State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for New Jersey by County

All Cancer Sites, 2015-2019

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+

Sorted by CI*Rank

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - 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 487.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 483.8 to 490.8 and 15,364 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -2.0.

United States

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 512.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 511.4 to 512.6 and 568,048 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -1.8.

Hudson County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 419.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 406.1 to 433.5 and 750 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (19, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -2.2.

Somerset County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 422.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 405.4 to 439.7 and 493 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (18, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -8.0 to -1.5.

Hunterdon County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 441.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 415.3 to 469.4 and 218 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (12, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -1.7.

Bergen County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 444.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 434.9 to 454.7 and 1,601 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (15, 20)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -1.9.

Union County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 449.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 435.9 to 464.3 and 806 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (14, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -1.8.

Morris County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 450.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 437.1 to 464.9 and 842 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (13, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to -1.9.

Middlesex County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 457.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 446.4 to 469.6 and 1,244 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (13, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -1.6.

Passaic County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 460.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 445.4 to 475.6 and 741 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (12, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -2.0.

Monmouth County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 474.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 461.7 to 487.0 and 1,133 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (11, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -2.3.

Essex County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 475.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 463.5 to 488.6 and 1,154 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (11, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -2.1.

Mercer County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 489.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 472.0 to 507.5 and 608 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (11, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -1.5.

Burlington County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 532.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 517.1 to 549.0 and 884 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (5, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -1.3.

Atlantic County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 535.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 515.4 to 556.1 and 549 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (5, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -1.9.

Ocean County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 543.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 530.7 to 555.5 and 1,539 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (5, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -1.2.

Sussex County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 544.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 515.2 to 574.1 and 283 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (3, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -1.4.

Warren County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 545.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 513.4 to 578.1 and 229 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (3, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to -0.9.

Camden County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 556.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 540.7 to 572.7 and 964 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (3, 9)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -1.5.

Gloucester County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 569.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 548.6 to 591.8 and 562 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (2, 8)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -1.9.

Cape May County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 595.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 564.7 to 626.6 and 296 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 6)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.8.

Salem County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 613.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 570.0 to 659.0 and 154 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 5)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.7.

Cumberland County

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The death rate is 627.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 596.1 to 659.2 and 314 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 3)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.6.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 08/12/2022 5:58 am.

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.