This report, Cancer Among Hispanics in New Jersey 1990-1996,
presents cancer incidence and mortality data among Hispanics in
New Jersey from 1990 through 1996. Recent improvements in
technology and in the availability of population data have made
calculation of Hispanic cancer incidence and mortality rates,
and this report, feasible for the first time in New Jersey. In
this report, cancer incidence and mortality data for Hispanics
are compared to corresponding data for non-Hispanic whites and
all blacks. Note that because Hispanics may be of any race,
there is some overlap in the Hispanic and black populations. In
past reports, we have presented and compared data on cancer for
white and black residents, and in the current report, while we
present such data, we do not discuss comparisons of cancer
incidence and mortality in those two groups. In general,
Hispanic cancer incidence and mortality rates in the United
States and New Jersey are lower than corresponding rates among
non-Hispanic whites and among blacks