Cancer Incidence and Mortality for Downtown - Heights - Slope 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 404.0 516.5 23.3 412.2 371.7 16.3 146.8 206.0 15.3 146.6 133.8 9.8
Oral cavity and pharynx 14.0 15.6 3.8 6.2 5.6 2.0 3.4 4.6 2.3 2.4 2.1 1.2
Esophagus 7.6 9.7 3.2 2.6 2.5 1.4 6.4 9.1 3.2 2.0 1.9 1.2
Stomach 12.0 16.6 4.3 9.0 8.0 2.4 5.8 8.6 3.2 4.2 3.7 1.6
Colorectal 50.4 68.8 8.8 50.2 45.9 5.8 18.6 27.0 5.6 19.6 17.8 3.6
Colon excluding rectum 35.0 47.9 7.3 37.2 34.0 5.0 16.2 23.6 5.3 17.0 15.4 3.3
Rectum & rectosigmoid 15.4 20.8 4.8 13.0 11.9 2.9 2.4 3.3 2.0 2.6 2.3 1.3
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 12.4 14.9 3.8 5.0 4.7 1.9 9.0 11.2 3.4 4.6 4.3 1.8
Pancreas 9.4 12.4 3.6 11.8 10.6 2.7 8.0 11.0 3.5 9.8 8.8 2.5
Larynx 6.0 7.7 2.9 1.4 1.3 0.9 3.2 4.4 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lung and bronchus 48.4 64.9 8.4 41.6 39.7 5.4 34.2 47.1 7.3 26.4 25.1 4.3
Melanoma of the skin 10.6 11.0 3.1 11.8 9.6 2.5 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.4 0.9
Female breast       124.4 111.4 8.8       25.6 22.7 4.0
Cervix uteri       10.6 9.2 2.5       2.8 2.4 1.3
Corpus uterus and NOS       27.0 25.1 4.3       6.8 6.4 2.2
Ovary       11.0 10.2 2.7       7.2 6.7 2.2
Prostate 120.0 160.1 13.1       19.2 31.3 6.3      
Testis 6.8 5.3 1.8       0.0 0.0 0.0      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 18.2 24.9 5.3 9.8 9.0 2.6 3.0 4.5 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.2
Kidney and renal pelvis 12.8 15.3 3.9 7.6 7.0 2.3 2.0 2.7 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.1
Brain and other nervous system 5.4 6.0 2.3 5.2 4.4 1.7 3.2 3.4 1.7 2.2 2.0 1.2
Thyroid 5.2 5.2 2.1 14.2 11.6 2.8 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5
Hodgkin lymphoma 4.6 4.1 1.7 4.0 2.9 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 17.2 20.6 4.5 17.2 15.4 3.3 6.0 7.3 2.8 4.4 4.1 1.7
Multiple myeloma 7.0 10.2 3.5 4.8 4.5 1.8 3.8 5.3 2.4 2.4 2.1 1.2
Leukemias 9.4 12.1 3.6 6.8 6.2 2.1 5.6 7.5 2.9 4.2 3.6 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.