Cancer Incidence for Borough Park Neighborhood, Brooklyn, 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 705.0 494.6 16.5 764.0 417.8 13.7
Oral cavity and pharynx 15.4 10.7 2.4 8.6 4.7 1.5
Esophagus 6.8 4.9 1.6 3.8 1.9 0.9
Stomach 29.6 20.9 3.4 20.0 9.8 2.0
Colorectal 83.8 58.6 5.7 93.4 47.3 4.5
Colon excluding rectum 55.6 38.6 4.6 70.8 35.1 3.8
Rectum & rectosigmoid 28.2 20.0 3.3 22.6 12.2 2.3
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 23.4 16.3 3.0 9.0 4.7 1.4
Pancreas 22.0 15.0 2.8 27.4 12.4 2.2
Larynx 8.0 5.6 1.7 2.4 1.3 0.8
Lung and bronchus 83.8 59.6 5.8 72.4 37.2 4.0
Melanoma of the skin 22.2 15.4 2.9 15.0 8.2 1.9
Female breast       181.6 105.4 7.0
Cervix uteri       14.6 9.3 2.2
Corpus uterus and NOS       50.0 28.6 3.6
Ovary       24.0 14.0 2.6
Prostate 152.2 109.1 7.8      
Testis 9.0 6.0 1.8      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 50.2 35.6 4.4 17.6 8.8 1.9
Kidney and renal pelvis 32.0 22.2 3.5 17.2 9.8 2.1
Brain and other nervous system 13.0 8.6 2.1 12.4 7.1 1.8
Thyroid 14.8 9.9 2.3 53.0 34.3 4.2
Hodgkin lymphoma 5.8 3.9 1.4 5.4 3.2 1.2
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 31.6 22.2 3.5 35.6 18.7 2.8
Multiple myeloma 10.4 7.5 2.1 6.2 3.0 1.1
Leukemias 24.6 16.9 3.0 22.2 11.5 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.