State Cancer Profiles

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, Ages <65

Sorted by Rate

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - 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 239.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 238.0 to 240.9 and 22,757 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to -0.1.

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• Rate : The incidence rate is 225.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 224.8 to 225.3 and 726,500 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.2 to 0.0.

Cape May County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 288.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 272.4 to 305.3 and 308 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 -0.1 to 1.0.

Salem County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 266.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 248.9 to 285.9 and 186 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 12)
• Recent Trend : The trend is rising because the trend is 0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.3 to 1.6.

Gloucester County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 265.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 256.7 to 273.5 and 853 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (2, 9)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.3 to 0.6.

Burlington County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 264.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 257.5 to 271.0 and 1,317 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (2, 9)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.2 to 0.5.

Camden County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 262.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 256.5 to 269.3 and 1,412 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (2, 9)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 0.4.

Ocean County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 262.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 256.6 to 269.1 and 1,567 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (2, 9)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 0.3.

Monmouth County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 260.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 254.5 to 266.0 and 1,849 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (2, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is rising because the trend is 2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.6 to 3.3.

Warren County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 255.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 241.9 to 269.3 and 314 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (2, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 0.6.

Cumberland County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 253.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 241.7 to 265.0 and 387 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (2, 13)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.3 to 0.9.

Sussex County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 250.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 239.2 to 262.4 and 429 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (3, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 0.0.

Atlantic County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 249.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 240.7 to 258.0 and 736 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (6, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 0.1.

Mercer County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 243.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 236.1 to 250.5 and 945 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (9, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 0.1.

Hunterdon County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 240.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 228.4 to 253.1 and 365 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (8, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.5.

Morris County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 237.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 231.4 to 243.6 and 1,315 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (11, 17)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 0.0.

Passaic County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 231.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 225.5 to 237.8 and 1,175 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (13, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.0 to 3.0.

Bergen County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 231.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 227.1 to 235.9 and 2,351 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (13, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to -0.1.

Essex County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 228.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 223.7 to 233.2 and 1,863 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (14, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 0.9.

Somerset County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 227.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 220.5 to 235.0 and 850 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (14, 20)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.1.

Union County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 225.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 220.0 to 231.2 and 1,318 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (15, 20)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.5.

Middlesex County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 219.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 214.7 to 223.8 and 1,910 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (18, 20)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to -0.3.

Hudson County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 203.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 198.9 to 209.0 and 1,303 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (21, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.3 to 3.3.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/11/2023 6:16 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.