Childhood Cancer Incidence by County, 2005-2009
Source: New York State Cancer Registry
| Region/County | Average Annual Cases by Age Group | Combined Ages 0-19 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages 0-4 | Ages 5-9 | Ages 10-14 | Ages 15-19 | Average Annual Cases | Rate per 1,000,000 | 95% CI (+/-) | |
| New York State | 279.0 | 148.4 | 183.4 | 323.6 | 934.4 | 182.6 | 5.2 |
| New York City | 120.6 | 63.4 | 83.0 | 126.2 | 393.2 | 185.5 | 8.2 |
| New York State Excl NYC | 158.0 | 84.6 | 100.4 | 197.0 | 540.0 | 181.4 | 6.9 |
| Bronx | 22.0 | 13.6 | 17.8 | 23.8 | 77.2 | 176.2 | 17.6 |
| Kings (Brooklyn) | 44.0 | 19.2 | 27.2 | 41.2 | 131.6 | 185.7 | 14.2 |
| New York (Manhattan) | 20.2 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 21.4 | 65.2 | 219.0 | 24.2 |
| Queens | 27.4 | 16.4 | 20.4 | 30.2 | 94.4 | 173.4 | 15.7 |
| Richmond (Staten Island) | 7.0 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 24.8 | 194.6 | 34.3 |
| Albany | 4.4 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 15.2 | 199.8 | 45.9 |
| Allegany | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 190.2 | 110.9 |
| Broome | 1.8 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 7.2 | 142.7 | 47.4 |
| Cattaraugus | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 188.3 | 80.9 |
| Cayuga | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 218.1 | 94.1 |
| Chautauqua | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 198.6 | 67.5 |
| Chemung | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 159.8 | 74.1 |
| Chenango | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 80.1 | 64.1 |
| Clinton | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 155.1 | 82.4 |
| Columbia | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 176.9 | 97.5 |
| Cortland | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 146.9 | 101.8 |
| Delaware | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 118.4 | 84.1 |
| Dutchess | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 16.2 | 207.8 | 45.7 |
| Erie | 13.0 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 17.6 | 44.2 | 191.1 | 25.3 |
| Essex | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 169.5 | 126.9 |
| Franklin | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 229.3 | 121.5 |
| Fulton | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 184.8 | 101.1 |
| Genesee | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 246.2 | 114.3 |
| Greene | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 156.4 | 93.2 |
| Herkimer | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 191.8 | 97.4 |
| Jefferson | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 139.0 | 56.9 |
| Lewis | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 181.1 | 145.2 |
| Livingston | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 223.1 | 104.4 |
| Madison | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 195.4 | 88.9 |
| Monroe | 10.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 13.4 | 33.4 | 166.9 | 25.6 |
| Montgomery | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 253.0 | 124.0 |
| Nassau | 17.2 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 25.4 | 65.8 | 183.4 | 19.9 |
| Niagara | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 11.4 | 213.4 | 55.7 |
| Oneida | 3.4 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 10.4 | 177.8 | 48.6 |
| Onondaga | 6.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 9.2 | 21.6 | 173.3 | 32.9 |
| Ontario | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 146.6 | 64.7 |
| Orange | 8.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 19.4 | 167.4 | 33.4 |
| Orleans | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 132.2 | 92.1 |
| Oswego | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 192.3 | 68.5 |
| Otsego | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 149.9 | 91.3 |
| Putnam | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 114.0 | 55.9 |
| Rensselaer | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 8.6 | 218.5 | 65.7 |
| Rockland | 4.2 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 16.4 | 178.2 | 38.6 |
| St. Lawrence | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 130.6 | 59.0 |
| Saratoga | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 11.6 | 213.5 | 55.1 |
| Schenectady | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 8.2 | 205.6 | 63.1 |
| Schoharie | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 226.0 | 152.6 |
| Schuyler | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 259.9 | 231.4 |
| Seneca | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 242.5 | 151.2 |
| Steuben | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 260.1 | 89.0 |
| Suffolk | 22.0 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 29.0 | 78.2 | 188.0 | 18.6 |
| Sullivan | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 234.1 | 94.2 |
| Tioga | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 161.4 | 95.8 |
| Tompkins | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 224.9 | 92.5 |
| Ulster | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 6.4 | 148.0 | 51.8 |
| Warren | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 127.7 | 84.2 |
| Washington | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 158.2 | 90.4 |
| Wayne | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 168.0 | 72.1 |
| Westchester | 13.0 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 16.2 | 46.8 | 181.5 | 23.3 |
| Wyoming | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 165.3 | 115.2 |
| Yates | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 78.2 | 89.9 |
Notes
- Incidence data are provisional, November 2011.
- Rates are per 1,000,000 persons, age-adjusted within the 0-19 years age interval to the 2000 US standard population, with 95% confidence intervals.
- Rates based on fewer than 4 cases per year are unstable and should be used with caution.
