Cancer Incidence for Inwood and Washington Heights 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 519.4 505.4 20.0 497.8 334.4 13.2
Oral cavity and pharynx 15.0 14.3 3.3 6.2 4.1 1.5
Esophagus 8.0 8.0 2.5 3.4 2.2 1.0
Stomach 13.2 13.1 3.3 9.4 6.2 1.8
Colorectal 46.6 46.7 6.2 53.2 35.3 4.3
Colon excluding rectum 29.2 30.4 5.1 37.2 24.5 3.5
Rectum & rectosigmoid 17.4 16.3 3.5 16.0 10.8 2.4
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 19.8 19.0 3.9 10.4 7.0 1.9
Pancreas 13.4 13.8 3.4 16.4 10.8 2.4
Larynx 7.6 7.2 2.4 2.0 1.3 0.8
Lung and bronchus 52.0 53.2 6.6 41.2 27.7 3.8
Melanoma of the skin 7.0 6.9 2.4 5.2 3.5 1.4
Female breast       142.6 96.6 7.1
Cervix uteri       11.8 7.9 2.0
Corpus uterus and NOS       26.8 18.0 3.1
Ovary       15.8 10.8 2.4
Prostate 178.0 174.7 11.7      
Testis 4.2 3.0 1.3      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 18.6 20.1 4.2 7.8 5.1 1.6
Kidney and renal pelvis 15.6 14.5 3.3 10.4 7.2 2.0
Brain and other nervous system 8.0 6.9 2.2 6.8 4.5 1.5
Thyroid 5.0 3.9 1.6 27.4 18.2 3.1
Hodgkin lymphoma 5.4 4.0 1.6 4.8 3.2 1.3
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 27.8 24.5 4.2 20.4 13.8 2.7
Multiple myeloma 11.0 11.1 3.0 11.0 7.6 2.0
Leukemias 14.2 13.1 3.2 13.8 9.2 2.2

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.