Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data
Incidence Rate Report for New Jersey by County
All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2016-2020
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
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
- Rate : The incidence rate is 481.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 480.0 to 483.7 and 53,389 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to -0.4.
US (SEER+NPCR)1
- Rate : The incidence rate is 442.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 442.0 to 442.6 and 1,698,328 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 0.1.
Cape May County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 559.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 541.0 to 577.4 and 900 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 2)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.2 to 0.8.
Gloucester County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 533.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 522.8 to 544.8 and 1,930 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 6)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 0.2.
Ocean County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 532.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 525.6 to 540.0 and 4,817 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (2, 5)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.1 to 2.5.
Monmouth County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 526.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 519.2 to 533.7 and 4,389 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (2, 7)
- Recent Trend : The trend is rising
because the trend is 1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.1 to 2.1.
Burlington County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 519.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 510.9 to 528.0 and 3,025 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (3, 9)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 0.1.
Camden County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 517.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 509.4 to 525.9 and 3,187 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (4, 9)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.2.
Sussex County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 512.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 497.0 to 527.3 and 979 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (3, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to -0.1.
Salem County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 510.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 488.1 to 533.1 and 436 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (2, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 0.5.
Warren County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 507.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 490.6 to 524.8 and 740 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (4, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 0.1.
Cumberland County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 504.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 489.0 to 519.3 and 891 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (5, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.3 to 0.5.
Mercer County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 491.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 482.0 to 500.9 and 2,165 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (9, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to -0.2.
Atlantic County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 490.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 479.8 to 501.2 and 1,755 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (9, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.4.
Morris County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 484.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 476.7 to 492.3 and 3,134 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (10, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.2.
Hunterdon County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 474.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 459.6 to 490.3 and 836 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (11, 17)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.3.
Bergen County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 465.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 460.2 to 471.4 and 5,678 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (14, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 1.2.
Passaic County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 455.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 447.8 to 463.8 and 2,624 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (15, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to -0.2.
Somerset County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 453.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 443.6 to 462.5 and 1,882 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (15, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.3.
Middlesex County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 452.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 446.9 to 459.0 and 4,432 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (16, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to -0.6.
Essex County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 452.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 446.2 to 458.9 and 4,014 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (16, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 1.4.
Union County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 446.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 438.9 to 453.9 and 2,875 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (16, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to -0.7.
Hudson County7
- Rate : The incidence rate is 398.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 391.4 to 405.1 and 2,679 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (21, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 2.1.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 09/22/2023 7:07 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 (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 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 the United States does not include data from Nevada.
Data for the 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.