Cancer Incidence for East End Towns, Suffolk County, 2004-2008

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

Site of Cancer Males Females
Average Annual Cases Rate per 100,000 Males 95% CI (+/-) Average Annual Cases Rate per 100,000 Females 95% CI (+/-)
All Invasive Malignant Tumors 539.0 603.2 22.8 477.0 458.9 18.4
Oral cavity and pharynx 18.2 20.2 4.1 6.4 6.2 2.1
Esophagus 9.0 10.0 2.9 3.4 3.1 1.5
Stomach 7.2 8.0 2.6 3.0 2.6 1.3
Colorectal 45.2 50.5 6.6 48.6 42.0 5.3
Colon excluding rectum 34.4 38.5 5.7 37.2 31.9 4.6
Rectum & rectosigmoid 10.8 12.0 3.2 11.4 10.1 2.6
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 6.8 7.5 2.5 2.6 2.1 1.1
Pancreas 15.0 16.6 3.8 15.6 13.7 3.0
Larynx 6.4 6.8 2.4 1.2 1.0 0.8
Lung and bronchus 71.6 79.0 8.2 67.8 61.4 6.5
Melanoma of the skin 26.8 30.3 5.1 22.0 25.0 4.7
Female breast       135.0 132.6 10.0
Cervix uteri       7.0 8.7 2.9
Corpus uterus and NOS       27.6 26.7 4.5
Ovary       16.0 15.4 3.4
Prostate 156.2 168.1 11.8      
Testis 4.2 6.5 2.8      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 39.2 43.7 6.1 14.6 12.7 2.9
Kidney and renal pelvis 19.0 21.1 4.2 11.0 10.3 2.7
Brain and other nervous system 6.8 8.6 2.9 4.2 4.6 2.0
Thyroid 4.0 5.3 2.3 12.2 16.5 4.2
Hodgkin lymphoma 1.8 2.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.2
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 25.0 29.3 5.1 16.4 16.2 3.5
Multiple myeloma 8.4 9.3 2.8 6.8 5.9 2.0
Leukemias 18.6 22.2 4.5 11.2 11.1 2.9

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2010.
  • Rates are per 100,000 persons, age-adjusted 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. NOS = Not otherwise specified.