Incidence Rate Report for New Jersey by County

"All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Melanoma of the Skin, All Ages"
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County,"Annual Incidence Rate(†) over rate period - cases per 100,000","Lower 95% Confidence Interval","Upper 95% Confidence Interval",Average Annual Count,Rate Period
New Jersey(3),21.4 ,21.0, 21.9,1999,2005-2009
US (SEER+NPCR)(1),19.2 ,19.2, 19.3,§,2005-2009
Atlantic County(7),26.3 ,23.8, 29.1,79,2005-2009
Bergen County(7),19.8 ,18.6, 21.1,205,2005-2009
Burlington County(7),27.0 ,25.0, 29.2,131,2005-2009
Camden County(7),20.8 ,19.2, 22.7,113,2005-2009
Cape May County(7),43.2 ,38.2, 48.8,60,2005-2009
Cumberland County(7),14.7 ,12.1, 17.6,24,2005-2009
Essex County(7),12.5 ,11.4, 13.6,96,2005-2009
Gloucester County(7),26.1 ,23.5, 28.9,76,2005-2009
Hudson County(7),9.1 ,8.0, 10.2,53,2005-2009
Hunterdon County(7),38.2 ,33.6, 43.4,52,2005-2009
Mercer County(7),21.1 ,19.1, 23.4,79,2005-2009
Middlesex County(7),17.0 ,15.7, 18.3,136,2005-2009
Monmouth County(7),29.1 ,27.3, 31.0,203,2005-2009
Morris County(7),27.7 ,25.7, 29.8,146,2005-2009
Ocean County(7),29.6 ,27.8, 31.5,221,2005-2009
Passaic County(7),13.9 ,12.5, 15.5,69,2005-2009
Salem County(7),28.0 ,22.9, 34.0,21,2005-2009
Somerset County(7),25.1 ,22.7, 27.6,85,2005-2009
Sussex County(7),23.3 ,19.9, 27.2,36,2005-2009
Union County(7),16.4 ,14.9, 18.1,89,2005-2009
Warren County(7),21.1 ,17.5, 25.1,25,2005-2009

Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/20/2013 11:16 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 [http://www.seer.cancer.gov/stdpopulations/stdpop.19ages.html] (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 [http://seer.cancer.gov/popdata/] by NCI. The US populations included with the data release have been adjusted for the population shifts due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita [http://seer.cancer.gov/data/hurricane.html] 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.  [http://seer.cancer.gov/data/hurricane.html]
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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 [http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/suppressed.html] is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.