Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data
Incidence Rate Report for New Jersey by County
All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2014-2018
All Races (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 486.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 484.8 to 488.6 and 52,514 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to -0.5.
US (SEER+NPCR)1
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 448.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 448.3 to 448.9 and 1,703,249 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to -0.7.
Cape May County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 570.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 552.4 to 589.0 and 899 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 2)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 0.3.
Salem County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 542.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 519.9 to 566.6 and 454 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 8)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 0.5.
Gloucester County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 541.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 530.5 to 553.0 and 1,889 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 -0.4 to 0.1.
Burlington County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 530.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 521.4 to 538.8 and 3,006 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (2, 7)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 0.0.
Ocean County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 527.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 520.7 to 535.2 and 4,639 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (3, 8)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to -0.2.
Camden County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 527.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 518.9 to 535.7 and 3,178 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (3, 8)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 0.0.
Monmouth County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 524.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 517.1 to 531.8 and 4,239 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (3, 8)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to -0.2.
Sussex County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 507.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 492.4 to 523.0 and 944 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (5, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to -0.3.
Warren County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 505.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 488.0 to 522.5 and 716 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (5, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to -0.1.
Cumberland County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 503.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 488.5 to 518.7 and 887 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (7, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 0.5.
Mercer County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 501.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 491.7 to 511.2 and 2,153 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (8, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to -0.2.
Atlantic County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 495.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 484.5 to 506.1 and 1,729 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (8, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to -0.4.
Hunterdon County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 491.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 475.9 to 507.6 and 834 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (8, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.2.
Morris County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 486.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 478.6 to 494.5 and 3,068 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (11, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to -0.4.
Bergen County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 472.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 467.2 to 478.5 and 5,644 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (14, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.6.
Essex County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 462.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 456.0 to 469.1 and 3,991 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (15, 19)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 0.2.
Somerset County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 459.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 450.0 to 469.4 and 1,842 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (15, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.3.
Middlesex County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 456.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 450.2 to 462.6 and 4,328 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (16, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.7.
Passaic County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 454.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 446.8 to 463.0 and 2,558 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (16, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.5.
Union County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 452.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 444.9 to 460.1 and 2,838 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (16, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.9.
Hudson County7
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 405.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 398.9 to 412.9 and 2,666 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (21, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.7.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/20/2022 9:59 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
⋔ 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.
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.
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.
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.