Cancer Incidence and Mortality for Union Square - Lower East Side Neighborhood, Manhattan, 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 471.2 534.1 21.8 457.8 392.1 16.3 174.8 208.3 13.9 157.2 126.0 9.0
Oral cavity and pharynx 19.6 21.5 4.3 8.0 6.8 2.1 4.6 5.2 2.1 1.6 1.1 0.8
Esophagus 6.6 7.5 2.6 2.6 2.1 1.2 5.2 6.0 2.3 1.2 0.9 0.7
Stomach 21.4 24.5 4.7 14.8 12.3 2.8 11.8 13.7 3.5 7.0 5.6 1.9
Colorectal 55.8 64.9 7.7 50.0 41.2 5.2 19.4 23.4 4.7 17.4 13.4 2.9
Colon excluding rectum 40.4 47.6 6.6 38.4 31.4 4.5 15.2 18.4 4.2 15.2 11.7 2.7
Rectum & rectosigmoid 15.4 17.3 3.9 11.6 9.8 2.6 4.2 5.0 2.2 2.2 1.7 1.0
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 27.2 29.7 5.0 9.0 7.8 2.3 13.2 15.0 3.6 4.8 4.0 1.6
Pancreas 11.2 13.3 3.5 15.0 11.6 2.7 8.6 10.3 3.1 11.6 8.6 2.3
Larynx 5.8 6.6 2.4 1.8 1.6 1.1 1.4 1.7 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Lung and bronchus 71.2 83.3 8.7 53.8 44.5 5.4 48.6 58.0 7.3 35.4 28.0 4.2
Melanoma of the skin 11.4 12.2 3.2 10.8 9.2 2.5 1.2 1.5 1.2 2.0 1.7 1.1
Female breast       119.6 105.8 8.5       26.4 21.8 3.8
Cervix uteri       10.2 9.5 2.6       2.4 2.2 1.3
Corpus uterus and NOS       30.4 26.6 4.3       4.4 3.4 1.4
Ovary       14.8 13.4 3.1       5.6 4.8 1.8
Prostate 103.0 118.8 10.3       19.4 24.6 4.9      
Testis 6.6 5.2 1.8       0.4 0.3 0.5      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 24.2 29.2 5.2 9.2 7.6 2.2 5.2 6.4 2.5 2.6 2.0 1.1
Kidney and renal pelvis 13.8 15.9 3.8 9.6 8.0 2.3 2.0 2.6 1.6 1.6 1.2 0.8
Brain and other nervous system 6.8 7.3 2.5 7.6 7.1 2.3 2.2 2.3 1.4 3.4 3.1 1.5
Thyroid 6.8 6.5 2.2 17.4 15.4 3.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.7
Hodgkin lymphoma 3.2 2.9 1.4 3.6 3.1 1.4 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 24.2 26.4 4.8 19.2 16.0 3.2 8.6 9.9 3.0 5.6 4.7 1.7
Multiple myeloma 5.6 6.4 2.4 6.4 5.4 1.9 1.6 2.0 1.4 3.2 2.6 1.3
Leukemias 11.0 12.6 3.4 10.4 9.0 2.5 6.0 6.9 2.5 5.4 4.4 1.7

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.