Cancer Incidence for Lower East Side 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 540.0 567.5 21.6 499.2 406.5 16.2
Oral cavity and pharynx 23.2 23.2 4.3 8.6 7.0 2.1
Esophagus 6.2 6.5 2.3 2.4 1.7 1.0
Stomach 25.0 26.4 4.7 12.2 9.7 2.5
Colorectal 50.0 53.8 6.7 48.2 37.4 4.8
Colon excluding rectum 37.0 39.9 5.8 34.0 26.1 4.0
Rectum & rectosigmoid 13.0 13.9 3.4 14.2 11.3 2.7
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 37.6 37.8 5.5 10.8 8.5 2.3
Pancreas 13.2 14.5 3.5 13.4 10.0 2.4
Larynx 6.6 6.9 2.4 1.4 1.2 0.9
Lung and bronchus 66.6 73.1 7.9 56.6 45.0 5.3
Melanoma of the skin 14.8 14.5 3.3 12.2 10.1 2.6
Female breast       132.2 110.3 8.5
Cervix uteri       10.4 9.1 2.5
Corpus uterus and NOS       33.0 27.6 4.3
Ovary       15.8 13.0 2.9
Prostate 118.2 127.6 10.4      
Testis 8.8 7.3 2.2      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 27.0 29.1 4.9 9.8 7.6 2.1
Kidney and renal pelvis 19.8 21.5 4.3 11.0 9.0 2.4
Brain and other nervous system 7.6 8.2 2.7 6.0 5.3 2.0
Thyroid 14.0 12.9 3.1 33.0 27.9 4.3
Hodgkin lymphoma 4.0 3.5 1.6 2.6 2.3 1.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 24.6 25.1 4.5 18.6 14.7 3.0
Multiple myeloma 8.0 8.5 2.6 7.6 6.0 1.9
Leukemias 11.4 11.6 3.1 10.6 8.9 2.5

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.