Cancer Incidence for Bedford-Stuyvesant, Kings (Brooklyn) County, 2016-2020

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

Site of Cancer Males and Females Males Females
Average Annual Cases Rate per 100,000 Population 95% CI Average Annual Cases Rate per 100,000 Males 95% CI Average Annual Cases Rate per 100,000 Females 95% CI
All Invasive Malignant Tumors 478.4 396.8 380.7-413.4 221.0 440.9 414.0-469.0 257.4 370.0 349.7-391.1
Oral cavity and pharynx 10.4 8.4 6.3-11.1 7.0 13.5 9.3-19.0 3.4 4.6 2.7-7.5
Esophagus 4.2 3.4 2.1-5.2 2.2 3.9 1.9-7.0 2.0 3.0 1.4-5.5
Stomach 9.8 9.0 6.6-12.0 5.8 13.5 8.8-19.5 4.0 6.1 3.7-9.5
Colorectal 40.0 34.1 29.4-39.2 19.0 39.1 31.3-48.1 21.0 30.4 24.8-36.9
Colon excluding rectum 29.6 25.6 21.5-30.1 13.8 28.1 21.6-35.8 15.8 23.5 18.6-29.4
Rectum & rectosigmoid 10.4 8.5 6.3-11.2 5.2 11.0 7.1-16.2 5.2 6.9 4.5-10.2
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 11.4 8.9 6.7-11.6 7.6 14.5 10.1-20.1 3.8 5.1 3.1-8.0
Pancreas 14.0 11.8 9.1-15.0 5.8 12.0 7.9-17.4 8.2 11.8 8.4-16.0
Larynx 4.2 3.2 2.0-5.0 2.4 4.6 2.3-8.3 1.8 2.3 1.0-4.4
Lung and bronchus 47.0 41.1 35.9-46.9 21.8 48.0 39.0-58.3 25.2 37.0 30.7-44.1
Melanoma of the skin 3.0 2.4 1.3-3.9 1.0 1.9 0.6-4.4 2.0 2.7 1.3-5.1
Female breast             76.6 110.6 99.7-122.4
Cervix uteri             6.0 8.3 5.6-11.9
Corpus uterus and NOS             22.4 31.7 26.0-38.3
Ovary             5.4 7.8 5.1-11.5
Prostate       76.0 149.6 134.3-166.1      
Testis       3.6 5.0 2.9-8.2      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 10.8 9.6 7.1-12.5 7.6 16.7 11.5-23.1 3.2 5.0 2.8-8.1
Kidney and renal pelvis 17.0 13.9 11.1-17.3 10.0 19.4 14.2-25.8 7.0 9.9 6.9-13.8
Brain and other central nervous system 6.0 4.6 3.1-6.7 3.2 6.3 3.5-10.4 2.8 3.6 2.0-6.2
Thyroid 15.2 11.5 9.0-14.5 3.2 5.6 3.1-9.2 12.0 16.2 12.3-21.0
Hodgkin lymphoma 3.0 2.3 1.2-3.8 1.8 2.8 1.3-5.5 1.2 1.7 0.6-3.8
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 16.6 13.6 10.7-16.9 9.6 19.2 13.9-25.7 7.0 9.6 6.6-13.4
Myeloma 13.0 11.7 9.0-15.0 6.2 13.5 9.0-19.4 6.8 10.2 7.0-14.4
Leukemias 12.8 10.3 7.9-13.3 6.4 12.1 8.1-17.4 6.4 9.0 6.1-12.8

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2022.
  • Rates are per 100,000 persons, age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population, with 95% confidence intervals.
  • Rates based on fewer than 4 cases per year are unstable and should be used with caution. NOS = Not otherwise specified.
  • 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.