285KB) 9/2007
Surveillance of Cesarean Section Deliveries, New Jersey, 1999-2004 (PDF 168KB) 1/2006
Trends in Cesarean Birth and Vaginal Birth after Previous Cesarean, 1990-1999 (PDF 138KB) 3/2003
Multiple Births, Low Birth Weight, and Infant Mortality, 1990-1997

Mortality

Trends in Median Age at Death, 1970-2000 (PDF 60KB) 1/2004
Trends in Place of Death, 1989-1998 (PDF 61K)
Age Standardization of Death Rates
Alcohol-Attributable Mortality, 1996-1998 (PDF 236K) 11/2001
Smoking - Attributable Mortality, 1996-1998 (PDF 44K)

Hospitalization

Preventable Hospitalizations among Seniors in New Jersey, 2002 (PDF 413KB) 10/2005
Inpatient Hospitalizations, 1998 (PDF 80K) 2/2003

Behavioral Health

Prescription and Non-Prescription Drug Use among NJ Older Adults, 2004 (PDF 132K)
Sexual Risk Status and Behavior, 1998-1999, NJ BRFSS Data (PDF 519K)1/2003
Preventive Clinical Counseling Among NJ Adults, 1993-2000, NJ BRFSS Data (PDF 57K) 2/2002
Obesity and Overweight, 2000, NJ BRFSS Data (PDF 45K)

Miscellaneous

Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity, 1996-1998 (PDF 163K)
Estimates of Healthy Life Expectancy, 1996 - 1998 (PDF 142K) 8/2002

New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Reports