Cancer Incidence for Sunset Park 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 231.0 492.9 29.8 241.2 414.7 23.6
Oral cavity and pharynx 8.4 16.3 5.2 4.2 7.1 3.0
Esophagus 2.6 5.8 3.3 1.4 2.6 1.9
Stomach 11.0 21.9 6.1 6.2 10.8 3.8
Colorectal 27.2 57.9 10.2 25.4 45.2 7.9
Colon excluding rectum 17.0 38.5 8.6 17.8 31.9 6.7
Rectum & rectosigmoid 10.2 19.4 5.6 7.6 13.2 4.2
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 13.2 26.5 6.7 4.0 6.8 3.0
Pancreas 6.8 14.2 5.0 4.4 7.7 3.3
Larynx 3.2 5.8 2.9 0.2 0.4 0.7
Lung and bronchus 27.6 65.3 11.3 21.2 38.2 7.3
Melanoma of the skin 2.4 5.6 3.3 3.8 6.3 2.9
Female breast       55.8 95.3 11.2
Cervix uteri       7.0 11.6 3.9
Corpus uterus and NOS       17.4 29.1 6.2
Ovary       10.6 17.7 4.8
Prostate 45.8 103.6 13.9      
Testis 2.4 3.8 2.3      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 10.6 24.7 7.0 4.8 8.8 3.5
Kidney and renal pelvis 9.6 18.8 5.5 5.2 9.0 3.5
Brain and other nervous system 3.8 5.9 2.7 2.0 3.3 2.0
Thyroid 6.2 10.8 4.0 24.6 40.5 7.2
Hodgkin lymphoma 1.4 2.8 2.2 2.2 3.7 2.2
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 11.6 24.7 6.7 8.4 14.4 4.4
Myeloma 5.2 11.2 4.5 3.2 5.9 2.9
Leukemias 6.6 12.9 4.6 5.0 8.7 3.4

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.