Cancer Incidence for Sunset Park Neighborhood, Brooklyn, 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 226.6 506.1 30.9 225.6 397.8 23.4
Oral cavity and pharynx 8.4 16.9 5.4 4.2 7.3 3.1
Esophagus 2.4 5.9 3.5 1.0 1.8 1.6
Stomach 10.0 20.6 5.9 5.8 10.3 3.8
Colorectal 25.0 57.6 10.6 25.2 46.0 8.1
Colon excluding rectum 15.8 38.4 8.9 19.4 35.7 7.2
Rectum & rectosigmoid 9.2 19.2 5.8 5.8 10.3 3.8
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 12.6 26.2 6.8 3.2 5.6 2.8
Pancreas 5.4 11.7 4.6 4.4 7.8 3.3
Larynx 2.6 4.9 2.8 0.4 0.8 1.1
Lung and bronchus 28.8 69.6 11.8 19.4 35.3 7.1
Melanoma of the skin 1.6 3.6 2.6 3.6 6.1 2.8
Female breast       55.6 97.8 11.6
Cervix uteri       6.6 11.2 3.8
Corpus uterus and NOS       15.8 27.4 6.1
Ovary       8.8 15.2 4.5
Prostate 48.8 114.5 14.9      
Testis 2.8 4.5 2.5      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 11.2 26.6 7.3 3.8 7.2 3.3
Kidney and renal pelvis 8.4 17.1 5.4 4.6 8.2 3.4
Brain and other nervous system 3.6 6.2 3.0 2.8 4.5 2.4
Thyroid 6.2 11.7 4.3 21.0 35.3 6.8
Hodgkin lymphoma 1.4 2.6 2.0 2.0 3.5 2.2
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 11.8 25.5 6.9 8.4 14.7 4.5
Multiple myeloma 4.8 10.7 4.5 3.0 5.6 2.9
Leukemias 5.6 10.7 4.2 4.4 7.8 3.3

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.