Percent of cancers diagnosed at an early stage by New York City neighborhood, 2001-2005

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

Borough/Neighborhood Males Females
Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Prostate Testis Oral Colorectal Lung Melanoma Breast Cervix Uterus Ovary
New York State 31.9 41.7 19.8 80.8 87.4 73.7 44.6 39.5 22.9 84.9 63.4 51.2 71.7 19.4
New York City 28.8 37.4 19.1 79.2 86.7 70.7 41.7 35.3 22.6 85.1 60.1 48.4 67.2 19.5
Bronx
All of Bronx 22.5 38.8 15.7 74.5 85.7 69.0 37.1 35.9 17.6 76.7 57.8 49.5 68.3 22.1
Crotona - Tremont 16.7 29.1 13.4 ~ 83.2 ~ 18.2* 30.4 15.1 ~ 54.6 45.3 58.2 19.0
Fordham - Bronx Park 22.4 40.9 16.9 ~ 84.7 62.5* 40.0 34.5 17.3 ~ 53.4 53.1 67.3 32.8
High Bridge - Morrisania 25.7 36.5 12.4 ~ 84.6 ~ 22.7* 34.1 16.9 ~ 56.9 48.4 63.4 7.9*
Hunts Point - Mott Haven 25.0 36.0 11.9 ~ 88.3 ~ ~ 37.5 16.0 ~ 54.4 44.1 70.8 38.1*
Kingsbridge - Riverdale 16.1* 47.3 22.8 88.9* 85.4 ~ 48.0 41.9 17.9 80.0* 65.7 ~ 70.6 7.7*
Northeast Bronx 27.3 42.5 17.7 ~ 87.1 ~ 42.9 38.1 18.3 70.6* 60.2 42.9 68.6 21.7
Pelham - Throgs Neck 23.3 38.5 15.1 75.8 86.3 66.7* 37.8 35.2 19.3 84.4* 58.2 55.8 73.6 24.8
Kings
All of Kings 32.9 37.1 18.8 72.0 87.5 72.5 37.9 35.5 21.6 80.4 57.2 49.7 62.6 19.7
Bedford Stuyvesant - Crown Heights 28.1 36.9 15.7 ~ 88.7 58.8* 30.2 34.3 18.3 ~ 52.8 50.4 48.5 6.5*
Bensonhurst - Bay Ridge 41.1 43.8 27.0 80.9 88.9 66.7 25.6 34.9 30.0 81.0 64.5 51.3 70.6 9.0
Borough Park 41.0 37.3 20.0 65.5 85.0 75.9 50.0 31.4 24.6 75.0 59.2 52.3 67.6 21.8
Canarsie - Flatlands 42.2 38.7 17.4 78.9* 87.3 ~ 35.0* 34.0 19.9 54.2 61.0 39.3 63.8 34.5
Coney Island - Sheepshead Bay 33.8 37.6 20.9 69.7 87.9 61.1* 41.7 37.8 21.6 84.9 60.1 52.4 67.6 19.0
Downtown - Heights - Slope 22.0 38.4 9.0 83.3 84.4 93.8* 25.9 35.3 22.0 88.4* 58.7 43.9 64.3 19.0
East Flatbush - Flatbush 30.6 33.7 17.7 ~ 87.9 ~ 56.0 34.0 19.0 ~ 49.4 45.4 54.7 30.0
East New York 23.5 33.1 13.3 ~ 87.4 ~ ~ 43.9 20.6 ~ 50.5 59.3 57.8 21.2
Greenpoint 34.6 31.1 18.6 ~ 89.7 87.5* ~ 39.2 12.9 ~ 55.6 53.1 66.1 18.2*
Sunset Park 30.0 35.8 23.0 ~ 88.1 ~ 47.4* 40.2 27.4 ~ 61.0 52.6* 71.1 25.0
Williamsburg - Bushwick 35.4 32.9 14.5 ~ 88.3 ~ 38.9* 37.5 13.8 ~ 52.3 52.2 59.5 17.6*
New York
All of New York 27.6 37.5 22.0 85.4 83.8 76.1 41.0 35.3 26.8 90.5 64.0 50.6 70.0 21.1
Central Harlem - Morningside Heights 26.9 33.3 12.9 ~ 82.8 ~ 33.3* 37.6 22.7 ~ 55.8 44.9 63.8 20.7
Chelsea - Clinton 38.6 37.6 18.8 79.2 88.0 82.8* 47.1* 35.3 25.2 91.5* 64.3 45.0* 66.3 20.8
East Harlem 17.5 24.8 23.4 ~ 84.5 ~ ~ 26.0 23.5 ~ 54.5 35.7 56.9 14.3
Gramercy Park - Murray Hill 31.7 44.4 26.2 88.7 82.3 82.1* 42.9 35.2 23.6 95.1* 67.2 75.0* 73.7 17.4
Greenwich Village - Soho 41.7 40.0 22.7 86.5* 85.1 ~ ~ 33.8 23.1 84.8* 68.7 ~ 84.3 32.0
Lower Manhattan ~ 50.0 31.9 ~ 81.0 ~ ~ 46.2 24.2 ~ 57.6 ~ 68.4* ~
Union Square - Lower East Side 29.3 38.6 18.2 86.8* 82.0 75.0 64.3 32.1 24.3 81.6 63.8 69.8 70.3 19.0
Upper East Side 20.3 38.3 33.9 88.0 84.2 79.6 42.5 39.6 35.8 92.3 68.8 62.8 73.7 21.5
Upper West Side 30.4 40.8 24.7 85.9 85.1 67.4 40.4 34.4 31.9 92.9 66.5 66.7 68.3 22.7
Washington Heights - Inwood 21.1 33.2 14.0 ~ 82.5 ~ 32.1 37.3 17.9 ~ 58.0 38.2 69.0 24.2
Queens
All of Queens 27.8 37.7 19.3 77.6 87.7 65.4 45.8 35.0 22.9 83.5 59.6 45.1 68.5 17.2
Bayside - Little Neck 15.0* 43.0 19.5 86.2* 88.5 ~ 55.0* 37.2 34.6 96.7* 63.2 ~ 68.2 5.1*
Flushing - Clearview 23.4 34.6 21.5 75.0 87.7 68.0 57.1 39.7 24.9 89.1* 62.9 33.3 73.5 16.5
Fresh Meadows 25.0* 32.6 17.5 92.3* 90.2 ~ 47.1* 37.2 25.9 85.7* 63.0 41.2* 77.9 21.4
Jamaica 27.9 36.8 16.7 ~ 89.4 ~ 37.8 36.0 19.6 ~ 53.8 50.0 56.5 15.3
Long Island City - Astoria 27.9 35.6 20.8 89.2* 87.5 73.5 25.0* 37.4 27.1 80.0 53.8 46.3 74.1 17.9
Ridgewood - Forest Hills 36.5 37.6 20.2 77.9 87.0 76.7 41.7 34.5 24.1 77.2 60.9 56.6 70.2 16.4
Rockaway 23.6 58.9 23.9 62.5 83.9 ~ 40.0* 32.9 23.3 77.3* 59.5 50.0 70.6 13.3
Southeast Queens 36.2 36.8 16.4 90.0* 88.7 ~ 47.8 35.2 22.7 82.6* 58.8 27.3 61.6 13.2
Southwest Queens 22.0 39.4 22.3 56.0 88.6 54.2 53.6 33.3 20.4 80.0* 60.8 51.6 73.1 17.6
West Queens 30.8 33.6 16.0 72.5 85.9 51.8 48.8 29.2 15.8 86.3 60.2 41.9 70.9 24.5
Richmond
All of Richmond 38.2 34.0 17.9 78.9 91.0 65.7 53.0 34.0 22.7 88.6 65.4 46.2 72.9 18.1
Port Richmond ~ 32.4 16.2 ~ 92.5 ~ ~ 42.6 17.5 ~ 66.5 47.1* 86.1* 31.3*
South Beach - Tottenville 37.7 34.9 20.2 78.7 90.9 60.0 46.9 36.2 24.1 94.4* 66.0 58.8 76.5 17.2
Stapleton - St. George 41.5 29.5 14.1 87.5* 90.4 77.8* 38.1* 34.5 23.6 72.7* 62.0 38.2 60.8 18.9
Willowbrook ~ 38.2 18.8 66.7 91.1 62.5* 76.2* 25.2 21.4 91.7* 67.6 38.1* 75.7 11.1*

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, January 2008
  • Based on tumors with known stage at diagnosis.
  • Early stage cancers are those which are confined to the organ of origin at diagnosis.