Cancer Incidence and Mortality for East Flatbush - Flatbush 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 592.0 540.7 20.7 564.8 323.4 12.1 156.6 163.8 12.2 194.4 115.7 7.4
Oral cavity and pharynx 14.2 11.3 2.7 5.4 3.0 1.1 3.2 2.7 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.6
Esophagus 7.2 6.3 2.2 2.8 1.8 1.0 3.2 2.5 1.3 0.6 0.4 0.5
Stomach 16.8 17.2 3.9 16.2 10.0 2.2 8.0 8.3 2.7 7.2 4.5 1.5
Colorectal 59.8 57.3 6.9 71.0 41.5 4.4 17.6 18.4 4.1 22.6 13.6 2.5
Colon excluding rectum 44.6 44.1 6.2 53.2 31.2 3.8 15.6 16.5 3.9 21.0 12.7 2.5
Rectum & rectosigmoid 15.2 13.2 3.2 17.8 10.4 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.2 1.6 1.0 0.7
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 12.0 10.0 2.7 6.8 4.1 1.4 6.6 6.1 2.2 4.2 2.7 1.2
Pancreas 12.4 12.2 3.2 14.8 9.4 2.2 7.6 7.1 2.4 13.4 8.5 2.1
Larynx 8.2 7.1 2.3 1.2 0.7 0.6 2.2 2.0 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.3
Lung and bronchus 48.4 46.3 6.2 39.8 23.3 3.3 32.2 32.6 5.3 23.2 14.1 2.6
Melanoma of the skin 2.8 2.9 1.6 3.8 2.5 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.6 0.6
Female breast       172.6 94.8 6.4       43.0 24.6 3.3
Cervix uteri       24.2 13.3 2.4       6.8 3.8 1.3
Corpus uterus and NOS       45.4 25.4 3.3       12.0 7.0 1.8
Ovary       16.0 9.2 2.0       9.6 5.4 1.6
Prostate 285.0 257.6 14.1       33.8 43.8 6.9      
Testis 1.6 1.1 0.8       0.2 0.1 0.2      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 17.0 18.7 4.2 8.6 5.5 1.7 3.4 4.3 2.1 3.0 1.9 1.0
Kidney and renal pelvis 14.8 13.1 3.2 9.4 5.3 1.5 3.2 3.1 1.6 2.2 1.3 0.8
Brain and other nervous system 5.6 4.3 1.7 7.6 4.4 1.4 2.8 2.4 1.3 2.8 1.6 0.8
Thyroid 2.8 2.3 1.2 18.4 10.0 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.4 0.8 0.6
Hodgkin lymphoma 2.0 1.6 1.0 3.8 2.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 23.4 19.0 3.6 19.6 11.2 2.3 5.4 4.7 1.9 6.8 3.9 1.3
Multiple myeloma 9.6 8.9 2.7 16.2 9.5 2.1 4.2 3.4 1.5 6.2 3.7 1.3
Leukemias 12.6 11.9 3.2 11.6 6.8 1.8 6.2 6.6 2.5 6.0 3.6 1.3

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.