Percent of Cancers Diagnosed at an Early Stage by NYC Neighborhood, 2016-2020

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

Borough/Neighborhood Males and Females Males Females
Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Prostate Testis Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Breast Cervix Uterus Ovary
New York State 32.2 36.5 32.6 83.5 26.6 36.1 29.3 81.8 78.1 69.1 44.6 36.9 35.8 85.9 69.5 45.8 70.9 24.5
New York City 32.1 35.7 32.9 81.4 26.4 35.3 29.1 80.7 77.1 68.0 43.1 36.1 36.7 82.3 66.5 44.6 65.5 25.2
Bronx
All of Bronx 28.2 35.3 27.1 71.3 23.1 35.3 23.8 67.4 76.7 63.2 38.8 35.3 30.6 75.9 63.7 40.3 63.5 26.5
Riverdale, Fieldston & Kingsbridge 23.2 37.9 27.3 80.6 17.6 38.7 22.7 75.0 74.9 ~ 38.9* 37.1 31.5 86.7* 69.2 33.3* 65.8 31.4
Wakefield, Williamsbridge & Woodlawn 27.7 38.3 27.2 74.1 23.3 39.0 25.5 ~ 78.9 ~ 36.4 37.5 29.0 ~ 59.9 31.0 54.3 27.1
Co-op City, Pelham Bay & Schuylerville 34.9 31.0 29.1 80.3 31.4 27.8 30.4 71.8 78.3 ~ 40.6 34.1 27.9 92.6* 68.3 23.3 64.6 38.1
Pelham Parkway, Morris Park & Laconia 28.6 38.0 30.2 73.1 26.8 43.3 25.3 76.5* 74.7 ~ ~ 32.0 36.3 ~ 58.5 40.0 73.0 20.0
Belmont, Crotona Park East & East Tremont 30.3 30.9 24.4 ~ 26.4 29.9 18.9 ~ 78.3 ~ 36.1 31.9 29.0 ~ 59.0 59.1 61.8 29.5
Bedford Park, Fordham North & Norwood 32.8 31.0 25.0 50.0* 22.0 31.6 22.0 ~ 74.3 ~ 50.0 30.1 28.6 ~ 61.6 50.0 61.3 27.8
Morris Heights, Fordham South & Mount Hope 21.0 40.5 23.8 ~ 14.0 37.9 21.1 ~ 78.2 ~ 36.8* 43.7 26.9 ~ 61.3 37.5 67.7 21.9
Concourse, Highbridge & Mount Eden 23.7 34.1 29.3 ~ 17.9 32.1 23.7 ~ 78.1 ~ 40.0* 36.4 35.5 ~ 66.8 41.4 66.3 36.4
Castle Hill, Clason Point & Parkchester 33.8 37.3 28.3 40.0* 32.1 36.4 24.8 ~ 76.0 ~ 37.5 38.4 32.4 ~ 67.1 37.0 58.8 11.1
Hunts Point, Longwood & Melrose 23.1 32.5 25.5 ~ 17.8 34.1 22.1 ~ 73.1 ~ 35.0* 31.1 29.1 ~ 63.0 43.5 68.2 29.4
Kings
All of Kings 31.1 35.2 31.5 78.1 26.4 34.7 29.2 77.6 78.1 72.0 40.1 35.8 34.1 78.6 63.1 43.5 62.7 24.6
Greenpoint & Williamsburg 36.5 33.0 33.1 65.1 29.7 29.8 34.4 58.1 77.8 80.6 53.3* 37.8 31.7 71.9 60.1 66.7 70.5 36.1
Bushwick 23.3 36.3 24.0 53.3* 23.1* 39.4 20.2 ~ 79.2 69.7 23.5* 31.1 28.4 ~ 67.0 43.8 63.7 29.2*
Bedford-Stuyvesant 22.9 32.6 28.0 ~ 26.5 34.4 27.3 ~ 76.8 77.8* ~ 30.8 28.7 ~ 61.2 51.7 61.1 19.0*
Brooklyn Heights & Fort Greene 25.4 31.0 32.7 90.0 17.0 31.8 28.9 88.1* 80.0 80.8* 45.0* 30.0 36.2 92.1* 65.8 42.9 57.6 28.6
Park Slope, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook 32.6 33.8 34.4 84.4 32.3 37.6 33.3 76.6 68.0 72.7* ~ 29.2 35.3 93.0* 65.5 31.8* 70.6 30.8
Crown Heights North & Prospect Heights 28.3 38.5 27.7 72.7* 24.2 34.3 21.3 ~ 81.3 73.7* 35.0* 42.3 33.6 ~ 57.9 26.5 53.5 16.7
Brownsville & Ocean Hill 28.8 38.2 24.6 ~ 17.2* 39.2 19.7 ~ 82.7 ~ 43.5 37.3 28.9 ~ 57.5 35.6 53.6 27.8
East New York & Starrett City 14.9 42.0 28.8 47.6 10.4* 42.4 26.7 ~ 75.6 ~ 26.3* 41.7 31.0 ~ 61.8 29.8 66.2 18.2
Canarsie & Flatlands 31.1 32.8 33.3 83.1 27.5 31.0 28.6 88.1* 79.6 ~ 39.1 34.4 37.8 75.9 60.9 44.4 56.3 18.9
East Flatbush, Farragut & Rugby 34.9 31.4 26.8 ~ 25.9 24.2 24.6 ~ 79.5 ~ 50.0* 37.5 29.2 ~ 56.9 40.5 50.3 20.5
Crown Heights So., Prospect Lefferts & Wingate 19.6 31.6 27.5 ~ 19.2* 22.4 26.3 ~ 81.3 ~ 20.0* 38.0 28.7 ~ 61.1 42.9 46.6 31.0
Sunset Park & Windsor Terrace 29.1 44.0 28.3 71.1 24.6 41.6 25.9 81.3* 72.5 85.7* 40.9 46.6 31.5 63.6 67.1 53.7 77.3 24.3
Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights 33.9 37.0 37.4 82.9 30.4 37.3 35.9 77.5 76.8 68.0 43.8* 36.6 39.0 88.9* 68.9 43.5 77.9 30.0
Borough Park, Kensington & Ocean Parkway 36.1 32.3 34.1 71.8 33.3 32.0 29.7 72.1 76.3 83.3* 40.0 32.8 38.6 71.4 64.0 38.9* 66.7 31.7
Flatbush & Midwood 42.6 33.0 27.4 72.2 35.3 34.5 25.5 68.4 79.5 60.0* 55.0* 31.3 29.6 76.5 62.2 44.4 58.1 19.5
Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen Beach & Homecrest 33.9 33.9 36.9 85.0 25.8 36.8 36.0 87.9 79.0 60.0* 44.7 31.0 38.2 80.9 67.5 43.9 74.2 34.9
Bensonhurst & Bath Beach 35.1 36.8 33.1 81.1 30.3 36.0 30.1 83.7 74.1 60.7 44.7 37.8 36.5 78.8 65.3 48.6 72.9 27.7
Brighton Beach & Coney Island 41.0 34.9 33.0 76.1 37.3 36.3 31.1 77.2 74.2 ~ 46.9 33.5 35.5 75.0 63.5 61.5 69.2 8.2*
New York
All of New York 36.4 35.1 38.4 86.6 28.9 33.1 34.0 86.1 73.8 69.4 51.8 37.2 42.0 87.3 71.2 42.5 67.7 24.0
Washington Heights, Inwood & Marble Hill 31.9 31.6 27.9 76.0 24.6 33.0 28.1 72.4 75.0 65.4 46.7 30.2 27.7 81.0* 68.3 46.9 64.9 23.2
Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville & West Harlem 45.3 33.5 29.5 68.4 35.1 32.4 30.5 61.9* 78.3 76.5* 59.3 34.9 28.6 76.5* 62.8 39.1 61.9 21.2
Central Harlem 23.4 34.4 29.4 75.0* 20.5 27.4 25.8 ~ 76.1 69.6* 30.0* 41.3 32.0 ~ 63.4 43.8 63.3 25.8
East Harlem 38.4 29.3 34.5 63.3 34.0 21.7 28.8 71.4* 73.5 52.6* 47.8 37.5 39.3 ~ 62.2 43.9 64.5 16.7*
Upper East Side 39.1 41.3 43.8 91.2 31.4 41.5 42.4 91.9 71.4 80.6 52.5 41.2 44.4 90.2 76.3 34.4 74.7 22.2
Upper West Side & West Side 42.6 34.6 41.0 87.6 37.3 33.7 33.8 86.7 73.4 79.5 56.4 35.6 46.3 88.7 75.4 43.3 66.1 23.2
Chelsea, Clinton & Midtown Business District 31.5 34.0 37.1 82.9 18.4 29.5 34.6 79.3 73.7 69.2 62.5 40.4 39.5 88.9 70.3 50.0 70.6 22.6
Murray Hill, Gramercy & Stuyvesant Town 35.5 36.0 46.5 89.7 26.9 32.4 40.0 90.8 74.0 65.9 51.2 40.2 51.5 88.6 76.3 56.3* 68.3 27.5
Chinatown & Lower East Side 34.7 34.3 37.9 76.3 26.5 35.1 32.1 74.2 72.3 67.6 53.3 33.5 45.0 78.6* 67.3 29.4 68.5 28.6
Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho 36.6 40.9 41.7 89.5 31.3 40.0 36.6 88.8 72.0 61.8 50.0 41.8 45.5 90.5 71.9 44.4* 70.1 32.3
Queens
All of Queens 31.9 37.2 32.5 77.9 26.5 37.3 28.1 75.9 78.6 62.5 41.1 37.1 37.2 80.6 67.4 48.4 68.7 26.1
Astoria & Long Island City 37.5 37.6 31.6 80.3 30.8 38.2 28.8 78.8 75.1 65.8 50.0 36.8 35.0 81.6 67.0 50.0 73.4 27.5
Jackson Heights & North Corona 40.0 37.7 29.9 70.2 33.3 33.1 25.6 64.7 76.5 66.7 52.0 43.7 34.4 ~ 68.7 42.6 69.8 34.6
Flushing, Murray Hill & Whitestone 30.6 36.9 35.5 83.8 26.6 38.7 31.7 81.0 78.5 62.5 37.7 34.9 39.8 87.5 71.5 43.8 68.8 16.7
Bayside, Douglaston & Little Neck 32.5 42.9 36.7 84.2 30.9 43.6 31.6 88.3 77.9 66.7* 36.0 42.0 42.3 77.1 70.2 45.5 71.8 28.9
Queens Village, Cambria Heights & Rosedale 44.2 33.2 29.6 70.2 31.5 31.6 25.0 63.0 81.0 60.0* 61.0 34.6 34.0 80.0* 65.7 56.0 66.2 32.0
Briarwood, Fresh Meadows & Hillcrest 34.6 38.8 37.9 78.7 27.7 42.1 32.0 79.1 79.9 ~ 44.1 34.7 44.4 77.8* 69.6 57.1 69.7 25.5
Elmhurst & South Corona 27.5 41.4 30.5 70.6* 28.1 42.5 33.3 ~ 79.4 ~ 26.3* 40.4 26.5 ~ 68.0 70.0 67.2 33.3
Forest Hills & Rego Park 30.4 40.5 35.6 83.0 30.0 42.4 32.5 85.5 79.2 ~ 30.8 38.4 38.8 78.8 72.1 47.6 65.7 23.4
Sunnyside & Woodside 30.7 36.2 33.9 76.7 22.7 37.8 30.3 68.0 75.1 56.0 41.9 34.5 37.6 82.9* 68.2 52.8 74.1 34.9
Ridgewood, Glendale & Middle Village 27.8 35.3 27.7 76.3 23.3 36.8 21.5 70.0 78.3 52.4 37.1 33.9 34.0 81.1 64.1 60.5 68.6 25.5
Richmond Hill & Woodhaven 23.6 32.9 31.1 60.6 15.4 31.6 25.0 55.6* 73.4 80.0* 43.8* 35.1 37.6 ~ 67.5 38.1 74.5 33.3
Jamaica, Hollis & St. Albans 26.0 36.0 25.9 50.0* 22.4 34.0 19.7 ~ 79.4 ~ 31.6 37.5 32.4 ~ 58.3 42.5 62.7 15.2
Howard Beach & Ozone Park 23.3 41.2 34.3 81.6 17.9 38.5 26.3 81.8* 78.2 ~ 33.3* 44.2 41.1 81.3* 71.0 47.8 68.2 24.4
Far Rockaway, Breezy Point & Broad Channel 34.1 35.0 30.1 78.7 29.8 33.8 24.4 72.5 81.6 ~ 41.9 36.6 35.7 86.8* 65.1 34.6 69.7 28.9
Richmond
All of Richmond 31.5 34.1 35.6 85.2 25.1 35.1 31.3 87.0 79.4 70.1 46.0 32.7 39.4 83.0 68.9 51.0 63.4 24.8
Tottenville, Great Kills & Annadale 33.9 34.9 37.7 85.1 26.3 33.9 32.3 87.2 80.7 78.3* 51.4 36.4 42.3 82.4 72.0 54.1 67.3 26.8
New Springville & South Beach 34.2 33.5 35.2 84.1 26.8 35.1 32.5 89.5 77.9 50.0 52.2 31.6 37.7 78.6 67.3 54.3 62.4 25.0
Port Richmond, Stapleton & Mariner's Harbor 26.1 33.5 33.3 88.1 22.2 36.6 28.6 85.7 79.2 79.2* 34.5 29.9 37.3 91.4* 66.6 42.9 60.2 22.5

Key

Symbol Meaning
~ Percent could not be calculated (fewer than 3 cases per year).
* Percent should be used with caution.

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2022.
  • Based on tumors with known stage at diagnosis.
  • Early stage cancers are those which are confined to the organ of origin at diagnosis.
  • NYC neighborhoods were defined in terms of Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs). PUMAs approximate NYC Community Districts (CDs).
  • For more information about PUMAs, please refer to http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/nyc-population/geographic-reference.page.