Cancer Incidence and Mortality for Williamsburg - Bushwick 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 298.6 525.4 28.3 291.6 336.5 17.4 111.4 218.0 19.2 113.2 134.5 11.2
Oral cavity and pharynx 10.4 16.6 4.8 4.6 5.3 2.2 3.8 6.6 3.2 0.4 0.5 0.8
Esophagus 7.2 12.2 4.2 3.8 4.4 2.0 5.4 9.4 3.7 2.4 2.8 1.6
Stomach 10.6 20.4 5.8 11.0 13.3 3.6 4.0 8.6 4.0 4.8 6.0 2.4
Colorectal 37.2 67.1 10.1 34.2 41.4 6.2 12.8 26.5 6.8 11.4 13.7 3.6
Colon excluding rectum 26.0 47.7 8.6 25.2 30.6 5.4 10.6 22.4 6.3 9.4 11.3 3.2
Rectum & rectosigmoid 11.2 19.4 5.4 9.0 10.7 3.2 2.2 4.1 2.5 2.0 2.4 1.5
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 9.2 15.5 4.7 4.0 4.9 2.1 7.0 12.9 4.5 4.2 5.1 2.2
Pancreas 6.0 11.8 4.5 7.6 9.0 2.9 4.6 8.9 3.8 6.2 7.6 2.7
Larynx 8.6 13.9 4.3 1.0 1.1 1.0 2.0 3.2 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.4
Lung and bronchus 42.0 75.2 10.7 30.4 36.2 5.8 30.6 56.8 9.5 23.0 27.9 5.1
Melanoma of the skin 1.2 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8
Female breast       76.6 88.3 8.9       23.0 26.9 5.0
Cervix uteri       15.0 16.6 3.8       3.6 4.2 2.0
Corpus uterus and NOS       19.0 21.7 4.4       5.0 5.7 2.3
Ovary       8.4 9.4 2.9       4.6 5.2 2.1
Prostate 93.6 171.9 16.4       15.8 37.7 8.7      
Testis 2.6 2.6 1.4       0.2 0.3 0.6      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 6.8 15.9 5.5 5.4 6.7 2.6 1.2 2.8 2.3 2.0 2.4 1.5
Kidney and renal pelvis 7.8 12.4 4.1 7.8 9.0 2.9 2.4 4.5 2.7 2.4 2.8 1.6
Brain and other nervous system 2.8 3.9 2.1 5.4 5.5 2.1 1.2 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.2
Thyroid 1.8 3.0 2.1 6.2 6.3 2.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.9
Hodgkin lymphoma 4.2 4.8 2.2 4.0 4.1 1.8 0.2 0.6 1.1 0.4 0.4 0.5
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 13.0 20.5 5.3 11.4 12.8 3.3 2.6 4.2 2.4 3.0 3.4 1.7
Multiple myeloma 3.2 6.4 3.4 5.2 6.3 2.4 2.0 3.5 2.3 2.4 3.1 1.8
Leukemias 7.8 12.3 4.4 6.0 6.5 2.4 3.4 5.9 3.1 2.8 3.3 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.