Cancer Incidence for Coney Island - Sheepshead Bay 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 861.2 517.3 15.6 938.2 430.8 13.0
Oral cavity and pharynx 17.2 10.9 2.3 11.2 5.2 1.4
Esophagus 9.4 5.5 1.6 3.8 1.3 0.6
Stomach 34.0 20.1 3.0 24.2 10.2 1.9
Colorectal 108.2 63.7 5.4 115.2 46.5 4.0
Colon excluding rectum 75.4 44.0 4.5 86.6 34.3 3.4
Rectum & rectosigmoid 32.8 19.7 3.0 28.6 12.2 2.1
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 19.8 11.8 2.3 10.6 5.0 1.4
Pancreas 29.4 17.0 2.8 30.2 11.6 1.9
Larynx 11.8 7.0 1.8 2.8 1.2 0.6
Lung and bronchus 115.6 68.2 5.6 95.4 40.3 3.7
Melanoma of the skin 34.2 21.0 3.2 25.6 12.2 2.3
Female breast       234.2 116.2 7.0
Cervix uteri       13.4 7.9 2.0
Corpus uterus and NOS       63.0 29.4 3.3
Ovary       28.6 13.4 2.3
Prostate 178.0 105.3 6.9      
Testis 6.8 5.1 1.7      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 71.4 41.9 4.4 28.2 11.1 1.9
Kidney and renal pelvis 44.0 27.0 3.6 26.4 11.9 2.1
Brain and other nervous system 10.6 7.0 1.9 12.0 6.3 1.7
Thyroid 12.8 8.4 2.1 50.4 29.7 3.8
Hodgkin lymphoma 5.0 3.6 1.4 5.2 3.7 1.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 42.2 26.4 3.6 41.4 18.4 2.7
Multiple myeloma 10.2 6.0 1.7 8.0 3.4 1.1
Leukemias 28.6 17.5 2.9 22.2 9.9 2.0

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.