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Deaths due to Oropharyngeal Cancer by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2005-2007 to 2018-2020

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Year2005-20072006-20082007-20092008-20102009-20112010-20122011-20132012-20142013-20152014-20162015-20172016-20182017-20192018-20200.00.51.01.52.02.53.0Age-adjusted Rate per 100,000 PopulationDeaths due to Oropharyngeal Cancer by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2005-2007 to 2018-2020New JerseyUnited States
New Jersey, United StatesYearAge-adjusted Rate per 100,000 Population95% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit95% Confidence Interval, Upper Limit

New Jersey

 34000New Jersey2005-200720072.22.02.4
 34000New Jersey2006-200820082.22.02.4
 34000New Jersey2007-200920092.11.92.2
 34000New Jersey2008-201020102.11.92.3
 34000New Jersey2009-201120112.11.92.2
 34000New Jersey2010-201220122.11.92.2
 34000New Jersey2011-201320131.91.82.1
 34000New Jersey2012-201420141.91.82.1
 34000New Jersey2013-201520151.91.82.1
 34000New Jersey2014-201620162.12.02.3
 34000New Jersey2015-201720172.11.92.2
 34000New Jersey2016-201820182.01.82.2
 34000New Jersey2017-201920192.01.82.1
 34000New Jersey2018-202020201.91.82.0

United States

 100000United States2005-200720072.52.52.5
 100000United States2006-200820082.52.52.5
 100000United States2007-200920092.52.42.5
 100000United States2008-201020102.42.42.5
 100000United States2009-201120112.52.42.5
 100000United States2010-201220122.52.52.5
 100000United States2011-201320132.52.42.5
 100000United States2012-201420142.52.52.5
 100000United States2013-201520152.52.52.5
 100000United States2014-201620162.62.52.6
 100000United States2015-201720172.52.52.6
 100000United States2016-201820182.52.52.5
 100000United States2017-201920192.52.52.5
 100000United States2018-202020202.52.52.5

Why Is This Important?

About 70% of cancers in the oropharynx are linked to human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted virus.1 In recent years the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer has been slowly increasing among men due to its association with HPV infections, even though a vaccine to prevent HPV is available. Oropharyngeal cancer is more than twice as common among men as it is among women.

Definition

Deaths with malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the lip, oral cavity and pharynx as the underlying cause of death ICD-10 codes: C00-C14

Data Notes

  • Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
  • This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective CA-6.

Data Sources

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of deaths due to cancer of the lip, oral cavity and pharynx

  • Denominator:

    Estimated number of persons in the population

Related Health Objectives and Indicators



  • Health Initiative: HNJ2020

    Healthy NJ 2020 Objective CA-6

    NJ Target: Reduce oropharyngeal cancer deaths to 2.0 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) for the total population, 1.5 for Asians, 2.1 for Blacks, 1.0 for Hispanics, and 1.8 for Whites by 2020.0
    https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/cancer.shtml


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Indicator Data Last Updated On 04/10/2023, Published on 10/29/2024
Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360, e-mail: chs@doh.nj.gov (https://www.nj.gov/health/chs)