Cancer Incidence for Park Slope, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook, Kings (Brooklyn) County, 2016-2020

Source: New York State Cancer Registry

Site of Cancer Males and Females Males Females
Average Annual Cases Rate per 100,000 Population 95% CI Average Annual Cases Rate per 100,000 Males 95% CI Average Annual Cases Rate per 100,000 Females 95% CI
All Invasive Malignant Tumors 468.8 459.6 440.5-479.4 214.0 483.6 453.6-515.1 254.8 454.5 428.9-481.2
Oral cavity and pharynx 8.8 8.5 6.1-11.6 6.4 13.8 9.3-19.7 2.4 4.5 2.3-8.0
Esophagus 2.8 3.2 1.7-5.5 1.8 4.8 2.1-9.2 1.0 2.1 0.7-5.0
Stomach 7.8 8.2 5.8-11.3 4.4 11.1 6.8-17.1 3.4 6.4 3.7-10.4
Colorectal 33.2 33.0 28.0-38.7 17.8 39.3 31.2-48.9 15.4 28.4 22.3-35.8
Colon excluding rectum 22.4 22.8 18.6-27.6 10.6 25.1 18.6-33.3 11.8 21.7 16.4-28.3
Rectum & rectosigmoid 10.8 10.3 7.6-13.5 7.2 14.2 9.7-20.0 3.6 6.7 3.9-10.8
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 12.2 12.0 9.1-15.5 7.6 15.9 11.1-22.2 4.6 8.7 5.4-13.2
Pancreas 12.6 12.2 9.3-15.8 6.6 15.9 10.8-22.7 6.0 10.0 6.6-14.5
Larynx 2.2 2.1 1.0-3.8 1.8 3.8 1.7-7.6 0.4 0.7 0.1-2.8
Lung and bronchus 44.4 47.4 41.2-54.3 20.4 51.7 41.8-63.2 24.0 45.3 37.4-54.5
Melanoma of the skin 21.0 21.1 17.1-25.7 10.6 23.6 17.4-31.3 10.4 19.8 14.7-26.2
Female breast             83.8 149.8 135.4-165.4
Cervix uteri             4.8 8.2 5.1-12.5
Corpus uterus and NOS             17.6 32.2 25.7-40.0
Ovary             5.8 10.5 7.0-15.3
Prostate       57.2 125.4 110.7-141.5      
Testis       4.4 6.4 3.9-10.1      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 17.0 17.6 13.9-21.9 12.2 30.7 23.2-39.8 4.8 8.4 5.3-12.7
Kidney and renal pelvis 15.2 15.0 11.7-18.9 11.4 25.3 19.0-33.2 3.8 6.4 3.8-10.3
Brain and other central nervous system 8.8 8.6 6.1-11.9 4.4 9.8 5.9-15.2 4.4 7.9 4.7-12.5
Thyroid 22.6 18.2 14.8-22.2 4.0 7.3 4.4-11.7 18.6 28.2 22.3-35.2
Hodgkin lymphoma 3.4 3.5 1.8-5.9 1.8 4.7 1.8-9.5 1.6 2.3 0.9-4.9
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 20.8 19.9 16.1-24.4 9.4 20.7 14.9-28.0 11.4 19.3 14.4-25.4
Myeloma 7.0 7.5 5.2-10.5 3.6 9.5 5.5-15.2 3.4 6.3 3.6-10.2
Leukemias 14.6 14.8 11.5-18.8 8.0 17.4 12.2-24.0 6.6 12.9 8.8-18.4

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2022.
  • 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 per year are unstable and should be used with caution. NOS = Not otherwise specified.
  • NYC neighborhoods were defined in terms of Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs). PUMAs approximate NYC Community Districts (CDs).
  • For more information about PUMAs, please refer to http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/nyc-population/geographic-reference.page.