TABLE M4A. MORTALITY BY RACE AND COUNTY OF RESIDENCE
NEW JERSEY, 1999
COUNTY	WHITE			BLACK
	NUMBER OF DEATHS	CRUDE RATE	AGE-ADJUSTED RATE	NUMBER OF DEATHS	CRUDE RATE	AGE-ADJUSTED RATE
ATLANTIC	1,931	1,065.9	882.6	439	900.5	993.4
BERGEN	7,132	999.3	742.3	333	700.0	847.8
BURLINGTON	3,097	915.9	847.1	387	553.9	897.0
CAMDEN	3,904	1,016.7	946.3	768	791.0	1,144.2
CAPE MAY	1,233	1,371.6	898.0	58	875.2	941.0
CUMBERLAND	1,257	1,157.0	1,006.6	206	747.2	1,145.2
ESSEX	4,142	1,063.1	827.9	3,105	960.2	1,298.2
GLOUCESTER	1,858	851.4	965.5	216	829.5	927.0
HUDSON	4,062	990.6	896.9	649	756.1	1,256.1
HUNTERDON	756	636.3	723.8	9	**	**
MERCER	2,357	962.4	830.8	574	806.9	1,088.8
MIDDLESEX	5,328	930.8	888.7	344	521.1	901.0
MONMOUTH	4,824	925.9	854.8	483	799.0	953.6
MORRIS	3,335	802.2	785.0	99	625.2	933.2
OCEAN	6,761	1,433.5	868.0	113	670.5	1,087.9
PASSAIC	3,610	977.5	862.9	519	556.9	1,000.2
SALEM	588	1,120.5	913.7	123	1,105.0	1,139.8
SOMERSET	1,819	740.9	744.5	125	612.0	973.0
SUSSEX	970	690.4	866.9	12	**	**
UNION	3,912	1,053.7	810.7	822	793.3	1,127.6
WARREN	831	857.1	805.1	12	**	**
TOTAL	63,707	987.1	839.5	9,396	784.7	1,100.1
Crude death rates are computed per 100,000 county- and race-specific population. Age-adjusted rates are computed per 100,000 based on the 2000 standard.
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.