Cancer Incidence for Central Harlems Neighborhood, Manhattan, 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 359.2 590.7 27.7 381.0 418.0 19.0
Oral cavity and pharynx 12.6 19.8 4.9 5.0 5.4 2.2
Esophagus 5.0 8.1 3.2 4.2 4.5 1.9
Stomach 11.0 18.6 5.0 8.6 9.0 2.7
Colorectal 33.2 56.0 8.6 41.4 44.2 6.1
Colon excluding rectum 22.0 38.6 7.3 31.6 33.4 5.3
Rectum & rectosigmoid 11.2 17.4 4.6 9.8 10.8 3.1
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 17.2 27.2 5.8 5.8 6.5 2.4
Pancreas 7.6 12.9 4.2 14.2 15.0 3.5
Larynx 7.4 12.0 3.9 2.4 2.7 1.6
Lung and bronchus 49.8 84.4 10.6 42.2 47.2 6.4
Melanoma of the skin 3.4 5.3 2.6 3.6 4.0 1.9
Female breast       117.8 131.6 10.7
Cervix uteri       8.6 9.6 2.9
Corpus uterus and NOS       26.2 29.1 5.0
Ovary       9.2 9.9 2.9
Prostate 118.4 198.7 16.2      
Testis 1.8 2.4 1.6      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 11.6 19.2 5.0 6.0 6.0 2.2
Kidney and renal pelvis 9.8 15.8 4.5 7.8 8.4 2.7
Brain and other nervous system 2.2 3.3 2.0 3.6 4.2 1.9
Thyroid 3.8 5.3 2.4 10.4 11.6 3.2
Hodgkin lymphoma 4.8 6.5 2.6 2.0 2.1 1.3
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 14.6 22.0 5.1 13.2 14.8 3.6
Multiple myeloma 8.4 14.4 4.4 9.0 9.7 2.9
Leukemias 8.4 13.7 4.2 7.0 7.8 2.6

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.