Cancer Incidence and Mortality among Blacks, Bronx County, 2001-2005

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

Site of Cancer Incidence Mortality
Males Females Males Females
Average Annual Cases Rate per 100,000 Males 95% CI (+/-) Average Annual Cases Rate per 100,000 Females 95% CI (+/-) Average Annual Deaths Rate per 100,000 Males 95% CI (+/-) Average Annual Deaths Rate per 100,000 Females 95% CI (+/-)
All Invasive Malignant Tumors 906.4 544.3 16.8 954.2 348.4 10.0 330.6 216.5 11.1 405.0 152.8 6.7
Oral cavity and pharynx 30.0 16.1 2.7 13.8 4.8 1.1 9.2 5.2 1.6 2.4 0.9 0.5
Esophagus 14.6 8.6 2.1 8.6 3.2 1.0 10.6 6.5 1.8 6.4 2.5 0.9
Stomach 25.8 17.0 3.2 27.6 10.7 1.8 12.2 7.9 2.1 13.4 5.3 1.3
Colorectal 84.4 55.3 5.6 119.8 45.2 3.7 35.6 25.5 4.0 51.2 19.9 2.5
Colon excluding rectum 63.4 42.2 5.0 95.0 36.1 3.3 31.2 22.8 3.8 45.8 17.9 2.3
Rectum & rectosigmoid 21.0 13.1 2.7 24.8 9.1 1.6 4.4 2.8 1.3 5.4 2.0 0.8
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 34.6 18.6 2.9 9.6 3.6 1.0 21.0 12.0 2.4 8.2 3.1 1.0
Pancreas 22.6 14.0 2.7 33.0 12.7 2.0 18.0 11.5 2.5 25.4 9.9 1.7
Larynx 14.6 8.2 2.0 5.8 2.1 0.8 8.8 5.4 1.7 2.0 0.7 0.5
Lung and bronchus 111.0 69.2 6.1 110.6 41.5 3.5 82.0 50.9 5.2 84.2 32.0 3.1
Melanoma of the skin 0.8 0.4 0.4 2.2 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Female breast       253.8 91.0 5.1       73.6 26.8 2.8
Cervix uteri       38.6 13.3 1.9       14.2 5.0 1.2
Corpus uterus and NOS       63.4 23.0 2.6       20.4 7.7 1.5
Ovary       24.6 8.9 1.6       15.0 5.7 1.3
Prostate 351.0 219.5 10.8       58.0 47.0 5.6      
Testis 2.4 0.9 0.5       0.4 0.1 0.2      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 20.4 13.3 2.7 19.4 7.5 1.5 5.6 4.2 1.6 7.4 2.9 0.9
Kidney and renal pelvis 26.2 13.9 2.5 25.0 9.1 1.6 6.0 3.7 1.4 3.8 1.5 0.7
Brain and other nervous system 10.0 4.6 1.4 10.6 3.7 1.0 5.0 2.5 1.0 3.8 1.4 0.6
Thyroid 6.0 3.1 1.2 21.4 7.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.4 0.4
Hodgkin lymphoma 9.4 3.7 1.1 7.2 2.3 0.8 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 34.8 17.2 2.7 35.2 12.2 1.8 9.0 4.8 1.5 10.8 4.0 1.1
Multiple myeloma 18.8 11.8 2.5 29.8 11.3 1.8 8.8 5.5 1.7 11.4 4.4 1.1
Leukemias 22.8 12.4 2.5 25.2 9.1 1.6 8.8 5.2 1.7 13.6 5.1 1.2

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, January 2008
  • 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 or deaths per year are unstable and should be used with caution.