Cancer Incidence for Rockaway 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 307.4 621.0 31.2 307.4 444.8 22.8
Oral cavity and pharynx 11.0 22.5 6.0 4.8 7.2 3.0
Esophagus 3.0 6.3 3.2 2.8 3.8 2.1
Stomach 7.0 14.6 4.9 4.8 6.2 2.6
Colorectal 31.0 63.6 10.1 35.6 48.7 7.4
Colon excluding rectum 19.8 40.8 8.1 27.4 36.8 6.4
Rectum & rectosigmoid 11.2 22.9 6.0 8.2 11.9 3.7
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 7.2 14.0 4.6 2.0 2.6 1.6
Pancreas 8.2 16.7 5.1 9.4 12.4 3.7
Larynx 6.0 11.8 4.3 1.2 1.7 1.4
Lung and bronchus 39.0 79.1 11.2 42.2 58.8 8.1
Melanoma of the skin 11.4 23.4 6.1 10.8 16.7 4.5
Female breast       86.0 130.0 12.5
Cervix uteri       7.4 11.7 3.9
Corpus uterus and NOS       21.2 31.1 6.0
Ovary       8.4 11.4 3.6
Prostate 96.8 193.2 17.3      
Testis 1.2 2.5 2.0      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 17.2 35.2 7.5 7.0 9.4 3.2
Kidney and renal pelvis 10.0 20.1 5.6 5.4 7.7 3.0
Brain and other nervous system 4.0 8.0 3.5 2.8 4.2 2.2
Thyroid 3.2 6.4 3.2 9.0 14.7 4.4
Hodgkin lymphoma 1.6 3.2 2.2 0.8 1.4 1.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 11.2 22.6 6.0 11.8 16.4 4.3
Multiple myeloma 4.6 9.4 3.9 4.2 6.0 2.6
Leukemias 7.2 14.4 4.8 5.6 8.0 3.0

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.