Cancer Incidence for the City of Buffalo, 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 744.6 629.4 20.2 721.2 440.6 14.4
Oral cavity and pharynx 25.4 20.7 3.6 13.4 8.5 2.0
Esophagus 15.4 12.7 2.8 4.8 2.7 1.1
Stomach 13.0 10.9 2.6 10.2 5.7 1.6
Colorectal 63.8 54.0 5.9 68.2 40.7 4.3
Colon excluding rectum 44.2 37.2 4.9 49.2 28.7 3.6
Rectum & rectosigmoid 19.6 16.8 3.3 19.0 12.0 2.4
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 19.6 15.8 3.1 5.4 3.2 1.2
Pancreas 17.6 15.4 3.2 23.6 13.0 2.3
Larynx 13.8 11.3 2.7 4.8 3.1 1.2
Lung and bronchus 122.8 104.5 8.3 116.8 70.1 5.7
Melanoma of the skin 15.8 13.3 2.9 11.2 7.1 1.9
Female breast       185.0 116.8 7.5
Cervix uteri       12.0 8.1 2.0
Corpus uterus and NOS       39.0 24.6 3.5
Ovary       21.2 13.4 2.6
Prostate 207.4 176.3 10.7      
Testis 4.2 3.1 1.3      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 47.4 41.6 5.3 19.6 11.3 2.2
Kidney and renal pelvis 27.2 22.6 3.8 19.0 11.6 2.3
Brain and other nervous system 9.4 7.8 2.2 8.0 5.1 1.6
Thyroid 5.0 4.2 1.6 19.0 12.9 2.6
Hodgkin lymphoma 5.6 4.4 1.6 3.8 2.5 1.1
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 28.0 23.4 3.9 24.0 14.9 2.7
Multiple myeloma 11.6 10.0 2.6 11.2 6.7 1.8
Leukemias 21.8 18.2 3.4 19.2 11.1 2.2

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.