We investigate the correlation between integrated proton-neutron interactions obtained by using the up-to-date experimental data of binding energies and the $N_{rm p} N_{rm n}$, the product of valence proton number and valence neutron number with res
pect to the nearest doubly closed nucleus. We make corrections on a previously suggested formula for the integrated proton-neutron interaction. Our results demonstrate a nice, nearly linear, correlation between the integrated p-n interaction and $N_{rm p} N_{rm n}$, which provides us with a firm foundation of the applicability of the $N_{rm p} N_{rm n}$ scheme to nuclei far from the stability line.
