Cancer Incidence for the City of Buffalo, 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 732.0 616.1 20.0 716.2 432.9 14.2
Oral cavity and pharynx 23.4 19.2 3.5 12.4 7.8 1.9
Esophagus 15.4 12.9 2.9 6.4 3.6 1.2
Stomach 13.2 11.1 2.7 11.6 6.6 1.7
Colorectal 71.2 60.4 6.3 67.6 39.6 4.2
Colon excluding rectum 51.2 43.4 5.3 49.2 28.2 3.5
Rectum & rectosigmoid 20.0 17.0 3.3 18.4 11.5 2.3
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 16.6 13.4 2.9 6.0 3.6 1.3
Pancreas 18.0 15.4 3.2 22.2 12.1 2.3
Larynx 13.8 11.3 2.7 5.2 3.4 1.3
Lung and bronchus 121.0 102.3 8.2 119.0 70.6 5.7
Melanoma of the skin 13.2 11.0 2.7 10.8 6.7 1.8
Female breast       181.2 113.7 7.4
Cervix uteri       10.6 7.1 1.9
Corpus uterus and NOS       40.0 25.1 3.5
Ovary       22.4 14.1 2.6
Prostate 204.4 173.1 10.6      
Testis 3.6 2.7 1.2      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 43.2 37.5 5.0 18.4 10.3 2.1
Kidney and renal pelvis 26.0 21.5 3.7 18.6 11.1 2.3
Brain and other nervous system 8.8 7.2 2.1 8.8 5.4 1.6
Thyroid 4.2 3.5 1.5 17.4 11.8 2.5
Hodgkin lymphoma 4.6 3.5 1.4 3.4 2.2 1.0
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 25.6 21.2 3.7 23.2 14.3 2.6
Multiple myeloma 11.2 9.5 2.5 10.6 6.2 1.7
Leukemias 23.4 19.6 3.6 17.8 10.1 2.1

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.