Cancer Incidence for Union Square - Lower East Side Neighborhood, Manhattan, 2004-2008

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 538.2 577.7 22.0 486.4 401.1 16.2
Oral cavity and pharynx 23.6 24.7 4.5 8.8 7.2 2.2
Esophagus 6.8 7.3 2.5 2.8 2.0 1.1
Stomach 25.8 27.9 4.9 12.0 9.7 2.5
Colorectal 49.6 54.5 6.8 50.0 39.4 5.0
Colon excluding rectum 36.0 39.8 5.9 36.6 28.6 4.2
Rectum & rectosigmoid 13.6 14.7 3.5 13.4 10.8 2.6
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 38.0 39.1 5.6 11.8 9.6 2.5
Pancreas 13.6 15.1 3.6 12.2 9.2 2.4
Larynx 6.6 7.1 2.4 1.0 0.9 0.7
Lung and bronchus 69.2 77.3 8.2 57.0 45.9 5.4
Melanoma of the skin 12.2 12.0 3.1 11.6 9.8 2.6
Female breast       121.6 103.0 8.3
Cervix uteri       10.4 9.3 2.6
Corpus uterus and NOS       34.8 29.5 4.4
Ovary       16.4 13.8 3.1
Prostate 119.6 131.4 10.6      
Testis 8.4 7.0 2.2      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 26.2 28.6 4.9 9.0 7.1 2.1
Kidney and renal pelvis 18.8 20.9 4.3 9.8 8.1 2.3
Brain and other nervous system 8.4 9.0 2.8 6.4 5.9 2.1
Thyroid 12.6 12.1 3.0 27.8 23.7 4.0
Hodgkin lymphoma 4.0 3.5 1.6 2.8 2.3 1.2
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 23.8 24.7 4.5 18.4 14.6 3.0
Multiple myeloma 6.8 7.3 2.5 6.6 5.4 1.8
Leukemias 11.6 12.1 3.2 10.6 8.9 2.5

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2010.
  • 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.