Health status varies by many factors such as age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, and sex. It also varies by geographic region, even within a state as small as New Jersey. The following tables display basic health status indicators for residents of each county in New Jersey. All data are for 1998 unless otherwise noted. This report is based on the final 1998 birth and death data files for New Jersey and should replace the "Preliminary County Health Status Profiles, 1998" published in June 2000. Data in black did not change from those in the preliminary report. Data in blue are different from what was reported preliminarily.