Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data
Incidence Rate Report for New Jersey by County
All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2014-2018
Black (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - The objective of *** is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 450.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 445.3 to 455.7 and 6,092 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -1.2.
US (SEER+NPCR)1
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 444.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 444.0 to 445.9 and 187,408 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -1.3.
Hudson County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 369.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 351.3 to 387.2 and 347 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (17, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -1.6.
Passaic County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 375.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 355.2 to 395.6 and 280 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (17, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -1.9.
Sussex County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 379.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 287.1 to 492.5 and 14 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (4, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.3 to 2.7.
Bergen County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 399.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 378.3 to 421.1 and 283 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (15, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -1.3.
Warren County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 418.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 332.4 to 519.1 and 19 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (2, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -2.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.3 to -0.3.
Union County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 430.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 414.6 to 446.2 and 599 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (10, 18)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -1.3.
Hunterdon County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 436.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 337.0 to 556.5 and 14 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (2, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.6 to 1.8.
Essex County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 439.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 429.3 to 449.7 and 1,494 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (10, 17)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 0.5.
Middlesex County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 445.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 424.7 to 466.2 and 394 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (7, 17)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -0.6.
Somerset County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 445.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 413.4 to 479.7 and 155 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (6, 18)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -0.3.
Morris County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 451.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 409.3 to 497.1 and 90 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (5, 18)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to 0.2.
Monmouth County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 454.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 428.6 to 480.6 and 246 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (6, 17)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.5.
Cumberland County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 466.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 430.7 to 504.3 and 136 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (4, 17)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to 0.4.
Atlantic County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 468.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 441.1 to 496.4 and 233 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (5, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -0.8.
Ocean County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 469.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 428.9 to 513.8 and 101 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (3, 17)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 0.2.
Burlington County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 490.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 469.1 to 511.6 and 431 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (4, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -0.8.
Gloucester County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 503.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 468.7 to 540.0 and 166 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (2, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.1.
Mercer County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 523.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 500.2 to 546.6 and 413 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (2, 7)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to -0.3.
Camden County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 541.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 521.2 to 561.7 and 581 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (2, 5)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.4.
Cape May County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 559.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 472.1 to 658.6 and 30 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to 0.8.
Salem County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 626.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 558.8 to 700.6 and 66 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 3)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 2.6.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/02/2022 7:20 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
Trend
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.
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.
⋔ 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. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.
† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). 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 1969-2018 US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
‡ Incidence data come from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each area for additional information.
Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.
^ All Stages refers to any stage in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) summary stage.
*** No Healthy People 2020 Objective for this cancer.
Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
1 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER*Stat Database (2001-2018) - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2020 submission.
7 Source: SEER November 2020 submission.
8 Source: Incidence data provided by the SEER Program. AAPCs are calculated by the Joinpoint Regression Program and are based on APCs. Data are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84,85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modifed by NCI. The 1969-2018 US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2020 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.