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.