Cancer Incidence for Long Island City - Astoria Neighborhood, Queens, 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 425.4 472.2 20.5 422.0 349.6 15.1
Oral cavity and pharynx 10.2 11.5 3.2 7.6 6.1 2.0
Esophagus 6.2 6.9 2.5 1.8 1.6 1.0
Stomach 11.6 13.2 3.5 8.4 6.9 2.1
Colorectal 47.0 52.9 6.9 47.4 37.8 4.9
Colon excluding rectum 35.2 40.0 6.0 38.2 30.4 4.4
Rectum & rectosigmoid 11.8 12.9 3.4 9.2 7.4 2.2
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 14.4 15.2 3.6 6.2 4.9 1.8
Pancreas 12.6 14.1 3.6 10.8 8.8 2.4
Larynx 7.0 7.8 2.6 1.6 1.4 1.0
Lung and bronchus 59.0 69.1 8.0 39.6 32.6 4.6
Melanoma of the skin 12.0 12.2 3.2 11.4 9.7 2.5
Female breast       111.6 95.2 8.0
Cervix uteri       11.0 9.3 2.5
Corpus uterus and NOS       30.2 25.4 4.1
Ovary       15.4 12.6 2.8
Prostate 101.4 115.4 10.2      
Testis 6.8 4.8 1.7      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 27.8 34.1 5.7 9.8 7.7 2.2
Kidney and renal pelvis 18.0 19.3 4.1 10.8 9.0 2.4
Brain and other nervous system 8.2 8.3 2.6 7.8 6.6 2.1
Thyroid 5.0 4.2 1.7 18.6 15.4 3.2
Hodgkin lymphoma 5.2 4.5 1.8 4.0 3.3 1.5
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 19.0 19.6 4.1 16.6 13.9 3.0
Multiple myeloma 4.8 5.5 2.3 4.4 3.5 1.5
Leukemias 12.2 13.8 3.5 10.2 8.2 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.