Cancer Incidence for Borough Park 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 695.4 493.2 16.5 755.2 414.9 13.6
Oral cavity and pharynx 15.0 10.7 2.4 8.8 4.9 1.5
Esophagus 7.0 5.1 1.7 4.8 2.5 1.0
Stomach 28.8 20.5 3.4 20.0 9.9 2.0
Colorectal 86.2 61.2 5.8 98.0 50.1 4.6
Colon excluding rectum 57.8 40.9 4.7 71.8 36.1 3.9
Rectum & rectosigmoid 28.4 20.2 3.3 26.2 14.0 2.5
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 21.2 14.8 2.8 9.4 4.9 1.4
Pancreas 23.4 16.3 3.0 26.2 12.1 2.1
Larynx 9.2 6.5 1.9 2.2 1.2 0.7
Lung and bronchus 83.2 59.7 5.8 70.6 36.9 4.0
Melanoma of the skin 19.2 13.4 2.7 13.0 7.4 1.8
Female breast       180.8 106.4 7.1
Cervix uteri       13.6 8.8 2.1
Corpus uterus and NOS       48.6 27.7 3.6
Ovary       26.8 15.5 2.7
Prostate 148.0 107.5 7.8      
Testis 8.8 5.9 1.7      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 51.4 36.8 4.5 19.8 9.9 2.0
Kidney and renal pelvis 32.8 23.1 3.6 15.2 8.5 1.9
Brain and other nervous system 12.0 7.9 2.0 10.8 6.4 1.7
Thyroid 12.6 8.6 2.1 45.6 29.5 3.9
Hodgkin lymphoma 7.4 4.9 1.6 5.0 3.0 1.2
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 31.6 22.3 3.5 32.8 17.1 2.7
Multiple myeloma 9.2 6.7 1.9 8.0 3.8 1.2
Leukemias 22.6 15.7 2.9 22.2 11.6 2.2

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.