COVID-19 Death Data

The Center for Health Statistics maintains mortality data for all causes of death. The source of the data is death certificates.

All other COVID-19 data are available from the links to the right. >>

Use NJSHAD to create custom tabulations of New Jersey resident death certificate data.
Filter and display death counts by month, day, cause, or place of death; demographic characteristics; and county or municipality of residence.
Data updated monthly.

Data tables and graph of monthly total death counts by county of residence for each year.
2021-2023 data updated monthly.

Tables of leading causes of death by age, race/ethnicity, sex, nativity, place and month of death, and county of residence, based on final death counts as of 4/21/22.
COVID was New Jersey's 2nd leading cause of death overall in 2020.
COVID was the leading (#1) cause of death in 2020 among New Jersey's
- Black, Hispanic, Asian, and foreign-born (of any race/ethnicity) residents;
- Residents who died as hospital inpatients;
- Residents who died in April, May, and December; and
- Residents of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, and Union Counties.
Leading causes of death in past years for comparison: 2000-2019

Graph of daily death counts due to COVID-19 and other causes of death for 2020 compared to average daily death counts for 2015-2019.

Average daily death count in the last few years due to selected causes of death.
Use to compare daily COVID-19 death counts to the typical number of daily deaths from heart disease, cancer, car crashes, influenza, and other causes of death.

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All links in this section go to CDC's National Center for Health Statistics website. The source for all data linked below is death certificates.

Official Site of The State of New Jersey