Cancer Incidence for the City of Albany, 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 243.4 615.3 34.6 215.4 393.9 23.5
Oral cavity and pharynx 7.8 19.3 6.1 3.0 5.5 2.8
Esophagus 4.6 11.1 4.5 1.8 2.8 1.8
Stomach 4.6 11.7 4.8 3.2 5.4 2.6
Colorectal 23.2 59.7 10.9 20.4 33.4 6.5
Colon excluding rectum 16.0 41.6 9.1 16.0 25.4 5.6
Rectum & rectosigmoid 7.2 18.1 5.9 4.4 8.1 3.4
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 8.4 21.0 6.4 3.6 7.1 3.3
Pancreas 8.2 21.6 6.6 4.2 7.4 3.2
Larynx 3.6 9.2 4.3 1.6 3.2 2.2
Lung and bronchus 36.4 93.3 13.6 36.4 67.3 9.8
Melanoma of the skin 5.4 13.9 5.2 4.4 7.5 3.1
Female breast       51.8 99.6 12.1
Cervix uteri       2.8 6.2 3.2
Corpus uterus and NOS       12.0 23.0 5.8
Ovary       4.6 8.9 3.6
Prostate 63.4 160.6 17.7      
Testis 2.6 5.8 3.2      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 14.8 39.2 8.9 5.4 8.9 3.4
Kidney and renal pelvis 7.4 19.2 6.2 4.0 8.0 3.5
Brain and other nervous system 4.4 10.5 4.4 3.2 5.4 2.6
Thyroid 2.0 4.5 2.8 9.6 20.5 5.8
Hodgkin lymphoma 2.8 5.7 3.0 1.8 3.2 2.1
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 9.6 23.8 6.7 8.0 15.1 4.7
Multiple myeloma 4.0 10.2 4.5 3.8 6.8 3.1
Leukemias 8.0 19.5 6.0 3.8 7.2 3.2

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.