Health Outcomes
Birth and Infant Outcomes
Prematurity
- Pre-Term Births (births before 37 weeks of gestation)
- Very Pre-Term Births (births before 32 weeks of gestation)
Low Birth Weight
- Low Birth Weight Among Singleton Term Births (less than 2,500 grams)
- Very Low Birth Weight Among Singleton Births (less than 1,500 grams)
Mortality
- Infant Mortality (death before the first birthday)
- Neonatal Mortality (death between birth and 28 days of age)
- Postneonatal Mortality (death between 28 days and 1 year of age)
- Perinatal Mortality (death after 28 weeks of gestation and before 7 days of age)
Fertility
- Total Fertility Rate (number of children born per 1,000 women of reproductive age)
Sex Ratio
- Sex Ratio Among Singleton Births (ratio of male to female births)
Birth Defects
NJDOH maintains a confidential registry of children with birth defects and special health care needs, and children who are at-risk of developing such needs. State law mandates reporting to the Special Child Health Services (SCHS) Registry any infant or child with a birth defect diagnosed from birth to five years of age.
- Anencephaly
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Cleft palate (without cleft lip)
- Upper and Lower limb deficiencies
- Gastroschisis
- Spina bifida (without anencephaly)
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Hypospadias
- Cleft lip (with and w/o cleft palate)
- Down syndrome/Trisomy 21
The NJ Birth Defects Registry has recently published a statewide profile and county profiles of the most prevalent birth defects.
Additional information about birth defects and related intervention services is available from NJDOH at Special Child Health and Early Intervention Services, or (609) 777-7778.
Cancer Tracking
The EPHT Network contains state and county counts of residents diagnosed with selected cancers which may be environmentally-related. The cancer indicators available on the New Jersey EPHT Network use data provided by the New Jersey State Cancer Registry. In addition, interactive cancer incidence maps for New Jersey are available.
More information on each type of cancer below can be found at the Mayo Clinic the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute of Health Medline Plus websites.
- Bladder cancer
- Brain and other nervous system cancers
- Childhood brain and central nervous system cancers
- Breast cancer
- Leukemia
- Childhood leukemia
- Esophageal cancer
- Kidney and renal pelvis cancer
- Laryngeal cancer
- Liver cancer
- Lung cancer
- Melanoma
- Mesothelioma
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pharyngeal cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Thyroid cancer
