State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for New Jersey by County

Colon & Rectum (Late Stage^), 2018-2022

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

Sorted by Name

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.

Percent of Cases with Late Stage - This is the number of late stages cases compared to the number of cases for all stages.

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 66.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 64.8 to 67.3 and 2,222 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 64.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 64.1 to 64.5 and 75,131 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A

Atlantic County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 69.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 63.1 to 77.4 and 78 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (2, 18)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Bergen County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 64.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 61.1 to 68.6 and 239 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (7, 19)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Burlington County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 69.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 63.8 to 75.0 and 124 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (3, 17)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Camden County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 72.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 66.6 to 78.0 and 131 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (2, 13)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Cape May County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 77.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 67.2 to 89.9 and 40 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 14)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Cumberland County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 77.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 66.6 to 88.7 and 40 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 15)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Essex County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 65.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 60.6 to 69.5 and 173 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (6, 19)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Gloucester County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 78.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 71.0 to 86.6 and 84 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 10)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Hudson County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 60.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 55.2 to 65.0 and 120 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (10, 21)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Hunterdon County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 53.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.8 to 62.7 and 30 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (12, 21)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Mercer County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 63.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.8 to 70.3 and 84 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (6, 21)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Middlesex County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 61.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.6 to 65.8 and 182 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (10, 21)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Monmouth County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 66.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 62.4 to 71.6 and 172 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (5, 18)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Morris County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 64.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 59.3 to 69.4 and 128 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (6, 20)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Ocean County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 69.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 65.5 to 74.4 and 198 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (3, 15)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Passaic County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 59.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 54.5 to 65.0 and 105 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (11, 21)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Salem County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 71.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.7 to 88.1 and 19 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 21)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Somerset County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 60.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 54.5 to 66.9 and 78 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (9, 21)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Sussex County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 82.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 72.0 to 94.1 and 48 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 10)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Union County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 61.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 56.5 to 66.9 and 115 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (9, 21)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Warren County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 74.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 63.5 to 86.8 and 34 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 19)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/26/2026 2:54 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 are computed using cancers classified as malignant based on ICD-O-3. For more information see malignant.html.

^ Late Stage is defined as cases determined to be regional or distant. 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.