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.