Cancer Incidence for Bedford Stuyvesant - Crown Heights Neighborhood, Brooklyn, 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 | 647.8 | 621.8 | 22.2 | 645.4 | 383.7 | 13.3 |
| Oral cavity and pharynx | 21.4 | 18.6 | 3.6 | 13.2 | 7.7 | 1.9 |
| Esophagus | 10.4 | 10.7 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 1.3 |
| Stomach | 17.4 | 18.8 | 4.1 | 16.0 | 9.7 | 2.1 |
| Colorectal | 60.6 | 60.6 | 7.1 | 82.8 | 49.9 | 4.8 |
| Colon excluding rectum | 43.8 | 44.5 | 6.1 | 62.8 | 38.0 | 4.2 |
| Rectum & rectosigmoid | 16.8 | 16.0 | 3.6 | 20.0 | 11.9 | 2.4 |
| Liver / intrahepatic bile duct | 16.8 | 14.9 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 1.5 |
| Pancreas | 13.4 | 13.5 | 3.4 | 16.8 | 10.0 | 2.2 |
| Larynx | 10.2 | 9.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Lung and bronchus | 75.6 | 74.3 | 7.8 | 61.2 | 36.9 | 4.2 |
| Melanoma of the skin | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| Female breast | 172.6 | 102.0 | 6.8 | |||
| Cervix uteri | 26.0 | 15.0 | 2.6 | |||
| Corpus uterus and NOS | 57.4 | 34.1 | 4.0 | |||
| Ovary | 18.2 | 10.6 | 2.2 | |||
| Prostate | 271.0 | 263.7 | 14.5 | |||
| Testis | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.2 | |||
| Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) | 14.2 | 15.2 | 3.7 | 9.0 | 5.5 | 1.6 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 17.4 | 15.2 | 3.3 | 12.6 | 7.5 | 1.9 |
| Brain and other nervous system | 6.4 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 1.4 |
| Thyroid | 4.6 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 19.8 | 11.4 | 2.3 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 6.8 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 1.2 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphomas | 21.8 | 18.9 | 3.7 | 20.6 | 12.1 | 2.4 |
| Multiple myeloma | 12.0 | 12.4 | 3.3 | 17.4 | 10.7 | 2.3 |
| Leukemias | 10.2 | 9.3 | 2.7 | 10.8 | 6.3 | 1.7 |
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.


