Why Is This Important?

In New Jersey, 8,522 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, other than skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in American women, after lung cancer.

Definition

Incidence rate of invasive breast cancer in females for a defined population in a specified time interval. Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population. Rates are per 100,000 population.

Data Sources

• SEER*Stat, National Center Institute
  (https://www.seer.cancer.gov/seerstat)
• Bridged-race population estimates, National Cancer Institute
  (https://seer.cancer.gov/popdata/)

How the Measure is Calculated

How Are We Doing?

Between 1990 and 2021, the average age-adjusted breast cancer rate in females was 135.4 per 100,000. During the same time period, the age-adjusted breast cancer rate for women age 50 and older decreased from 397.2 cases to 371.8 cases per 100,000. The lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is 1 in 8 for women.

What Is Being Done?

A Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan was developed by the Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in New Jersey which aims to reduce the incidence, illness and death due to cancer among New Jersey residents. [https://www.nj.gov/health/ces/public/resources/occp.shtml]

Available Services

The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) has many programs and partnerships related to cancer data and information, cancer resources and cancer prevention. Cancer Epidemiology Services: [https://nj.gov/health/ces/] Interactive New Jersey cancer incidence and mortality data, as well as numerous publications, are available through the NJDOH website for cancer statistics and mapping. [https://www.nj.gov/health/ces/cancer-researchers/cancer-data/index.shtml] Office of Cancer Control and Prevention: [https://www.nj.gov/health/ces/public/resources/occp.shtml] NJ Cancer Education and Early Detection (NJCEED): [https://www.nj.gov/health/ces/public/resources/njceed.shtml] NJ Commission on Cancer Research: [https://www.nj.gov/health/ces/cancer-researchers/njccr.shtml]

More Resources

More information on breast cancer and the environment is available from NIEHS, [https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/conditions/breast-cancer#:~:text=NIEHS%20plays%20a%20leadership%20role%20in%20funding%20and,Then%2C%20reducing%20those%20exposures%20may%20help%20prevent%20disease.] More information on breast cancer is also available from the NJ State Cancer Registry, [https://nj.gov/health/ces/documents/briefs/fem_breast_inc_mort_race_eth.pdf].