Cancer Incidence for Canarsie - Flatlands 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 466.8 545.3 22.4 486.2 395.4 15.9
Oral cavity and pharynx 10.8 12.4 3.4 5.6 4.4 1.6
Esophagus 3.4 4.0 1.9 2.2 1.8 1.1
Stomach 12.4 15.5 3.9 10.6 8.7 2.4
Colorectal 52.2 61.9 7.6 54.2 43.4 5.2
Colon excluding rectum 38.8 45.9 6.5 41.0 32.6 4.5
Rectum & rectosigmoid 13.4 16.0 3.9 13.2 10.7 2.6
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 8.6 9.7 2.9 4.8 3.8 1.5
Pancreas 11.4 14.1 3.7 16.8 13.5 2.9
Larynx 3.4 3.9 1.9 1.2 0.9 0.7
Lung and bronchus 51.2 60.1 7.5 50.4 39.9 5.0
Melanoma of the skin 8.6 10.1 3.1 6.8 5.5 1.9
Female breast       133.6 109.1 8.3
Cervix uteri       13.4 11.3 2.7
Corpus uterus and NOS       39.0 31.2 4.4
Ovary       14.6 12.0 2.8
Prostate 173.6 198.1 13.4      
Testis 2.6 3.0 1.7      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 26.0 31.8 5.5 9.4 7.7 2.2
Kidney and renal pelvis 19.0 22.5 4.6 13.2 10.6 2.6
Brain and other nervous system 6.6 7.4 2.6 4.4 3.8 1.6
Thyroid 5.4 5.8 2.2 20.0 16.9 3.3
Hodgkin lymphoma 3.6 4.0 1.9 3.0 2.9 1.5
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 18.8 22.6 4.6 17.6 14.7 3.1
Multiple myeloma 6.4 7.2 2.5 8.4 6.8 2.1
Leukemias 10.2 12.4 3.5 10.2 8.4 2.3

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.