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Death Rate Report for New Jersey by County, death years through 2009


Lung & Bronchus
Healthy People 2020 Objective Number: C-2
Reduce the lung cancer death rate
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Count

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 45.5 is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).
Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC.
  • Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
  • Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
  • Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.
    AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program/

    Other Notes

  • Larger confidence intervals indicate less accuracy of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
  • Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.

    Line by Line Interpretation of the Report

    New Jersey (State)
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 46.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 45.5 to 46.8 and 4,342 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -1.7.

    United States
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 50.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 50.5 to 50.7 and 158,634 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -1.7.

    Salem County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 61.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 53.4 to 69.4 and 47 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is rising because the AAPC value is 0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.3 to 1.6.

    Hunterdon County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 38.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.7 to 43.5 and 50 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -3.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.1 to -1.4.

    Warren County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 50.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.8 to 56.4 and 60 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -0.5.

    Sussex County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 52.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 47.1 to 58.3 and 75 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 0.2.

    Cape May County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 58.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 52.8 to 64.0 and 91 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to 0.0.

    Cumberland County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 57.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 51.9 to 62.5 and 91 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 0.2.

    Somerset County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 36.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.3 to 39.4 and 116 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -1.3.

    Mercer County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 42.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.0 to 46.1 and 159 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -1.1.

    Gloucester County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 62.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 58.1 to 66.5 and 175 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -5.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -10.3 to -0.2.

    Atlantic County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 60.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 56.1 to 64.0 and 183 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -4.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -12.1 to 3.4.

    Passaic County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 41.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.0 to 44.2 and 204 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -0.9.

    Morris County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 40.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.5 to 43.5 and 213 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -3.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.2 to -1.3.

    Union County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 39.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.4 to 42.2 and 218 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -8.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -16.8 to -0.3.

    Hudson County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 42.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.8 to 44.9 and 225 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -1.8.

    Burlington County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 49.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.7 to 52.3 and 241 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to -0.6.

    Camden County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 54.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 51.6 to 57.2 and 291 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to -0.5.

    Essex County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 42.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.7 to 44.9 and 320 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -1.9.

    Monmouth County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 47.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.8 to 49.4 and 330 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -1.4.

    Middlesex County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 42.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.1 to 44.2 and 334 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -3.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.9 to -2.1.

    Bergen County
  • The healthy people objective was met.
  • The death rate is 39.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.0 to 41.4 and 432 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is falling because the AAPC value is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -1.5.

    Ocean County
  • The healthy people objective was not met.
  • The death rate is 55.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 52.8 to 57.2 and 488 average annual deaths.
  • The rate is stable because the AAPC value is -6.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -13.9 to 2.5.



    Notes:
    Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/18/2013 10:47 pm.
    State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).
    Trend
    Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
    Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
    Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.

    1 Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    2 The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected racial groups or counties.

    Source: Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1–4, 5–9, … , 80–84, 85+). The Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US populations included with the data release have been adjusted for the population shifts due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita for 62 counties and parishes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The 1969-2009 US Population Data File is used with mortality data.