Cancer Incidence and Mortality for Ridgewood - Forest Hills 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 586.6 489.5 17.7 661.2 395.0 13.8 207.0 173.6 10.6 230.2 127.1 7.5
Oral cavity and pharynx 14.6 12.0 2.8 8.0 4.7 1.5 2.8 2.3 1.2 1.2 0.6 0.5
Esophagus 7.8 6.5 2.0 5.6 2.9 1.1 5.2 4.3 1.7 2.8 1.5 0.8
Stomach 20.2 16.9 3.3 14.0 8.1 2.0 13.2 11.0 2.7 7.8 4.5 1.4
Colorectal 80.4 67.3 6.6 85.6 46.3 4.5 28.8 24.2 4.0 23.6 12.1 2.2
Colon excluding rectum 56.2 47.2 5.5 63.6 34.0 3.8 26.2 22.0 3.8 22.0 11.2 2.2
Rectum & rectosigmoid 24.2 20.1 3.6 22.0 12.3 2.4 2.6 2.2 1.2 1.6 0.8 0.6
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 14.6 12.0 2.7 7.8 4.4 1.4 8.6 7.0 2.1 6.2 3.2 1.1
Pancreas 16.4 13.7 3.0 18.6 9.6 2.0 12.2 10.2 2.6 16.0 8.3 1.9
Larynx 9.8 8.2 2.3 1.8 1.1 0.7 1.6 1.3 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.3
Lung and bronchus 76.2 63.8 6.4 72.6 41.0 4.3 55.6 46.7 5.5 48.8 27.7 3.5
Melanoma of the skin 16.4 13.4 2.9 15.0 9.7 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.0 2.0 1.1 0.7
Female breast       182.8 114.9 7.6       43.8 24.7 3.3
Cervix uteri       14.0 9.9 2.3       3.2 2.0 1.0
Corpus uterus and NOS       47.8 29.1 3.7       7.8 4.1 1.3
Ovary       27.4 17.1 2.9       16.2 9.8 2.2
Prostate 145.2 120.9 8.8       18.6 15.7 3.2      
Testis 6.4 4.8 1.7       1.0 0.8 0.7      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 44.2 37.4 4.9 18.6 10.0 2.1 9.2 7.8 2.3 2.8 1.3 0.7
Kidney and renal pelvis 23.0 19.0 3.5 13.4 8.0 2.0 4.8 4.1 1.6 3.0 1.6 0.8
Brain and other nervous system 9.0 7.6 2.2 6.8 4.7 1.6 4.4 3.7 1.5 3.4 2.0 1.0
Thyroid 9.0 7.5 2.2 18.6 13.1 2.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.2
Hodgkin lymphoma 4.0 3.5 1.5 3.0 2.3 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 28.2 23.4 3.9 28.6 16.6 2.8 7.8 6.6 2.1 8.4 4.4 1.4
Multiple myeloma 6.8 5.7 1.9 8.0 4.8 1.5 3.6 3.0 1.4 3.8 2.1 1.0
Leukemias 17.4 14.8 3.1 18.0 10.7 2.3 7.2 6.1 2.0 7.8 4.4 1.4

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.