Cancer Incidence for Northeast Queens 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 258.4 483.5 26.6 296.0 434.8 22.9
Oral cavity and pharynx 7.4 13.5 4.4 5.6 8.2 3.1
Esophagus 2.2 4.2 2.5 2.2 2.9 1.7
Stomach 6.2 11.6 4.1 6.2 9.0 3.3
Colorectal 27.6 51.9 8.7 34.4 47.0 7.3
Colon excluding rectum 19.0 35.4 7.2 25.6 33.6 6.0
Rectum & rectosigmoid 8.6 16.5 5.0 8.8 13.4 4.1
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 7.0 12.9 4.3 1.6 2.4 1.7
Pancreas 7.4 13.4 4.4 8.2 10.8 3.4
Larynx 1.4 2.6 1.9 0.6 0.7 0.9
Lung and bronchus 31.8 59.0 9.2 36.0 49.9 7.4
Melanoma of the skin 9.2 17.4 5.1 7.4 11.6 3.9
Female breast       79.4 121.9 12.3
Cervix uteri       3.0 4.9 2.6
Corpus uterus and NOS       17.8 25.7 5.4
Ovary       8.0 12.4 4.0
Prostate 70.6 130.3 13.7      
Testis 2.0 5.2 3.2      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 22.2 40.7 7.6 9.0 11.7 3.5
Kidney and renal pelvis 10.0 18.2 5.1 7.0 10.1 3.4
Brain and other nervous system 3.2 6.9 3.5 4.6 8.4 3.6
Thyroid 4.4 8.0 3.4 16.8 28.2 6.2
Hodgkin lymphoma 1.0 2.1 1.8 1.0 1.9 1.8
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 12.0 22.4 5.7 12.8 18.6 4.7
Multiple myeloma 2.4 4.5 2.6 3.4 4.5 2.2
Leukemias 8.0 15.5 4.9 7.4 10.2 3.5

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.