Cancer Incidence for Northwest Brooklyn Neighborhood, Brooklyn, 2006-2010

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 431.0 472.2 20.7 454.4 369.8 15.5
Oral cavity and pharynx 13.6 14.1 3.5 4.8 3.8 1.5
Esophagus 7.6 8.6 2.8 2.4 2.0 1.2
Stomach 8.0 10.1 3.2 7.4 6.4 2.1
Colorectal 39.0 46.4 6.8 42.4 34.9 4.8
Colon excluding rectum 26.6 32.9 5.8 30.4 25.3 4.1
Rectum & rectosigmoid 12.4 13.5 3.5 12.0 9.5 2.5
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 14.0 14.3 3.5 4.6 3.7 1.5
Pancreas 12.4 14.1 3.6 11.8 9.8 2.6
Larynx 4.6 4.7 2.0 2.2 1.9 1.1
Lung and bronchus 50.2 58.4 7.5 49.0 41.6 5.3
Melanoma of the skin 19.2 18.8 3.9 15.0 11.6 2.7
Female breast       135.4 109.5 8.4
Cervix uteri       8.0 6.0 1.9
Corpus uterus and NOS       32.0 25.3 4.0
Ovary       14.4 12.1 2.8
Prostate 119.6 129.8 10.8      
Testis 9.8 8.0 2.3      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 24.6 30.5 5.6 9.2 7.5 2.2
Kidney and renal pelvis 13.6 15.0 3.7 9.0 7.6 2.3
Brain and other nervous system 6.6 6.2 2.2 5.6 4.4 1.7
Thyroid 9.0 8.0 2.4 26.6 20.4 3.5
Hodgkin lymphoma 5.6 4.7 1.8 2.0 1.5 1.0
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 21.4 22.2 4.4 15.0 12.1 2.8
Myeloma 6.8 7.8 2.7 7.4 6.4 2.1
Leukemias 8.6 10.0 3.1 10.0 8.6 2.5

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2012.
  • 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.