Cancer Incidence for Downtown - Heights - Slope 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 | 430.8 | 504.3 | 22.1 | 433.6 | 366.6 | 15.7 |
| Oral cavity and pharynx | 13.4 | 14.3 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 1.7 |
| Esophagus | 7.4 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Stomach | 12.2 | 16.1 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 |
| Colorectal | 46.8 | 58.7 | 7.8 | 48.8 | 42.4 | 5.4 |
| Colon excluding rectum | 33.0 | 42.7 | 6.7 | 35.0 | 30.7 | 4.6 |
| Rectum & rectosigmoid | 13.8 | 16.0 | 3.9 | 13.8 | 11.7 | 2.8 |
| Liver / intrahepatic bile duct | 14.2 | 15.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 1.6 |
| Pancreas | 11.2 | 14.0 | 3.8 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 2.6 |
| Larynx | 5.8 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| Lung and bronchus | 52.8 | 65.5 | 8.1 | 44.2 | 38.9 | 5.2 |
| Melanoma of the skin | 14.6 | 14.0 | 3.3 | 15.2 | 12.1 | 2.8 |
| Female breast | 125.0 | 104.5 | 8.3 | |||
| Cervix uteri | 9.4 | 7.7 | 2.2 | |||
| Corpus uterus and NOS | 29.4 | 24.8 | 4.1 | |||
| Ovary | 15.0 | 13.1 | 3.0 | |||
| Prostate | 118.8 | 142.4 | 11.8 | |||
| Testis | 10.4 | 8.2 | 2.3 | |||
| Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) | 24.2 | 31.5 | 5.8 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 2.4 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 13.0 | 14.4 | 3.6 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 2.2 |
| Brain and other nervous system | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
| Thyroid | 7.4 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 21.0 | 16.7 | 3.3 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 5.0 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.2 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphomas | 18.4 | 20.8 | 4.4 | 15.4 | 13.0 | 3.0 |
| Multiple myeloma | 7.6 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 1.8 |
| Leukemias | 7.6 | 9.5 | 3.1 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 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.


