Cancer Incidence and Mortality for Bedford Stuyvesant - Crown Heights Neighborhood, Brooklyn, 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 606.0 630.0 23.5 616.8 383.8 13.6 217.8 244.9 15.3 248.8 156.4 8.7
Oral cavity and pharynx 20.2 18.6 3.7 11.8 7.2 1.9 6.8 6.3 2.2 3.2 1.9 0.9
Esophagus 10.0 10.5 3.0 5.6 3.5 1.3 7.8 8.1 2.6 4.4 2.8 1.2
Stomach 19.2 23.3 4.9 17.8 11.3 2.4 11.2 13.3 3.6 8.6 5.4 1.6
Colorectal 59.2 66.1 7.9 84.4 53.5 5.1 24.2 29.2 5.4 29.8 18.9 3.1
Colon excluding rectum 40.6 46.5 6.7 64.2 41.0 4.5 19.0 23.0 4.8 26.8 17.1 2.9
Rectum & rectosigmoid 18.6 19.6 4.2 20.2 12.5 2.5 5.2 6.1 2.5 3.0 1.8 0.9
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 12.0 11.5 3.1 6.0 3.8 1.4 9.0 8.6 2.7 5.4 3.4 1.3
Pancreas 13.4 14.3 3.6 19.6 12.4 2.5 10.6 11.9 3.3 13.2 8.4 2.0
Larynx 10.6 10.5 2.9 3.4 2.2 1.0 5.2 5.4 2.2 2.2 1.3 0.8
Lung and bronchus 71.6 74.7 8.0 60.2 38.1 4.3 55.8 58.5 7.1 43.8 27.8 3.7
Melanoma of the skin 1.6 1.4 1.0 2.4 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.2
Female breast       175.4 108.4 7.2       54.0 33.4 4.0
Cervix uteri       26.2 15.9 2.7       7.2 4.5 1.5
Corpus uterus and NOS       49.4 30.9 3.9       12.0 7.5 1.9
Ovary       18.2 11.1 2.3       10.2 6.4 1.8
Prostate 257.4 273.3 15.6       38.6 52.3 7.7      
Testis 3.4 2.5 1.2       0.0 0.0 0.0      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 14.4 16.4 4.0 6.4 4.1 1.4 4.0 4.7 2.2 3.0 1.9 1.0
Kidney and renal pelvis 13.6 13.3 3.3 10.4 6.4 1.8 2.4 2.6 1.5 3.2 2.0 1.0
Brain and other nervous system 5.2 4.1 1.6 7.6 4.6 1.5 1.6 1.2 0.9 1.8 1.1 0.7
Thyroid 2.6 2.2 1.2 14.6 8.7 2.0 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.6 1.0 0.7
Hodgkin lymphoma 5.0 3.6 1.4 4.2 2.3 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.3
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 22.8 20.8 4.0 19.6 12.0 2.4 6.6 6.7 2.4 4.8 2.9 1.2
Multiple myeloma 10.6 11.5 3.3 15.0 9.4 2.1 5.0 5.9 2.5 6.2 4.0 1.4
Leukemias 9.8 9.5 2.9 11.4 6.9 1.8 6.4 6.6 2.5 7.2 4.5 1.5

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.