Cancer Incidence for Hempstead and Long Beach, Nassau County, 2006-2010

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 2414.4 596.9 10.6 2372.8 467.1 8.4
Oral cavity and pharynx 54.6 12.8 1.5 30.0 5.8 0.9
Esophagus 27.8 6.9 1.1 9.4 1.8 0.5
Stomach 42.2 10.6 1.4 29.2 5.6 0.9
Colorectal 206.8 51.9 3.2 212.6 39.5 2.4
Colon excluding rectum 141.2 36.0 2.7 156.2 28.7 2.0
Rectum & rectosigmoid 65.6 15.9 1.7 56.4 10.8 1.3
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 46.8 11.1 1.4 17.4 3.2 0.7
Pancreas 69.4 17.6 1.9 65.0 11.8 1.3
Larynx 24.4 6.0 1.1 6.6 1.3 0.4
Lung and bronchus 266.8 67.2 3.6 301.0 56.7 2.9
Melanoma of the skin 127.4 31.8 2.5 83.4 17.5 1.7
Female breast       695.8 139.7 4.6
Cervix uteri       31.0 7.2 1.1
Corpus uterus and NOS       163.2 31.2 2.1
Ovary       68.8 13.5 1.4
Prostate 733.2 174.3 5.6      
Testis 20.8 5.8 1.1      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 175.0 44.6 3.0 63.2 11.6 1.3
Kidney and renal pelvis 109.0 26.5 2.2 60.8 11.8 1.3
Brain and other nervous system 29.8 7.8 1.3 25.8 5.4 0.9
Thyroid 41.2 10.3 1.4 108.4 24.8 2.1
Hodgkin lymphoma 13.6 3.6 0.9 11.6 2.8 0.7
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 112.2 28.2 2.3 103.8 20.5 1.8
Myeloma 40.8 10.3 1.4 35.0 6.5 1.0
Leukemias 70.6 18.0 1.9 55.4 11.3 1.3

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2012.
  • 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.