Cancer Incidence for Hempstead and Long Beach, Nassau County, 2005-2009

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 2369.4 595.9 10.7 2373.6 470.5 8.5
Oral cavity and pharynx 55.4 13.4 1.6 30.2 6.0 1.0
Esophagus 29.2 7.4 1.2 8.8 1.6 0.5
Stomach 39.6 10.1 1.4 30.2 5.9 0.9
Colorectal 214.6 54.6 3.3 220.8 41.3 2.4
Colon excluding rectum 148.8 38.4 2.8 165.4 30.7 2.1
Rectum & rectosigmoid 65.8 16.2 1.8 55.4 10.6 1.2
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 46.4 11.2 1.4 17.2 3.3 0.7
Pancreas 72.8 18.7 1.9 64.8 11.8 1.3
Larynx 25.0 6.2 1.1 7.2 1.4 0.5
Lung and bronchus 270.4 69.2 3.7 296.2 56.3 2.9
Melanoma of the skin 121.0 30.6 2.4 79.6 16.5 1.6
Female breast       707.6 143.4 4.7
Cervix uteri       32.6 7.6 1.2
Corpus uterus and NOS       160.2 31.1 2.2
Ovary       73.6 14.6 1.5
Prostate 702.2 171.1 5.7      
Testis 22.4 6.3 1.2      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 174.2 45.0 3.0 67.8 12.5 1.3
Kidney and renal pelvis 105.4 26.2 2.2 59.6 11.7 1.3
Brain and other nervous system 28.6 7.5 1.2 25.6 5.4 0.9
Thyroid 37.6 9.4 1.3 103.8 23.7 2.0
Hodgkin lymphoma 13.8 3.5 0.8 12.2 3.0 0.8
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 110.2 28.2 2.4 102.2 20.3 1.8
Multiple myeloma 36.0 9.3 1.4 32.2 6.1 0.9
Leukemias 70.6 18.2 1.9 49.6 10.1 1.3

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2011.
  • 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.