Cancer Indicators - Queens County
Cancer
Queens 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 | 968 | 7.9 | 10.0 | Yes | 9.5 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | 5,661 | 46.4 | 48.8 | Yes | 47.7 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Lung and Bronchus | 5,764 | 47.8 | 63.9 | Yes | 51.0 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Female Breast | 7,094 | 106.2 | 124.3 | Yes | 110.9 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Cervix Uteri | 634 | 9.9 | 8.5 | Yes | 10.2 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Ovary | 833 | 12.4 | 13.3 | No | 12.2 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 7,534 | 145.9 | 166.9 | Yes | 157.2 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| AGE-ADJUSTED MORTALITY (per 100,000) | |||||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 216 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Yes | 2.3 | Yes | 2nd | 2.7 | Yes |
| Colon and Rectum | 1,819 | 14.8 | 16.7 | Yes | 16.6 | Yes | 1st | 13.9 | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | 3,798 | 31.4 | 44.3 | Yes | 34.5 | Yes | 1st | 44.9 | Yes |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 148 | 1.2 | 2.2 | Yes | 1.4 | No | 1st | 2.5 | Yes |
| Female Breast | 1,510 | 21.5 | 22.9 | No | 23.0 | No | 2nd | 22.3 | Yes |
| Cervix Uteri | 149 | 2.2 | 2.4 | No | 3.0 | Yes | 2nd | 2.0 | No |
| Ovary | 505 | 7.2 | 8.3 | Yes | 7.2 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 846 | 18.8 | 22.7 | Yes | 23.4 | Yes | 1st | 28.8 | Yes |
| PERCENT EARLY STAGE - | NYS Goal | NYS Goal Met | |||||||
| Oral Cavity and Pharynx | 286 | 33.1% | 33.4% | No | 30.9% | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Colon and Rectum | 2,057 | 40.5% | 43.5% | Yes | 41.0% | No | 3rd | 50% | No |
| Lung and Bronchus | 1,115 | 21.6% | 21.2% | No | 21.0% | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 664 | 81.0% | 82.9% | No | 83.3% | No | 3rd | 90% | No |
| Female Breast | 4,058 | 60.1% | 63.1% | Yes | 60.0% | No | 4th | 75% | No |
| Cervical | 272 | 48.7% | 47.2% | No | 46.1% | No | 2nd | 65% | No |
| Ovary | 135 | 18.0% | 17.6% | No | 18.2% | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Prostate | 4,767 | 86.7% | 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** | 79.4 | ± 3.6 | 82.7 | ± 2.4 | 82.5 | ± 1.6 | 4th | 90.0 | No |
| Percent women 40+ years with mammography screening in past 2 years** | 74.8 | ± 3.7 | 79.7 | ± 2.8 | 77.8 | ± 1.8 | 4th | 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
