Rate: Number of new cases (per 100,000) of invasive colorectal cancer diagnosed.

Definition: Age-adjusted incidence rate of cancer of the colon and rectum per 100,000 population (ICD-O-3 codes: C18.0-C20.9 excl. types 9590-9992).

Data Source: New Jersey State Cancer Registry, Cancer Epidemiology Services, New Jersey Department of Health

Rate: Number of new cases (per 100,000) of invasive uterine cervical cancer diagnosed among females.

Definition: Age-adjusted incidence rate of invasive cervical cancer in females per 100,000 standard population (ICD-O-3 codes: C53.0-C53.9 excl. types 9590-9992).

Data Sources: New Jersey State Cancer Registry, Cancer Epidemiology Services, New Jersey Department of Health

Ratio: Percent of tuberculosis cases for which HIV status is known among all cases alive at diagnosis.

Definition: Percent of tuberculosis cases alive at diagnosis for which HIV status is known.

Data Source: Tuberculosis Information Management System, Tuberculosis Control Program, New Jersey Department of Health Division of HIV, STD, and TB Services

Ratio: Percentage of oral and pharyngeal cancers cases diagnosed at an early stage.

Definition: Percentage of oral and pharyngeal cancers detected at the earliest stages ICD-O-3 codes: C00.0-C14.8 (excl. types 9590-9992) Early stage = in situ (Stage 0) and local (Stage 1).

Data Source: New Jersey State Cancer Registry, Cancer Epidemiology Services, New Jersey Department of Health

Rate: Number of new cases of breast cancer (per 100,000) diagnosed at the regional or distant stage among females.

Definition: Age-adjusted incidence rate of invasive breast cancer per 100,000 female population.

Data Sources:

(1) NJ State Cancer Registry, Dec 31, 2015 Analytic File, using NCI SEER*Stat ver 8.2.1 (www.seer.cancer.gov/seerstat)

(2) NJ population estimates as calculated by the NCI's SEER Program, released January 2015, http://www.seer.cancer.gov/popdata/download.html.

Rate: Number of newly reported cases of primary and secondary syphilis among total number of persons in the population per 100,000 population.

Definition: Newly reported cases of primary and secondary syphilis per 100,000 population.

Data Source: Division of HIV/AIDS, STD and TB Services, New Jersey Department of Health

Rate: Number of new cases of breast cancer (per 100,000) diagnosed at the regional or distant stage among females.

Definition: Age-adjusted incidence rate of invasive breast cancer per 100,000 female population.

Data Sources:

(1) NJ State Cancer Registry, Dec 31, 2015 Analytic File, using NCI SEER*Stat ver 8.2.1 (www.seer.cancer.gov/seerstat)

(2) NJ population estimates as calculated by the NCI's SEER Program, released January 2015, http://www.seer.cancer.gov/popdata/download.html.