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Incidence Rates Report
National Cancer Institute State Cancer Profiles Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Incidence Rate Report for New Jersey by County

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Cancer Sites, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
Explanation of Column Headers

Incidence Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The incidence rate is based upon 100,000 people and is an annual rate (or average annual rate) based on the time period indicated. Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population.

Other Notes

  • Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability 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 Jersey3
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 501.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 498.9 to 503.0.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 47,170.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • US (SEER+NPCR)1
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 465.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 464.7 to 465.4.
  • Average Annual Count - §
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Cape May County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 582.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 564.9 to 601.5.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 854.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Gloucester County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 540.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 528.1 to 552.2.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 1,573.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Burlington County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 536.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 527.4 to 545.9.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 2,633.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Camden County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 534.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 525.3 to 542.9.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 2,885.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Ocean County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 531.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 524.0 to 538.7.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 4,338.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Atlantic County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 527.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 515.9 to 539.2.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 1,608.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Salem County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 524.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 501.0 to 547.9.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 399.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Monmouth County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 521.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 514.1 to 529.3.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 3,714.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Mercer County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 519.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 509.6 to 530.4.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 1,955.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Morris County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 518.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 509.7 to 527.3.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 2,769.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Sussex County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 517.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 500.7 to 534.2.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 796.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Warren County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 507.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 489.8 to 526.2.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 616.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Union County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 492.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 484.6 to 501.4.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 2,707.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Hunterdon County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 492.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 475.5 to 509.6.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 690.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Cumberland County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 492.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 476.8 to 507.9.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 785.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Bergen County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 485.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 479.0 to 491.1.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 5,130.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Somerset County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 483.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 473.1 to 494.6.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 1,607.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Middlesex County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 481.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 475.0 to 488.7.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 3,855.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Passaic County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 465.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 456.9 to 474.1.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 2,298.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Essex County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 465.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 458.4 to 472.3.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 3,551.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.
    • Hudson County7
  • Rate - The incidence rate is 435.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 427.3 to 443.0.
  • Average Annual Count - The count is 2,408.
  • Rate Period - The period for the rate is 2005-2009.


    • Notes:
    Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/20/2013 2:23 am.
    State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
    † Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. 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 for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
    § Because of the impact on Louisiana's population for the July - December 2005 time period due to Hurricanes Katrina/Rita, SEER excluded Louisiana cases diagnosed for that six month time period. The count has been suppressed due to data consistency issues.

    1 Source: CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) January 2012 data submission and SEER November 2011 submission.
    3 Source: SEER November 2011 submission. State Cancer Registry also receives funding from CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries.
    7 Source: SEER November 2011 submission.

    Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.

    Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.