Cancer Incidence for Jamaica Neighborhood, Queens, 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 652.8 542.6 18.9 629.0 364.3 12.8
Oral cavity and pharynx 13.2 10.3 2.5 8.4 4.9 1.5
Esophagus 7.8 6.6 2.1 4.0 2.2 1.0
Stomach 23.4 20.7 3.8 17.0 9.8 2.1
Colorectal 63.2 53.8 6.0 75.0 41.6 4.3
Colon excluding rectum 43.8 38.2 5.2 57.2 31.7 3.7
Rectum & rectosigmoid 19.4 15.6 3.2 17.8 9.9 2.1
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 17.8 14.2 3.0 8.4 5.0 1.5
Pancreas 13.6 11.4 2.8 16.4 9.1 2.0
Larynx 8.4 7.0 2.2 2.6 1.5 0.8
Lung and bronchus 66.6 57.3 6.3 59.8 34.2 3.9
Melanoma of the skin 4.4 3.7 1.6 3.8 2.1 1.0
Female breast       182.0 107.0 7.0
Cervix uteri       19.2 11.8 2.4
Corpus uterus and NOS       53.2 30.6 3.7
Ovary       19.6 11.4 2.3
Prostate 269.2 221.4 12.0      
Testis 3.8 2.7 1.2      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 26.6 23.3 4.0 9.6 5.4 1.5
Kidney and renal pelvis 22.4 17.6 3.3 15.2 8.8 2.0
Brain and other nervous system 7.2 5.7 1.9 6.8 4.3 1.5
Thyroid 4.0 3.2 1.4 22.8 14.0 2.6
Hodgkin lymphoma 4.4 3.3 1.4 5.0 3.2 1.2
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 25.2 20.3 3.6 17.4 10.3 2.2
Multiple myeloma 13.2 11.0 2.7 13.0 7.3 1.8
Leukemias 15.0 12.7 2.9 12.8 7.4 1.8

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.