Data Summary
NJ Cancer Rates
Comparison Data NJ vs US
Methods
Collection & Sources of Data
Estimation of Completeness
Calculation of Rates
1993-1997
Prepared by:
Christine Todd Whitman
Christine Grant
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Judith B. Klotz, MS, DrPH
Stasia S. Burger, MS, CTR
Toshi Abe, MSW, CTR
Susan Van Loon, RN, CTR
Betsy A. Kohler, MPH, CTR
Governor
Commissioner
Cancer Epidemiology Services
State Cancer Registry
PO Box 369
Trenton, NJ 08625-0369
(609) 588-3500
March 2000
Acknowledgments
The following staff of the New Jersey State Cancer Registry and other Programs of Cancer Epidemiology Services, were involved in the collection, quality assurance and preparation of the data on incident cases of cancer in New Jersey:
| Natalie Aloyets, MPH | Helen Martin, CTR |
| Anne Marie Anepete, CTR | Kevin Masterson, CTR |
| Pamela Beasley | Patricia McGorry, CTR |
| Priya Bhatia, MS | John Murphy, CTR |
| Greg Charland | Barbara Pingitor |
| Thomas English, CTR | Kerry Pingitor |
| Lorraine Fernbach, CTR | Diana Ricigliano |
| Ruthann Filipowicz | Karen Robinson, CTR |
| Maria Halama, MD, CTR | Lisa Roche, MPH, PhD |
| Marilyn Hansen, CTR | Antonio Savillo, MD, CTR |
| Joan Hess, RN, CTR | Suzanne Schwartz, MS, CTR |
| Margaret Hodnicki, RN, CTR | Ric Skinner, MS |
| Susan Jacobs | Celia Troisi, CTR |
| Linda Johnson, CTR | Rachel Weinstein, PhD |
| Catherine Karnicky | Helen Weiss, RN, CTR |
| Joan Kay, CTR | Mike Wellins |
| Yong Sung Lee, PhD | Homer Wilcox III |
| Henry Lewis, MPH |
We also acknowledge New Jersey hospitals, laboratories, physicians, dentists, and the states of Delaware, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania who reported cancer cases to the New Jersey State Cancer Registry.
