Cancer Incidence for Bensonhurst - Bay Ridge 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 508.8 474.4 18.5 565.2 399.5 15.3
Oral cavity and pharynx 15.8 14.7 3.3 9.8 6.6 1.9
Esophagus 5.0 4.6 1.8 2.0 1.3 0.8
Stomach 14.0 13.1 3.1 13.8 9.1 2.3
Colorectal 60.6 56.2 6.3 69.4 43.3 4.8
Colon excluding rectum 39.4 36.5 5.1 53.8 33.0 4.1
Rectum & rectosigmoid 21.2 19.7 3.8 15.6 10.4 2.4
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 17.4 16.0 3.4 6.8 4.6 1.6
Pancreas 10.4 9.7 2.6 16.2 10.2 2.3
Larynx 9.0 8.4 2.4 2.4 1.8 1.0
Lung and bronchus 80.8 74.7 7.3 65.0 42.8 4.8
Melanoma of the skin 16.6 15.9 3.4 16.0 12.7 2.9
Female breast       140.8 106.7 8.1
Cervix uteri       9.4 7.2 2.1
Corpus uterus and NOS       39.8 29.5 4.2
Ovary       14.8 11.2 2.6
Prostate 101.6 93.3 8.1      
Testis 4.8 4.8 1.9      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 41.0 37.9 5.2 17.2 10.3 2.3
Kidney and renal pelvis 21.2 19.9 3.8 13.0 8.9 2.2
Brain and other nervous system 8.2 7.9 2.4 8.0 6.3 2.0
Thyroid 9.2 8.9 2.6 27.8 24.7 4.2
Hodgkin lymphoma 3.6 3.4 1.6 2.6 2.4 1.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 22.6 21.1 3.9 20.8 13.8 2.8
Multiple myeloma 8.4 7.9 2.4 6.4 4.0 1.4
Leukemias 16.6 16.5 3.6 15.0 10.5 2.6

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.