State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for New Jersey by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65

Sorted by Name

Explanation of Column Headers

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 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 Jersey

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The death rate is 36.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.8 to 36.8 and 3,850 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

United States

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The death rate is 44.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 43.9 to 44.1 and 158,491 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Atlantic County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 48.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.9 to 52.2 and 159 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Bergen County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 30.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.8 to 31.8 and 341 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Burlington County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 41.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.9 to 44.0 and 232 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Camden County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 43.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.2 to 46.2 and 257 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Cape May County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 46.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.2 to 52.7 and 57 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Cumberland County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 52.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 47.7 to 58.2 and 85 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Essex County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 35.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.9 to 37.4 and 323 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Gloucester County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 44.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.3 to 47.8 and 160 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Hudson County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 32.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.1 to 34.0 and 222 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Hunterdon County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 27.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 24.2 to 32.1 and 48 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Mercer County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 37.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.7 to 40.1 and 158 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Middlesex County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 31.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.3 to 33.6 and 311 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Monmouth County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 35.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.5 to 37.5 and 287 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Morris County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 28.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.4 to 30.3 and 178 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Ocean County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 43.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.5 to 46.3 and 305 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Passaic County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 37.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.2 to 40.0 and 208 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Salem County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 54.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 47.1 to 62.9 and 43 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Somerset County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 30.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.9 to 32.8 and 129 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Sussex County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 40.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.9 to 44.8 and 77 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Union County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 33.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.2 to 35.4 and 211 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Warren County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 41.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.7 to 47.2 and 59 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/21/2026 4:07 pm.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

† 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+).

Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.