State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for New Mexico by County

Breast (Late Stage^), 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages

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 Mexico⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 38.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.7 to 39.9 and 497 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 42.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 42.3 to 42.5 and 83,714 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A

Bernalillo County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 41.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.1 to 44.0 and 167 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (4, 15)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Chaves County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 41.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.9 to 52.3 and 15 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (1, 22)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Cibola County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 36.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.7 to 53.5 and 6 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (1, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Curry County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 36.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.0 to 49.7 and 8 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (2, 24)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Dona Ana County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 45.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.7 to 51.3 and 53 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 14)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Eddy County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 36.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.5 to 47.3 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (2, 24)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Grant County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 27.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.2 to 41.6 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 23 (6, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lea County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 38.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.7 to 49.2 and 13 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (2, 23)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lincoln County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 40.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.8 to 60.2 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (1, 24)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Los Alamos County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 29.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.5 to 49.1 and 3 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (2, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Luna County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 43.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.5 to 62.0 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 23)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

McKinley County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 18.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.0 to 25.6 and 8 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 25 (21, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Otero County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 35.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.7 to 45.5 and 15 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (3, 24)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Quay County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 56.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.0 to 93.4 and 4 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 23)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Rio Arriba County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 30.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.6 to 42.8 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (5, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Roosevelt County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 36.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.5 to 59.1 and 3 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (1, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

San Juan County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 29.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.6 to 35.6 and 21 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 22 (12, 24)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

San Miguel County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 27.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.2 to 42.7 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 24 (5, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Sandoval County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 45.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.4 to 52.0 and 46 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 14)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Santa Fe County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 35.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.3 to 41.6 and 42 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (6, 22)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Sierra County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 50.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.4 to 85.8 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 24)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Socorro County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 48.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.4 to 75.1 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 24)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Taos County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 31.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.8 to 45.7 and 8 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (3, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Torrance County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 45.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.5 to 72.5 and 4 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 24)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Valencia County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 36.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.8 to 45.0 and 18 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (3, 23)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Catron County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Colfax County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

De Baca County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Guadalupe County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Harding County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Hidalgo County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Mora County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Union County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/11/2026 9:02 pm.

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.

⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. The rates used in CI*Rank are all age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population using 19 age groups for SEER and NPCR areas. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

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.

¹ Source: National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2024 submission.

⁷ Source: SEER November 2024 submission.

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.