NJDHSS, Breast Cancer New Jersey 1979

Breast Cancer in New Jersey - 1979-1995
Appendix III
Tables

TABLE 8.
FEMALE BREAST CANCER INCIDENCE AND
INCIDENCE RATES BY YEAR AND RACE, NEW JERSEY
1979-1995¹

YEAR	RACE
	ALL RACES		WHITE		BLACK		OTHER	UNKNOWN
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Number
1979	4,390	96.0	3,997	96.6	331	81.8	34	28
1980	4,634	100.2	4,212	100.8	370	90.0	28	24
1981	4,863	103.8	4,437	105.2	363	86.7	26	37
1982	4,953	105.3	4,469	105.9	387	88.2	38	59
1983	4,864	101.1	4,428	102.8	358	79.8	29	49
1984	4,903	100.1	4,435	101.2	383	83.4	45	40
1985	5,203	105.9	4,683	107.3	401	84.6	51	68
1986	5,359	107.8	4,855	109.8	413	85.7	56	35
1987	5,740	114.7	5,176	116.5	459	93.6	59	46
1988	6,001	119.2	5,415	121.8	473	93.6	64	49
1989	5,834	115.6	5,196	116.9	497	97.8	77	64
1990	6,064	118.7	5,410	120.8	491	94.2	73	90
1991	6,050	118.9	5,326	119.9	509	95.8	101	114
1992	6,089	117.3	5,392	119.6	551	101.1	84	62
1993	5,956	114.4	5,261	117.1	507	91.1	91	97
1994	5,763	109.7	5,058	112.6	499	86.1	94	112
1995	5,577	105.5	4,843	106.3	541	94.5	101	92
TOTAL	92,243	109.2	82,593	110.7	7,533	90.2	1,051	1,066

¹Incidence rates - per 100,000 women, age-adjusted to the 1970 U.S. population. Includes invasive breast cancer cases; does not include in situ breast cancer cases. Rates were not calculated for women of other or unknown race.

TABLE 9.
FEMALE BREAST CANCER AGE-SPECIFIC INCIDENCE
AND INCIDENCE RATES BY RACE, NEW JERSEY
1979-1995¹

YEAR	RACE
	ALL RACES		WHITE		BLACK		OTHER	UNKNOWN
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Number
less than 20	19	-	14	-	4	-	1	0
20-24	73	1.5	47	1.2	23	2.7	1	2
25-29	456	8.6	349	8.2	75	9.0	19	13
30-34	1,657	29.7	1,316	29.0	260	32.3	54	27
35-39	3,433	66.5	2,780	65.8	484	68.1	105	64
40-44	5,692	125.5	4,717	126.2	719	117.6	161	95
45-49	7,563	195.9	6,417	198.9	858	169.6	157	131
50-54	8,293	236.0	7,155	239.0	857	197.8	150	131
55-59	9,486	276.0	8,379	279.8	882	233.5	108	117
60-64	11,279	338.9	10,178	344.2	907	284.0	91	103
65-69	12,445	403.7	11,467	413.1	788	297.2	82	108
70-74	11,366	442.2	10,546	450.0	666	338.7	65	89
75-79	9,142	461.8	8,571	470.7	462	329.1	33	76
80-84	6,301	482.4	5,939	488.3	303	374.5	13	46
over 84	5,015	455.4	4,712	458.1	245	365.2	11	47
unknown	23	-	6	-	0	-	0	17
TOTAL	92,243	137.1	82,593	147.7	7,533	81.4	1,051	1,066

¹Incidence rates - per 100,000 women. Includes invasive breast cancer cases; does not include in situ breast cancer cases. Rates were not calculated for numbers of cases fewer than twenty or for women of unknown age or other or unknown race.

TABLE 10.
FEMALE BREAST CANCER AGE-SPECIFIC INCIDENCE
AND INCIDENCE RATES BY YEAR, NEW JERSEY
1979-1995¹

YEAR	AGE-GROUP
	20-29		30-39		40-49		50-59		60-69		70 AND OVER
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
1979	29	4.8	232	43.6	623	149.8	1,035	228.3	1,121	308.7	1,349	393.2
1980	21	3.4	247	45.2	642	156.5	1,062	235.6	1,240	335.9	1,422	404.3
1981	27	4.4	278	49.3	643	156.3	1,047	235.2	1,313	349.7	1,554	431.9
1982	35	5.6	294	51.0	669	160.1	1,161	265.9	1,284	337.0	1,509	409.0
1983	36	5.7	295	50.5	630	145.0	1,022	238.6	1,274	331.0	1,606	425.1
1984	29	4.5	256	42.7	607	135.8	951	227.1	1,302	335.3	1,755	454.8
1985	33	5.1	345	56.0	669	146.2	1,042	254.2	1,379	351.8	1,733	439.3
1986	33	5.1	300	47.1	729	155.8	987	245.0	1,459	371.9	1,850	460.2
1987	26	4.1	299	46.7	813	164.4	1,030	260.8	1,596	406.6	1,976	481.8
1988	30	4.7	329	50.6	895	174.9	1,068	274.6	1,617	413.9	2,060	493.6
1989	35	5.6	298	45.3	840	160.3	1,071	280.1	1,545	399.7	2,042	480.8
1990	43	7.0	329	49.3	889	165.6	1,025	270.9	1,598	418.0	2,175	502.9
1991	33	5.6	320	47.2	947	171.9	1,088	288.6	1,514	402.0	2,146	484.8
1992	34	6.0	319	46.3	935	165.4	1,033	270.6	1,495	405.5	2,271	501.8
1993	35	6.4	333	47.8	942	164.4	1,090	276.5	1,394	385.7	2,155	468.5
1994	27	5.1	317	45.0	902	153.4	1,058	261.5	1,343	380.3	2,110	452.0
1995	23	4.4	299	42.5	880	149.6	1,009	249.4	1,250	354.0	2,111	452.2
TOTAL	529	5.1	5,090	47.4	13,255	157.9	17,779	255.7	23,724	370.0	31,824	457.4

¹Incidence rates - per 100,000 women. Includes invasive breast cancer cases; does not include in situ breast cancer cases. Age groups younger than 20-29 were not included due to small numbers.

TABLE 11.
FEMALE BREAST CANCER STAGE AT DIAGNOSIS
BY YEAR, NEW JERSEY- 1979-1995¹

YEAR	TOTAL	STAGE AT DIAGNOSIS
	TOTAL	*IN SITU*		LOCALIZED		REGIONAL		DISTANT		UNKNOWN
	No.	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent
1979	4,471	81	1.8	1,681	37.6	285	6.4	187	4.2	2,237	50.0
1980	4,734	100	2.1	1,902	40.2	406	8.6	243	5.1	2,083	44.0
1981	4,975	112	2.3	1,879	37.8	788	15.8	289	5.8	1,907	38.3
1982	5,085	132	2.6	2,007	39.5	979	19.3	354	7.0	1,613	31.7
1983	5,061	197	3.9	2,154	42.6	1,229	24.3	341	6.7	1,140	22.5
1984	5,125	222	4.3	2,158	42.1	1,423	27.8	455	8.9	867	16.9
1985	5,484	281	5.1	2,419	44.1	1,643	30.0	502	9.2	639	11.7
1986	5,693	334	5.9	2,451	43.1	1,728	30.4	489	8.6	691	12.1
1987	6,187	447	7.2	2,833	45.8	1,809	29.2	442	7.1	656	10.6
1988	6,488	487	7.5	2,980	45.9	1,944	30.0	455	7.0	622	9.6
1989	6,351	517	8.1	2,877	45.3	1,856	29.2	443	7.0	658	10.4
1990	6,695	631	9.4	3,114	46.5	1,839	27.5	410	6.1	701	10.5
1991	6,709	659	9.8	3,258	48.6	1,657	24.7	464	6.9	671	10.0
1992	6,764	675	10.0	3,328	49.2	1,691	25.0	438	6.5	632	9.3
1993	6,640	684	10.3	3,167	47.7	1,699	25.6	351	5.3	739	11.1
1994	6,498	735	11.3	3,054	47.0	1,605	24.7	322	5.0	782	12.0
1995	6,465	888	13.7	3,223	49.9	1,545	23.9	348	5.4	461	7.1
TOTAL	99,425	7,182	7.2	44,485	44.7	24,126	24.3	6,533	6.6	17,099	17.2

¹Includes invasive and in situ breast cancer cases.

TABLE 12.
FEMALE BREAST CANCER STAGE AT DIAGNOSIS, WHITES, NEW JERSEY
1979-1995¹

YEAR	STAGE AT DIAGNOSIS
	TOTAL	*IN SITU*		LOCALIZED		REGIONAL		DISTANT		UNKNOWN
	No.	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent
1979	4,068	71	1.7	1,552	38.2	257	6.3	172	4.2	2,016	49.6
1980	4,303	91	2.1	1,758	40.9	372	8.6	218	5.1	1,864	43.3
1981	4,533	96	2.1	1,720	37.9	719	15.9	262	5.8	1,736	38.3
1982	4,581	112	2.4	1,826	39.9	881	19.2	320	7.0	1,442	31.5
1983	4,596	168	3.7	1,979	43.1	1,126	24.5	300	6.5	1,023	22.3
1984	4,636	201	4.3	1,958	42.2	1,275	27.5	411	8.9	791	17.1
1985	4,935	252	5.1	2,206	44.7	1,464	29.7	442	9.0	571	11.6
1986	5,158	303	5.9	2,245	43.5	1,553	30.1	432	8.4	625	12.1
1987	5,579	403	7.2	2,595	46.5	1,608	28.8	379	6.8	594	10.6
1988	5,851	436	7.5	2,730	46.7	1,727	29.5	406	6.9	552	9.4
1989	5,664	468	8.3	2,604	46.0	1,634	28.8	382	6.7	576	10.2
1990	5,982	572	9.6	2,832	47.3	1,618	27.0	351	5.9	609	10.2
1991	5,901	575	9.7	2,908	49.3	1,462	24.8	408	6.9	548	9.3
1992	5,989	597	10.0	3,005	50.2	1,476	24.6	379	6.3	532	8.9
1993	5,866	605	10.3	2,865	48.8	1,474	25.1	302	5.1	620	10.6
1994	5,704	646	11.3	2,765	48.5	1,375	24.1	271	4.8	647	11.3
1995	5,584	741	13.3	2,861	51.2	1,316	23.6	292	5.2	374	6.7
TOTAL	88,930	6,337	7.1	40,409	45.4	21,337	24.0	5,727	6.4	15,120	17.0

¹Includes invasive and in situ breast cancer cases.

TABLE 13.
FEMALE BREAST CANCER STAGE AT DIAGNOSIS, BLACKS, NEW JERSEY
1979-1995¹

YEAR	TOTAL	STAGE AT DIAGNOSIS
	TOTAL	*IN SITU*		LOCALIZED		REGIONAL		DISTANT		UNKNOWN
	No.	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent
1979	341	10	2.9	105	30.8	23	6.7	14	4.1	189	55.4
1980	376	6	1.6	128	34.0	27	7.2	24	6.4	191	50.8
1981	373	10	2.7	140	37.5	60	16.1	22	5.9	141	37.8
1982	399	12	3.0	139	34.8	88	22.1	32	8.0	128	32.1
1983	379	21	5.5	135	35.6	94	24.8	36	9.5	93	24.5
1984	396	13	3.3	163	41.2	127	32.1	42	10.6	51	12.9
1985	418	17	4.1	153	36.6	155	37.1	51	12.2	42	10.0
1986	433	20	4.6	169	39.0	145	33.5	54	12.5	45	10.4
1987	493	34	6.9	186	37.7	170	34.5	58	11.8	45	9.1
1988	509	36	7.1	204	40.1	193	37.9	43	8.4	33	6.5
1989	530	33	6.2	217	40.9	195	36.8	51	9.6	34	6.4
1990	522	31	5.9	212	40.6	182	34.9	56	10.7	41	7.9
1991	566	57	10.1	263	46.5	160	28.3	49	8.7	37	6.5
1992	606	55	9.1	269	44.4	179	29.5	54	8.9	49	8.1
1993	566	59	10.4	228	40.3	180	31.8	47	8.3	52	9.2
1994	560	61	10.9	213	38.0	192	34.3	44	7.9	50	8.9
1995	641	100	15.6	269	42.0	185	28.9	45	7.0	42	6.6
TOTAL	8,108	575	7.1	3,193	39.4	2,355	29.0	722	8.9	1,263	15.6

¹Includes invasive and in situ breast cancer cases.

TABLE 14.
FEMALE BREAST CANCER STAGE AT DIAGNOSISBY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
1986-1995¹

COUNTY	TOTAL	STAGE AT DIAGNOSIS
	TOTAL	*IN SITU*		LOCALIZED		REGIONAL		DISTANT		UNKNOWN
	No.	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent	No.	Percent
Atlantic	1,774	120	6.8	838	47.2	482	27.2	155	8.7	179	10.1
Bergen	8,275	767	9.3	3,913	47.3	2,102	25.4	460	5.6	1,033	12.5
Burlington	2,942	335	11.4	1,472	50.0	713	24.2	172	5.9	250	8.5
Camden	3,783	339	9.0	1,802	47.6	932	24.6	258	6.8	452	11.9
Cape May	952	62	6.5	435	45.7	250	26.3	69	7.3	136	14.3
Cumberland	945	71	7.5	458	48.5	269	28.5	61	6.5	86	9.1
Essex	6,334	630	10.0	2,835	44.8	1,864	29.4	490	7.7	515	8.1
Gloucester	1,639	127	7.8	670	40.9	490	29.9	126	7.7	226	13.8
Hudson	3,604	250	6.9	1,570	43.6	1,104	30.6	289	8.0	391	10.8
Hunterdon	848	79	9.3	391	46.1	253	29.8	40	4.7	85	10.0
Mercer	2,768	230	8.3	1,265	45.7	732	26.5	197	7.1	344	12.4
Middlesex	5,054	431	8.5	2,414	47.8	1,260	24.9	354	7.0	595	11.8
Monmouth	4,986	539	10.8	2,263	45.4	1,324	26.6	264	5.3	596	12.0
Morris	3,619	454	12.5	1,756	48.5	995	27.5	197	5.4	217	6.0
Ocean	4,869	441	9.1	2,326	47.8	1,238	25.4	294	6.0	570	11.7
Passaic	3,337	244	7.3	1,650	49.5	964	28.9	217	6.5	262	7.9
Salem	482	34	7.1	276	57.3	114	23.7	24	5.0	34	7.1
Somerset	1,847	216	11.7	846	45.8	534	28.9	88	4.8	163	8.8
Sussex	894	83	9.3	436	48.8	247	27.6	54	6.0	74	8.3
Union	4,599	501	10.9	2,221	48.3	1,271	27.6	293	6.4	313	6.8
Warren	840	93	11.1	426	50.7	223	26.6	55	6.6	43	5.1
Unknown	99	11	-	22	-	12	-	5	-	49	-
STATE	64,490	6057	9.4	30,285	47.0	17,373	26.9	4,162	6.5	6,613	10.2

¹Includes invasive and in situ cases. Percent

TABLE 15.
FEMALE BREAST CANCER MORTALITY AND MORTALITY RATES
BY YEAR AND RACE, NEW JERSEY
1979-1995¹

YEAR	RACE
	ALL RACES		WHITE		BLACK		OTHER & UNKNOWN
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
1979	1,459	31.0	1,338	31.2	117	29.8	4	-
1980	1,540	32.5	1,382	32.0	153	37.5	5	-
1981	1,483	30.8	1,354	31.0	125	30.2	4	-
1982	1,563	32.1	1,424	32.3	132	31.1	7	-
1983	1,513	30.5	1,365	30.4	146	33.7	2	-
1984	1,606	32.0	1,457	32.3	143	32.0	6	-
1985	1,678	33.2	1,515	33.4	151	32.6	12	-
1986	1,603	31.3	1,461	31.7	130	27.3	12	-
1987	1,595	30.5	1,433	30.6	150	30.0	12	-
1988	1,599	30.7	1,420	30.3	160	31.6	19	-
1989	1,676	31.8	1,507	32.1	155	30.8	14	-
1990	1,617	30.5	1,422	30.2	178	34.6	17	-
1991	1,777	32.8	1,569	32.6	191	36.7	17	-
1992	1,679	30.8	1,459	30.2	198	37.0	22	-
1993	1,603	28.7	1,413	28.6	176	32.3	14	-
1994	1,526	27.1	1,337	27.1	175	31.3	14	-
1995	1,579	27.8	1,384	27.6	183	32.7	12	-
TOTAL	27,096	30.9	24,240	30.9	2,663	32.5	193	-

¹Mortality rates - per 100,000 women, age-adjusted to the 1970 U.S. population. Rates were not calculated for women of other or unknown race.

TABLE 16.
FEMALE BREAST CANCER AGE-SPECIFIC
MORTALITY AND MORTALITY RATES BY RACE, NEW JERSEY
1979-1995¹

YEAR	RACE
	TOTAL		WHITE		BLACK		OTHER & UNKNOWN
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
0-4	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
5-9	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
10-14	0	-	0	-	0	-	0	-
15-19	1	-	0	-	1	-	0	-
20-24	5	-	3	-	2	-	0	-
25-29	51	1.0	34	0.8	16	-	1	-
30-34	286	5.1	205	4.5	77	9.6	4	-
35-39	635	12.3	491	11.6	133	18.7	11	-
40-44	1,050	23.2	832	22.3	191	31.2	27	-
45-49	1,546	40.0	1,253	38.8	266	52.6	27	-
50-54	2,115	60.2	1,798	60.1	294	67.9	23	-
55-59	2,791	81.2	2,449	81.8	307	81.3	35	-
60-64	3,398	102.1	3,007	101.7	365	114.3	26	-
65-69	3,636	117.9	3,347	120.6	276	104.1	13	-
70-74	3,516	136.8	3,259	139.0	246	125.1	11	-
75-79	3,044	153.8	2,826	155.2	209	148.9	9	-
80-84	2,415	184.9	2,284	187.8	128	158.2	3	-
85 and over	2,607	236.7	2,452	238.4	152	226.6	3	-
TOTAL	27,096	40.3	24,240	43.3	2,663	28.8	193	-

¹Mortality rates - per 100,000 women. Rates were not calculated for numbers of cases fewer than twenty or for women of unknown age or other or unknown race.

TABLE 17.
MALE BREAST CANCER INCIDENCE
AND INCIDENCE RATES BY YEAR AND RACE, NEW JERSEY
1979-1995¹

YEAR	RACE
	TOTAL		WHITE		BLACK		OTHER & UNKNOWN
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
1979	37	1.0	34	1.0	3	-	0	-
1980	41	1.1	39	1.2	2	-	0	-
1981	35	1.0	30	0.9	5	-	0	-
1982	54	1.5	47	1.4	5	-	2	-
1983	43	1.1	40	1.1	3	-	0	-
1984	32	0.9	24	0.7	7	-	1	-
1985	44	1.2	39	1.1	5	-	0	-
1986	38	1.0	36	1.0	2	-	0	-
1987	42	1.1	38	1.1	4	-	0	-
1988	45	1.2	37	1.1	7	-	1	-
1989	41	1.1	38	1.1	2	-	1	-
1990	47	1.2	41	1.1	4	-	2	-
1991	59	1.5	51	1.4	6	-	2	-
1992	51	1.2	44	1.2	5	-	2	-
1993	65	1.6	59	1.6	2	-	4	-
1994	67	1.6	54	1.5	8	-	5	-
1995	53	1.3	45	1.2	3	-	5	-
TOTAL	794	1.2	696	1.2	73	1.3	25	-

¹Incidence rates - per 100,000 men; age-adjusted to the 1970 U.S. population. Includes invasive breast cancer cases; does not include in situ breast cancer cases. Rates were not calculated for numbers of cases fewer than twenty or for men of other or unknown race.

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