Cancer Incidence for Central Bronx Neighborhood, Bronx, 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 343.6 620.7 32.3 339.0 399.2 19.6
Oral cavity and pharynx 12.4 20.4 5.6 7.2 8.2 2.8
Esophagus 5.4 10.7 4.5 2.6 3.3 1.8
Stomach 9.8 20.8 6.5 8.4 11.6 3.6
Colorectal 31.4 56.3 9.7 32.0 40.8 6.5
Colon excluding rectum 22.6 41.8 8.4 23.2 29.9 5.6
Rectum & rectosigmoid 8.8 14.6 4.7 8.8 10.9 3.3
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 17.8 27.9 6.2 7.2 9.1 3.1
Pancreas 7.8 14.5 5.0 9.4 12.0 3.5
Larynx 7.2 12.2 4.3 1.2 1.4 1.2
Lung and bronchus 38.8 75.2 11.5 34.2 42.7 6.6
Melanoma of the skin 0.6 1.1 1.4 0.8 1.2 1.2
Female breast       89.6 101.7 9.6
Cervix uteri       14.4 15.5 3.7
Corpus uterus and NOS       23.8 27.7 5.1
Ovary       8.2 9.0 2.8
Prostate 120.2 229.3 20.0      
Testis 2.2 2.2 1.3      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 9.6 22.9 7.0 4.6 6.5 2.7
Kidney and renal pelvis 11.2 19.4 5.7 9.8 12.1 3.5
Brain and other nervous system 4.8 6.9 3.0 5.8 6.4 2.4
Thyroid 2.6 3.2 1.8 13.6 13.9 3.4
Hodgkin lymphoma 3.8 4.1 1.9 3.6 3.3 1.5
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 16.6 23.7 5.5 17.0 19.2 4.2
Multiple myeloma 7.4 14.2 5.0 7.4 9.2 3.0
Leukemias 9.0 13.9 4.7 7.2 8.1 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.