Rate: Number of deaths due to all kinds of Cancer per 100,000 Population.

Definition: Number of deaths per 100,000 with malignant neoplasm (cancer) as the underlying cause (ICD-10 codes: C00-C97).

Data Sources:

(1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File. CDC WONDER On-line Database accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/cmf-icd10.html

(2) Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health

(3) Population Estimates, State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

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 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

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

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 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: 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