Cancer Incidence and Mortality for Bensonhurst - Bay Ridge 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 492.0 477.4 18.9 546.0 388.8 15.2 185.0 180.8 11.7 191.2 122.8 8.1
Oral cavity and pharynx 13.2 12.9 3.1 10.0 7.4 2.1 3.6 3.5 1.6 2.2 1.5 0.9
Esophagus 5.0 4.9 1.9 2.0 1.3 0.8 4.6 4.5 1.8 1.4 0.7 0.6
Stomach 14.8 14.4 3.3 14.2 9.2 2.2 5.6 5.6 2.1 7.0 4.4 1.5
Colorectal 65.8 64.0 6.9 71.2 44.6 4.8 22.8 22.2 4.1 23.2 13.3 2.5
Colon excluding rectum 47.4 46.0 5.9 56.0 34.6 4.2 20.6 20.0 3.9 21.2 11.8 2.3
Rectum & rectosigmoid 18.4 18.0 3.7 15.2 10.0 2.3 2.2 2.2 1.3 2.0 1.4 0.9
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 16.8 16.3 3.5 4.6 2.9 1.2 9.8 9.5 2.7 5.0 3.1 1.3
Pancreas 14.0 13.5 3.2 16.2 10.4 2.3 10.4 10.1 2.7 11.4 7.2 1.9
Larynx 8.2 7.9 2.4 2.2 1.6 0.9 1.8 1.8 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Lung and bronchus 84.6 81.4 7.8 62.6 41.3 4.7 57.8 55.9 6.4 44.6 29.0 3.9
Melanoma of the skin 12.6 12.3 3.1 12.4 9.7 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.3 2.8 1.9 1.0
Female breast       147.4 110.4 8.2       31.8 21.5 3.5
Cervix uteri       9.4 8.1 2.4       1.8 1.4 0.9
Corpus uterus and NOS       36.8 28.0 4.1       4.2 2.8 1.2
Ovary       15.2 11.4 2.6       11.0 7.8 2.2
Prostate 102.2 98.2 8.5       20.0 20.0 3.9      
Testis 5.0 4.8 1.9       0.2 0.2 0.4      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 43.0 41.6 5.6 18.2 11.8 2.5 7.2 7.1 2.3 2.4 1.4 0.8
Kidney and renal pelvis 20.8 20.2 3.9 17.4 12.1 2.6 5.4 5.2 2.0 3.4 2.3 1.1
Brain and other nervous system 8.0 8.1 2.5 9.0 7.3 2.2 3.8 3.6 1.6 3.6 2.6 1.2
Thyroid 6.2 6.2 2.2 19.4 17.4 3.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4
Hodgkin lymphoma 3.4 3.4 1.6 3.0 2.7 1.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 23.4 22.9 4.2 21.2 14.5 2.9 8.2 8.1 2.5 6.8 4.1 1.4
Multiple myeloma 6.0 5.8 2.1 6.2 4.0 1.4 2.8 2.7 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.6
Leukemias 12.2 12.2 3.1 13.8 10.1 2.5 6.0 6.0 2.1 7.2 4.7 1.6

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.