Cancer Incidence for Bushwick and Williamsburg 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 345.8 547.1 27.2 331.2 351.6 17.1
Oral cavity and pharynx 12.8 18.5 4.7 4.2 4.3 1.8
Esophagus 7.0 11.6 4.0 1.8 1.9 1.3
Stomach 11.6 19.6 5.3 11.8 12.9 3.3
Colorectal 39.8 64.8 9.5 38.8 42.6 6.0
Colon excluding rectum 26.6 45.0 8.0 30.8 33.7 5.4
Rectum & rectosigmoid 13.2 19.8 5.1 8.0 8.9 2.8
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 11.4 15.9 4.3 4.6 5.2 2.1
Pancreas 8.4 15.0 4.8 8.2 8.9 2.7
Larynx 5.4 8.8 3.5 1.4 1.4 1.1
Lung and bronchus 40.8 66.8 9.6 30.6 33.2 5.3
Melanoma of the skin 2.4 3.8 2.4 2.2 2.2 1.3
Female breast       86.4 91.4 8.7
Cervix uteri       14.0 14.5 3.4
Corpus uterus and NOS       25.2 26.4 4.6
Ovary       10.2 10.5 2.9
Prostate 111.2 180.9 15.7      
Testis 3.6 3.8 1.8      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 11.6 21.8 5.9 6.2 7.2 2.6
Kidney and renal pelvis 12.0 16.5 4.4 7.8 8.2 2.6
Brain and other nervous system 4.6 6.2 2.7 3.4 3.4 1.6
Thyroid 3.4 4.7 2.4 15.8 15.7 3.5
Hodgkin lymphoma 3.6 4.7 2.3 2.8 2.7 1.5
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 15.6 22.4 5.3 12.6 13.3 3.3
Multiple myeloma 3.6 6.0 2.9 6.4 7.0 2.5
Leukemias 8.8 13.2 4.3 9.2 9.4 2.7

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.