Cancer Indicators - Bronx County
Cancer
Bronx County
2004-2008
| Indicator | 5 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYC Rate | Sig.Dif. | County Ranking Group |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGE-ADJUSTED INCIDENCE (per 100,000) | |||||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 677 | 10.8 | 10.0 | No | 9.5 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | 3,035 | 50.3 | 48.8 | No | 47.7 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Lung and Bronchus | 3,173 | 53.1 | 63.9 | Yes | 51.0 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Female Breast | 3,764 | 104.6 | 124.3 | Yes | 110.9 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Cervix Uteri | 446 | 12.5 | 8.5 | Yes | 10.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Ovary | 409 | 11.2 | 13.3 | Yes | 12.2 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 4,500 | 184.6 | 166.9 | Yes | 157.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| AGE-ADJUSTED MORTALITY (per 100,000) | |||||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 174 | 2.8 | 2.2 | Yes | 2.3 | No | 3rd | 2.7 | No |
| Colon and Rectum | 1,097 | 18.5 | 16.7 | Yes | 16.6 | Yes | 4th | 13.9 | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | 2,204 | 37.1 | 44.3 | Yes | 34.5 | Yes | 1st | 44.9 | Yes |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 67 | 1.1 | 2.2 | Yes | 1.4 | No | 1st | 2.5 | Yes |
| Female Breast | 855 | 23.1 | 22.9 | No | 23.0 | No | 3rd | 22.3 | No |
| Cervix Uteri | 158 | 4.4 | 2.4 | Yes | 3.0 | Yes | 4th | 2.0 | No |
| Ovary | 241 | 6.6 | 8.3 | Yes | 7.2 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 637 | 31.9 | 22.7 | Yes | 23.4 | Yes | 4th | 28.8 | No |
| PERCENT EARLY STAGE - | NYS Goal | NYS Goal Met | |||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 170 | 27.2% | 33.4% | Yes | 30.9% | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | 1,203 | 43.4% | 43.5% | No | 41.0% | No | 3rd | 50% | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | 460 | 15.7% | 21.2% | Yes | 21.0% | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 164 | 76.3% | 82.9% | No | 83.3% | No | 4th | 90% | No |
| Female Breast | 2,040 | 57.4% | 63.1% | Yes | 60.0% | No | 4th | 75% | No |
| Cervical | 189 | 46.8% | 47.2% | No | 46.1% | No | 3rd | 65% | No |
| Ovary | 78 | 21.0% | 17.6% | No | 18.2% | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 3,381 | 84.8% | 85.7% | No | 85.5% | No | 2nd | 95% | No |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2008-09) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | NYC | CI # | Rank Quartile | HP Goal | HP Goal Met? |
| Percent women 18+ years with pap smear in past 3 years** | 81.2 | ± 3.6 | 82.7 | ± 2.4 | 82.5 | ± 1.6 | 3rd | 90.0 | No |
| Percent women 40+ years with mammography screening in past 2 years** | 78.2 | ± 4.0 | 79.7 | ± 2.8 | 77.8 | ± 1.8 | 3rd | 70.0 | Ye |
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
**: NYC county rates in the Behavior/Risk section are from the 2008 Community Health Survery conducted by the NYCDOHMH
