Estimates of the black population and of persons of Hispanic origin were not available. Thus, for objectives which required population estimates as denominators for rates, it was not possible to set objectives specifically for blacks or Hispanics. This was the case for objectives which used the death files for measurement. Because there were no population estimates available for the Hispanic population, it was not possible to determine whether there was a need for separate sub-objectives related to targeted causes of death for this population. Additionally, estimates of the Hispanic population by age, race, and sex categories are now provided.
Birth weight is recorded in grams.
Prior to 1989, New Jersey defined low birth weight as 2,500 grams or less. The Manual includes automobile, bus, construction, industrial or farm machinery, fire engine, motorcycle, moped, motorized scooter, trolley bus not operating on rails, truck, and van in its definition of motor vehicle. Persons killed or injured by a motor vehicle can be drivers, passengers, bicyclists, or pedestrians. Both treponemal and nontreponemal antibodies appear one through four weeks after the lesion has formed. Even without treatment, the lesion usually resolves within two months.