Cancer Statistics
Trends in Cancer Incidence and Mortality in New Jersey, 1979-2002
This published report provides the latest available incidence and mortality data for New Jersey.
Trends in Cancer Incidence and Mortality in New Jersey 1979 - 2002 is a publication of the Cancer Epidemiology Services, Center for Cancer Initiatives, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. The purpose of the report is to provide information on the trends in cancer incidence and mortality in New Jersey for use by health planners, health care providers, researchers and the public. Included in the report are New Jersey annual age-adjusted rates for all types of cancer combined and the twelve most common cancer types among men and/or women. The time periods are the 24 years from 1979 to 2002 for incidence rates and the 23-year period from 1979 to 2001 for mortality rates. The twelve specific cancer types are female breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, bladder cancer, melanoma of the skin, endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, oral (oropharyngeal) cancer, and thyroid cancer.
For more information, please visit http://nj.gov/health/ces/index.shtml. Inaddition, interactive cancer data mapping application can be found at http://www.cancer-rates.info/nj/.