NYS Cancer Registry and Cancer Statistics

Cancer is one of the most common chronic diseases in New York State, and is second only to heart disease as the leading cause of death. Each year, nearly 115,000 New Yorkers are diagnosed with cancer. The New York State Cancer Registry is pleased to provide cancer statistics through this Web page. Contact the Cancer Registry at nyscr@health.ny.gov for questions or comments.

The most recent year for which data on new cases and cancer deaths are available is 2020.

Information about the New York State Cancer Registry

• About the New York State Cancer Registry
• About Age-Adjusted Rates and 95% Confidence Intervals
• Considerations When Comparing Cancer Statistics Over Time
• About Mortality Data
• About New York City Neighborhoods Data

Cancer Statistics in New York State

Snapshot of Cancer in New York

• Snapshot of Cancer in New York (PDF)

Incidence and mortality data, average for most recent five years

Note: For New York City neighborhood cancer mortality data, contact the New York City Office of Vital Statistics.

• New York State, New York City and New York State excluding NYC
• Counties

Incidence data, average for most recent five years

• New York City neighborhoods
• Selected areas in Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester counties
• Selected cities
• Maps of incidence by county
• Maps of regional/distant stage cancer incidence by county

Detailed data

Note: detailed data are not available for all regions. Available regions are listed below for each topic.

• Trends by year
  • New York State, New York City and New York State excluding NYC
  • NYC Boroughs
• Trends by year and race
  • New York State, New York City and New York State excluding NYC
• Trends by five year time period
  • New York State, New York City and New York State excluding NYC
  • Counties
• Rates by race, most recent five years
  • New York State, New York City and New York State excluding NYC
  • NYC Boroughs
  • Selected counties
• Rates by Hispanic ethnicity, most recent five years
  • New York State, New York City and New York State excluding NYC
  • NYC Boroughs
  • Selected counties
• Age at diagnosis/death, most recent five years
  • New York State, New York City and New York State excluding NYC
  • NYC Boroughs
• Rates for childhood cancers, most recent five years
  • New York State, New York City and New York State excluding NYC, by type of cancer and age at diagnosis
  • Counties, for all childhood cancers combined
  • NYC Neighborhood, for all childhood cancers combined
• Rates for expanded list of cancer sites - includes rarer cancers, most recent five years
  • New York State, New York City and New York State excluding NYC
  • NYC Boroughs
  • Selected counties
• Regional/distant stage cancer incidence for five selected cancer sites
  • New York State, New York City and New York State excluding NYC, by year of diagnosis and race
  • Counties, average for most recent five years
• Early stage of disease at diagnosis
  • New York State, New York City and New York State excluding NYC, by year of diagnosis and race
  • Counties, average for most recent five years
  • NYC neighborhood, average for most recent five years
• Estimated prevalence
  • New York State, New York City and New York State excluding NYC
  • Counties, four most common types of cancer

Public use cancer data file

• New York State Public Access Cancer Epidemiology Data (NYSPACED), in SEER*Stat format

Other Information

• Appendix materials
• More information about types of cancer
• New York State Department of Health cancer page

Links to Cancer Registries on the Internet

• Surveillance, Epidemiology and End-Results (SEER)
• North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
• National Program of Cancer Registries (CDC)
• International Association of Cancer Registries

Suggested Citation

New York State Cancer Registry. Cancer Incidence and Mortality in New York State, 1976-2020. http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/cancer/registry/. Accessed Date.

Acknowledgement

This work was supported in part by cooperative agreement 6NU58DP006309 awarded to the New York State Department of Health by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and by Contract 75N91018D00005 (Task Order 75N91018F00001) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the New York State Department of Health and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC or the NCI.