Interpretation of Death Rates Data
Death Rate Report for New Jersey by County
All Cancer Sites, 2015-2019
All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - The objective of 0.0 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 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
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 167.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 165.6 to 169.0 and 7,960 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -2.2.
United States
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 181.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 181.1 to 181.7 and 314,987 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -2.0.
Cumberland County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 215.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 200.9 to 230.8 and 170 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 4)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to -0.9.
Salem County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 214.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 193.6 to 237.0 and 82 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 7)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -0.8.
Cape May County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 210.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 195.9 to 226.6 and 161 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 6)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -1.1.
Camden County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 195.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 187.4 to 203.1 and 506 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (2, 8)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -1.6.
Gloucester County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 194.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 184.5 to 205.3 and 292 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (2, 9)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to -2.2.
Ocean County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 186.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 181.0 to 193.0 and 789 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (4, 10)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -1.6.
Sussex County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 185.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 171.5 to 199.6 and 153 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (3, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -1.6.
Atlantic County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 184.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 174.8 to 194.4 and 290 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (4, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.6 to 8.2.
Burlington County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 183.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 175.7 to 191.1 and 460 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (5, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -1.7.
Warren County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 171.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 157.4 to 187.2 and 110 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (5, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -1.3.
Mercer County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 171.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 162.8 to 180.1 and 319 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (8, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -1.9.
Essex County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 165.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 159.7 to 172.1 and 589 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (10, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -2.4.
Passaic County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 164.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 157.4 to 172.3 and 398 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (10, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -2.3.
Monmouth County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 162.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 156.3 to 168.5 and 581 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (10, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -2.4.
Middlesex County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 154.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 149.3 to 160.3 and 641 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (13, 19)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -1.9.
Morris County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 151.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 145.0 to 158.1 and 432 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (14, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -2.0.
Union County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 151.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 144.6 to 158.2 and 403 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (14, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -2.1.
Bergen County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 151.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 146.5 to 155.9 and 822 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (15, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -2.2.
Hudson County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 147.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 141.0 to 154.4 and 399 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (15, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -2.6.
Somerset County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 146.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 138.8 to 155.4 and 256 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (15, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -2.1.
Hunterdon County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 135.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 123.9 to 148.3 and 106 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (17, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -2.3.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/16/2022 3:51 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 (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 1969-2018 US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
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.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.