Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data
Incidence Rate Report for New Jersey by County
Melanoma of the Skin (All Stages^), 2017-2021
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
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Rate : The incidence rate is 20.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.3 to 21.1 and 2,357 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to 0.9.
US (SEER+NPCR)1
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Rate : The incidence rate is 22.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.6 to 22.8 and 86,630 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to 1.5.
Cape May County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 51.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.5 to 57.8 and 85 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 1)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -9.6 to 3.6.
Hunterdon County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 32.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.3 to 36.4 and 58 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (2, 7)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -13.4 to 1.1.
Monmouth County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 31.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.3 to 32.9 and 265 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (2, 6)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.1 to 2.3.
Ocean County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 30.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.7 to 32.2 and 275 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (2, 6)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 0.3.
Sussex County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 28.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.2 to 32.6 and 54 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (2, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -9.9 to 3.4.
Gloucester County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 28.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.6 to 30.7 and 101 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (3, 10)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.3 to 1.7.
Burlington County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 26.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 24.7 to 28.5 and 157 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (5, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.2 to 1.4.
Warren County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 26.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.5 to 30.4 and 39 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (3, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 2.1.
Atlantic County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 25.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.3 to 28.1 and 95 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (5, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.2 to 2.2.
Morris County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 25.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.5 to 27.1 and 168 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (6, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 0.8.
Salem County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 24.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.0 to 30.1 and 21 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (4, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -8.2 to 2.3.
Somerset County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 23.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.4 to 25.7 and 101 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (8, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 0.8.
Camden County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 22.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.2 to 24.7 and 142 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (9, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 1.3.
Mercer County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 21.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.9 to 23.9 and 100 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (11, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 1.4.
Bergen County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 16.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.1 to 17.2 and 198 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (15, 17)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.8.
Cumberland County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 15.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.2 to 18.6 and 28 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (15, 18)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 3.6.
Union County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 14.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.6 to 16.3 and 98 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (15, 18)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 1.3.
Middlesex County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 14.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.5 to 15.7 and 148 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (15, 18)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -14.9 to -0.2.
Passaic County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 11.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.6 to 13.1 and 71 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (19, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 0.6.
Essex County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 10.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.8 to 11.7 and 100 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (19, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to 0.2.
Hudson County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 7.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.3 to 8.0 and 52 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (21, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to 0.2.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/06/2024 9:55 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/Historic Combined Summary Stage (2004+).
⋔ 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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.
Data for the United States does not include data from Indiana.
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.