State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for New Jersey by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2018-2022

Black Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Recentaapc

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.

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC/APC:

• Rising when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC is above 0.
• Stable when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC includes 0.
• Falling when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC is below 0.

AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time

• Average Annual Percent Change - AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program
• Annual Percent Change - APCs calculated in SEER*Stat.

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 Jersey⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 470.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 465.6 to 476.3 and 6,345 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.8.

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 452.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 451.4 to 453.2 and 199,962 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.6.

Warren County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 417.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 340.4 to 507.4 and 24 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (3, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to 1.1.

Hudson County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 415.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 394.8 to 436.4 and 327 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (16, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -0.7.

Cumberland County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 509.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 470.3 to 550.0 and 139 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.8 to -0.3.

Burlington County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 484.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 464.1 to 504.9 and 460 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (5, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.4.

Union County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 448.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 432.9 to 465.2 and 628 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (11, 20)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.6.

Ocean County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 443.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 404.3 to 485.1 and 101 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (8, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -0.2.

Atlantic County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 508.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 479.2 to 538.5 and 245 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 13)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to -0.3.

Cape May County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 503.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 419.8 to 600.4 and 27 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (1, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 0.6.

Hunterdon County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 447.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 346.6 to 568.4 and 15 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (1, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to 2.8.

Bergen County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 442.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 419.8 to 466.7 and 291 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (11, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.3.

Middlesex County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 459.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 439.7 to 480.9 and 424 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (9, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.3.

Somerset County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 473.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 441.5 to 506.9 and 179 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (4, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to 0.5.

Sussex County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 430.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 329.4 to 551.2 and 16 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (1, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to 3.4.

Gloucester County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 508.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 475.0 to 544.5 and 181 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 0.0.

Monmouth County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 493.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 466.5 to 521.8 and 263 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (3, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 0.1.

Mercer County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 543.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 520.0 to 567.2 and 435 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 6)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.1.

Camden County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 525.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 505.5 to 545.3 and 569 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 9)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 0.3.

Essex County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 446.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 436.4 to 456.7 and 1,574 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (13, 20)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 0.3.

Morris County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 515.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 470.6 to 564.4 and 103 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 1.2.

Salem County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 542.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 479.2 to 612.2 and 58 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 1.9.

Passaic County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 481.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 456.2 to 507.6 and 287 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (5, 16)
• Recent Trend : The trend is because the trend is 0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 5.1.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/20/2026 11:43 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 (SEER areas use 20 age groups and NPCR areas use 19 age groups). 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 Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.

Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.

^ All Stages refers to any stage. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage with Expanded Regional Codes (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.

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.

Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.