TABLE M4. MORTALITY BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE
NEW JERSEY, 1998
COUNTY	NUMBER OF DEATHS	CRUDE RATE	AGE-ADJUSTED RATE
ATLANTIC	2,425	1,018.7	527.2
BERGEN	7,328	853.6	344.5
BURLINGTON	3,334	793.2	426.3
CAMDEN	4,542	899.0	499.4
CAPE MAY	1,342	1,368.4	497.0
CUMBERLAND	1,438	1,024.6	537.8
ESSEX	6,947	925.9	552.5
GLOUCESTER	1,980	798.7	471.6
HUDSON	4,746	851.8	495.1
HUNTERDON	717	585.7	345.6
MERCER	2,953	890.5	473.6
MIDDLESEX	5,551	775.1	424.5
MONMOUTH	4,971	823.8	421.2
MORRIS	3,165	688.2	349.3
OCEAN	6,480	1,322.9	439.5
PASSAIC	4,072	838.3	458.9
SALEM	687	1,058.4	539.7
SOMERSET	1,834	648.3	354.2
SUSSEX	952	665.6	455.2
UNION	4,757	950.2	439.8
WARREN	847	859.0	430.7
INSTITUTIONS	1	N/A	N/A
MILITARY	9	N/A	N/A
NOT STATED	62	N/A	N/A
TOTAL	71,140	876.6	441.8
Crude rates are computed per 100,000 estimated county population.
Age-adjusted rates are computed per 100,000 based on the 1940 standard population.