Cancer Incidence for Canarsie and Flatlands Neighborhood, Brooklyn, 2006-2010

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 485.8 541.6 21.9 505.0 397.6 15.7
Oral cavity and pharynx 11.8 13.2 3.4 6.4 4.7 1.7
Esophagus 3.6 4.0 1.9 1.4 1.1 0.9
Stomach 13.2 15.4 3.8 10.0 8.1 2.3
Colorectal 54.0 61.4 7.4 54.0 42.0 5.1
Colon excluding rectum 38.2 43.3 6.2 40.4 30.9 4.3
Rectum & rectosigmoid 15.8 18.1 4.0 13.6 11.1 2.7
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 10.4 11.5 3.2 4.6 3.4 1.4
Pancreas 12.2 14.4 3.7 17.6 13.9 2.9
Larynx 3.6 4.0 1.9 1.4 1.1 0.8
Lung and bronchus 50.4 57.6 7.2 46.4 35.4 4.6
Melanoma of the skin 11.6 13.0 3.4 5.8 4.5 1.7
Female breast       141.8 112.6 8.4
Cervix uteri       13.8 11.3 2.7
Corpus uterus and NOS       44.6 34.1 4.5
Ovary       14.0 11.1 2.6
Prostate 182.6 196.8 13.0      
Testis 3.6 4.2 2.0      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 27.6 31.9 5.4 8.4 6.7 2.0
Kidney and renal pelvis 19.2 21.9 4.5 11.6 8.8 2.3
Brain and other nervous system 4.8 5.2 2.1 4.4 3.8 1.6
Thyroid 6.4 6.6 2.3 27.8 23.1 3.9
Hodgkin lymphoma 3.2 3.6 1.8 3.8 3.7 1.7
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 18.6 21.0 4.3 18.4 14.9 3.1
Myeloma 8.2 8.9 2.8 11.2 8.5 2.3
Leukemias 8.0 9.5 3.0 9.2 7.3 2.2

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2012.
  • 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.