State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for New Mexico by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2017-2021

White Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages

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 Mexico⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 391.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 386.0 to 396.4 and 5,382 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 -1.6 to 1.3.

US (SEER+NPCR)§¹

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 463.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 462.7 to 463.4 and 1,300,948 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to -0.2.

Torrance County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 474.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 417.9 to 538.8 and 66 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.1 to 2.5.

Dona Ana County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 464.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 443.8 to 486.9 and 477 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 8)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 3.0.

Luna County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 453.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 395.7 to 520.1 and 71 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -13.4 to 0.8.

De Baca County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 439.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 290.2 to 662.8 and 8 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 33)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to 3.3.

Union County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 437.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 332.2 to 568.9 and 15 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 32)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 1.6.

Otero County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 431.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 404.5 to 459.6 and 224 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (2, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 0.6.

Socorro County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 427.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 362.2 to 502.4 and 42 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 26)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 1.7.

Valencia County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 425.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 395.9 to 457.9 and 186 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (2, 17)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 0.0.

Harding County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 420.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 220.9 to 1,068.5 and 4 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (1, 33)
• Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).

Sandoval County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 418.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 400.1 to 437.9 and 475 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (4, 16)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.2.

Cibola County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 416.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 353.4 to 489.5 and 41 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (1, 27)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to 0.5.

Sierra County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 405.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 349.8 to 469.6 and 74 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (2, 26)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to 0.1.

Guadalupe County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 395.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 247.8 to 633.5 and 5 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (1, 33)
• Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).

Los Alamos County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 394.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 355.2 to 438.4 and 79 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (4, 26)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.3.

Curry County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 394.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 361.6 to 430.1 and 116 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (5, 24)
• Recent Trend : The trend is rising because the trend is 2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.5 to 6.2.

Bernalillo County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 393.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 384.4 to 402.5 and 1,725 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (9, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to -1.0.

Santa Fe County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 383.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 365.5 to 402.4 and 554 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (9, 23)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 6.8.

Chaves County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 373.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 345.4 to 403.9 and 152 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (9, 26)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -10.5 to -1.0.

Lea County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 369.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 340.3 to 401.5 and 127 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (9, 27)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -0.8.

Quay County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 367.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 303.9 to 444.4 and 32 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (3, 32)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -10.4 to -0.3.

Eddy County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 363.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 335.8 to 392.5 and 142 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (10, 28)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to -0.5.

Taos County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 358.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 317.7 to 404.9 and 93 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 22 (8, 31)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 3.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to 10.9.

McKinley County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 352.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 299.2 to 413.9 and 38 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 23 (6, 32)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to -0.1.

San Juan County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 349.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 329.0 to 370.4 and 257 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 24 (16, 29)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.4.

San Miguel County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 330.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 271.4 to 402.3 and 34 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 25 (8, 33)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 0.2.

Hidalgo County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 320.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 236.8 to 438.0 and 11 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 26 (4, 33)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 2.6.

Lincoln County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 319.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 285.2 to 358.5 and 93 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 27 (18, 33)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -0.9.

Colfax County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 312.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 257.8 to 378.2 and 37 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 28 (12, 33)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to 0.7.

Grant County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 311.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 277.5 to 349.7 and 92 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 29 (19, 33)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -0.6.

Roosevelt County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 307.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 264.7 to 355.6 and 42 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 30 (17, 33)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.3 to -1.6.

Catron County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 302.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 226.0 to 409.0 and 20 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 31 (6, 33)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to 1.0.

Rio Arriba County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 290.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 245.3 to 347.0 and 38 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 32 (19, 33)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -5.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -20.8 to -2.2.

Mora County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 245.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 146.9 to 490.4 and 5 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 33 (1, 33)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.7 to 0.7.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/13/2025 5:05 am.

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+).
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
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.