Cancer Indicators - Bronx County
Cancer
Bronx County
2001-2005
| Indicator | 5 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYC Rate | Sig.Dif. | Ranking Quartile |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGE-ADJUSTED INCIDENCE (per 100,000) | |||||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 634 | 10.7 | 9.8 | No | 9.4 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | 3,076 | 53.8 | 54.1 | No | 51.9 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Lung and Bronchus | 3,026 | 53.3 | 64.8 | Yes | 52.7 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Female Breast | 3,655 | 106.7 | 124.8 | Yes | 110.3 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Cervix Uteri | 463 | 13.5 | 8.9 | Yes | 10.6 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Ovary | 435 | 12.5 | 14.4 | Yes | 13.3 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 4,175 | 185.4 | 166.3 | Yes | 154.5 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| AGE-ADJUSTED MORTALITY (per 100,000) | |||||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 185 | 3.1 | 2.4 | Yes | 2.4 | Yes | 4th | 2.7 | No |
| Colon and Rectum | 1,193 | 20.9 | 19.1 | Yes | 18.7 | Yes | 3rd | 13.9 | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | 2,305 | 40.8 | 47.1 | Yes | 37.6 | Yes | 1st | 44.9 | Yes |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 65 | 1.1 | 2.2 | Yes | 1.4 | No | 1st | 2.5 | Yes |
| Female Breast | 914 | 26.2 | 25.5 | No | 25.5 | No | 3rd | 22.3 | No |
| Cervix Uteri | 154 | 4.5 | 2.6 | Yes | 3.2 | Yes | 4th | 2.0 | No |
| Ovary | 253 | 7.3 | 8.8 | Yes | 7.7 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 687 | 35.2 | 25.7 | Yes | 26.5 | Yes | 4th | 28.8 | No |
| PERCENT EARLY STAGE - | NYS Goal | NYS Goal Met | |||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | N/A | 27% | 36% | Yes | 33% | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | N/A | 37% | 41% | Yes | 36% | No | 4th | 50% | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | N/A | 17% | 21% | Yes | 21% | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Melanoma of the Skin | N/A | 76% | 83% | Yes | 82% | No | 4th | 90% | No |
| Female Breast | N/A | 58% | 63% | Yes | 60% | No | 4th | 75% | No |
| Cervical | N/A | 49% | 51% | No | 48% | No | 3rd | 65% | No |
| Ovary | N/A | 22% | 19% | No | 20% | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | N/A | 86% | 87% | Yes | 87% | No | 3rd | 95% | No |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2003) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | NYC | CI # | HP Goal | HP Goal Met? | |
| % women 18+ years with pap smear in past 3 years | N/A | N/A | 84.8 | ± 1.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 90 | Yes |
| % women 40+ years with mammography screening in past 2 years | 82 | ± 5.4 | 77.6 | ± 1.6 | 76.6 | ± 3.3 | 1st | 70 | Yes |
s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
#: 95% confidence interval for BRFSS/Expanded BRFSS indicators


