Cancer Incidence and Mortality for Long Island City - Astoria Neighborhood, Queens, 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 396.2 462.4 20.8 402.2 342.5 15.2 144.6 180.1 13.4 143.0 116.8 8.7
Oral cavity and pharynx 10.8 12.3 3.3 6.0 5.1 1.9 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.1 0.8
Esophagus 5.0 5.6 2.2 2.6 2.2 1.2 5.4 6.2 2.4 1.6 1.4 1.0
Stomach 13.4 15.5 3.8 9.4 8.0 2.3 6.4 7.9 2.8 4.0 3.3 1.5
Colorectal 46.2 55.9 7.3 45.8 37.3 4.9 15.2 19.2 4.4 16.0 12.4 2.8
Colon excluding rectum 33.8 40.9 6.2 35.0 28.3 4.3 13.0 16.5 4.1 13.6 10.5 2.5
Rectum & rectosigmoid 12.4 15.0 3.8 10.8 8.9 2.4 2.2 2.8 1.7 2.4 1.9 1.1
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 10.6 11.9 3.3 6.2 5.2 1.8 6.8 7.7 2.7 4.4 3.5 1.5
Pancreas 11.0 12.8 3.4 11.4 9.4 2.5 10.6 13.0 3.6 9.4 7.6 2.2
Larynx 6.6 7.6 2.6 1.6 1.4 1.0 2.0 2.5 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.8
Lung and bronchus 63.0 75.8 8.5 42.6 35.6 4.8 40.0 49.8 7.0 29.0 23.3 3.8
Melanoma of the skin 8.8 9.6 2.9 9.2 8.1 2.4 1.6 1.8 1.3 2.0 1.8 1.1
Female breast       104.0 92.0 8.0       24.8 20.7 3.7
Cervix uteri       10.6 9.0 2.5       2.2 1.9 1.1
Corpus uterus and NOS       27.0 23.5 4.0       4.2 3.5 1.5
Ovary       15.8 13.6 3.0       9.2 7.8 2.3
Prostate 96.2 116.2 10.5       14.0 19.8 4.7      
Testis 7.2 5.3 1.8       0.0 0.0 0.0      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 24.0 30.6 5.6 11.2 9.0 2.4 5.4 7.3 2.8 1.8 1.3 0.9
Kidney and renal pelvis 16.6 18.5 4.1 10.8 9.2 2.5 2.8 3.6 1.9 2.2 1.8 1.1
Brain and other nervous system 6.0 6.3 2.3 5.4 4.5 1.8 3.4 3.4 1.7 1.2 0.9 0.7
Thyroid 4.2 4.2 1.9 14.2 12.1 2.9 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4
Hodgkin lymphoma 3.0 2.7 1.4 3.8 2.9 1.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 21.2 23.1 4.5 15.4 13.3 3.0 5.4 6.8 2.6 4.8 3.8 1.5
Multiple myeloma 5.2 6.2 2.4 6.8 5.5 1.9 2.0 2.5 1.5 3.0 2.2 1.1
Leukemias 10.8 12.8 3.5 12.0 10.2 2.6 5.4 6.2 2.4 6.0 5.2 1.9

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.