Cancer Incidence for North 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 717.4 512.4 16.9 710.2 392.6 13.3
Oral cavity and pharynx 21.6 14.8 2.8 8.0 4.5 1.4
Esophagus 12.0 8.5 2.2 4.2 2.2 1.0
Stomach 37.6 26.7 3.8 21.0 10.9 2.1
Colorectal 81.8 58.1 5.7 88.8 46.0 4.4
Colon excluding rectum 55.4 39.8 4.7 63.2 32.2 3.7
Rectum & rectosigmoid 26.4 18.4 3.2 25.6 13.8 2.5
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 27.0 18.6 3.2 9.6 5.3 1.5
Pancreas 22.4 16.1 3.0 22.0 10.5 2.0
Larynx 5.6 4.0 1.5 2.4 1.3 0.7
Lung and bronchus 92.0 65.6 6.0 81.4 42.5 4.2
Melanoma of the skin 16.2 11.7 2.6 13.8 7.7 1.9
Female breast       192.0 110.5 7.1
Cervix uteri       16.4 10.5 2.3
Corpus uterus and NOS       44.8 25.4 3.4
Ovary       20.0 11.7 2.3
Prostate 174.0 123.2 8.2      
Testis 5.8 4.6 1.7      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 55.8 39.9 4.7 14.4 7.0 1.7
Kidney and renal pelvis 29.4 20.7 3.4 15.2 8.2 1.9
Brain and other nervous system 9.0 6.8 2.0 5.2 3.2 1.3
Thyroid 11.4 8.1 2.1 33.4 22.0 3.4
Hodgkin lymphoma 3.6 2.7 1.3 4.2 2.9 1.3
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 27.8 20.2 3.4 30.2 16.6 2.7
Multiple myeloma 8.4 5.9 1.8 8.8 4.6 1.4
Leukemias 19.0 14.4 2.9 14.0 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.