Cancer Incidence and Mortality for Washington Heights - Inwood 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 488.8 512.9 21.0 483.8 339.3 13.6 129.6 150.8 12.0 145.4 99.3 7.3
Oral cavity and pharynx 15.2 15.1 3.5 6.6 4.7 1.6 2.8 3.1 1.7 2.2 1.5 0.9
Esophagus 8.8 9.4 2.9 2.8 1.9 1.0 4.8 5.2 2.2 2.4 1.6 0.9
Stomach 14.2 14.8 3.5 13.2 9.3 2.3 3.8 4.5 2.1 5.6 3.8 1.4
Colorectal 48.8 54.0 7.0 62.0 42.8 4.8 14.8 18.1 4.2 17.8 11.7 2.5
Colon excluding rectum 35.6 39.8 6.0 46.0 31.7 4.1 13.0 15.8 3.9 15.6 10.2 2.3
Rectum & rectosigmoid 13.2 14.2 3.5 16.0 11.1 2.5 1.8 2.3 1.6 2.2 1.5 0.9
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 15.6 16.0 3.6 8.2 5.9 1.8 6.8 7.1 2.4 4.2 2.8 1.2
Pancreas 11.8 12.7 3.4 14.8 10.5 2.4 7.2 8.1 2.7 9.0 6.2 1.8
Larynx 9.6 10.5 3.1 1.6 1.1 0.8 1.8 2.1 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.3
Lung and bronchus 52.8 57.6 7.1 46.6 32.8 4.2 29.8 33.5 5.5 26.2 18.1 3.1
Melanoma of the skin 4.8 5.0 2.1 2.0 1.4 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.4
Female breast       131.8 93.0 7.1       24.8 16.8 3.0
Cervix uteri       17.4 12.2 2.6       4.0 2.8 1.2
Corpus uterus and NOS       29.2 20.7 3.4       5.8 4.0 1.5
Ovary       14.6 10.5 2.4       6.4 4.5 1.6
Prostate 177.2 188.0 12.7       22.2 29.1 5.5      
Testis 2.6 1.9 1.1       0.4 0.3 0.5      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 18.2 20.8 4.4 9.0 6.1 1.8 3.8 4.9 2.2 3.4 2.2 1.1
Kidney and renal pelvis 13.6 13.3 3.2 11.8 8.4 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.2 1.4 1.0 0.7
Brain and other nervous system 7.6 6.8 2.3 7.6 5.2 1.7 3.6 3.6 1.7 3.0 2.1 1.1
Thyroid 5.2 4.5 1.8 18.6 12.8 2.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.3
Hodgkin lymphoma 5.6 4.5 1.7 3.4 2.3 1.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.2
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 21.0 20.4 4.0 21.6 15.1 2.9 4.8 5.4 2.3 5.0 3.4 1.3
Multiple myeloma 9.4 10.5 3.1 9.6 7.0 2.0 3.0 3.6 1.9 2.2 1.5 0.9
Leukemias 10.0 10.7 3.1 11.0 7.8 2.1 4.4 5.5 2.3 5.8 4.0 1.5

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.