Cancer Incidence and Mortality for Sunset Park 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 190.4 458.3 30.5 199.6 369.7 23.1 68.6 177.8 19.6 60.0 112.3 12.8
Oral cavity and pharynx 9.8 20.0 5.8 4.0 7.2 3.2 2.6 5.9 3.4 1.0 1.9 1.7
Esophagus 2.2 5.5 3.3 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.0 2.7 2.5 0.6 1.2 1.3
Stomach 8.2 20.2 6.4 8.8 16.6 4.9 3.6 9.2 4.4 4.2 7.7 3.3
Colorectal 24.6 61.2 11.3 26.8 49.9 8.5 7.6 21.1 6.9 8.2 15.3 4.7
Colon excluding rectum 16.8 43.7 9.7 19.8 37.0 7.3 6.2 16.9 6.2 6.8 12.8 4.3
Rectum & rectosigmoid 7.8 17.5 5.7 7.0 12.9 4.3 1.4 4.3 3.2 1.4 2.5 1.9
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 10.0 20.5 5.9 2.8 5.4 2.8 6.6 14.1 5.0 3.4 6.5 3.1
Pancreas 4.8 12.3 5.1 5.4 10.2 3.9 3.0 8.0 4.2 2.8 5.3 2.8
Larynx 1.8 4.2 2.8 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.4 3.5 2.7 0.4 0.8 1.1
Lung and bronchus 29.8 75.0 12.5 17.8 34.2 7.1 21.6 56.7 11.1 8.4 16.3 5.0
Melanoma of the skin 2.6 7.4 4.2 2.2 3.8 2.3 0.4 1.0 1.4 0.2 0.3 0.7
Female breast       50.8 93.6 11.6       9.8 18.2 5.1
Cervix uteri       5.0 9.1 3.6       1.4 2.7 2.0
Corpus uterus and NOS       16.0 29.7 6.5       1.6 2.8 2.0
Ovary       7.2 13.4 4.4       2.4 4.4 2.5
Prostate 37.8 97.6 14.4       4.4 15.2 6.4      
Testis 2.6 3.5 1.9       0.0 0.0 0.0      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 10.2 27.9 8.0 4.6 9.1 3.7 1.4 4.4 3.4 0.6 1.3 1.5
Kidney and renal pelvis 4.8 10.1 4.1 3.6 6.8 3.1 2.0 5.2 3.4 1.2 2.3 1.8
Brain and other nervous system 3.4 6.5 3.3 2.8 4.6 2.5 1.0 2.7 2.4 1.2 2.1 1.7
Thyroid 2.4 5.0 2.9 9.6 16.2 4.6 0.2 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.7
Hodgkin lymphoma 2.6 5.1 2.9 1.4 2.4 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.7 1.0
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 8.2 18.4 5.9 6.6 12.5 4.3 2.8 6.3 3.4 2.0 3.8 2.4
Multiple myeloma 2.0 4.8 3.1 2.0 3.9 2.4 0.8 1.9 1.9 1.0 2.0 1.7
Leukemias 3.8 7.7 3.7 4.4 8.3 3.5 1.4 3.1 2.5 2.6 4.7 2.6

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.