Cancer Incidence for Forest Hills & Rego Park, Queens County, 2016-2020
Source: New York State Cancer Registry
Site of Cancer | Males and Females | Males | Females | ||||||
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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 | 720.8 | 414.0 | 399.7-428.7 | 328.0 | 421.8 | 400.7-443.7 | 392.8 | 414.4 | 394.6-435.0 |
Oral cavity and pharynx | 12.4 | 7.6 | 5.7-10.0 | 6.4 | 9.1 | 6.1-13.2 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 4.1-9.5 |
Esophagus | 5.4 | 2.6 | 1.7-4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 2.6-7.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.5-2.9 |
Stomach | 17.6 | 10.1 | 8.0-12.8 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 8.6-16.0 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 6.2-13.1 |
Colorectal | 62.6 | 34.2 | 30.4-38.5 | 31.8 | 41.1 | 34.8-48.4 | 30.8 | 28.5 | 23.8-34.0 |
Colon excluding rectum | 44.2 | 24.1 | 20.8-27.7 | 21.2 | 27.2 | 22.2-33.2 | 23.0 | 21.5 | 17.4-26.4 |
Rectum & rectosigmoid | 18.4 | 10.2 | 8.1-12.7 | 10.6 | 13.9 | 10.3-18.5 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 4.9-10.1 |
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct | 12.8 | 6.8 | 5.2-9.0 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 6.4-12.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.0-7.8 |
Pancreas | 22.8 | 11.3 | 9.3-13.8 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 8.4-15.6 | 13.4 | 11.1 | 8.5-14.5 |
Larynx | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.8-2.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.7-5.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0-1.7 |
Lung and bronchus | 70.0 | 36.1 | 32.3-40.3 | 36.6 | 44.6 | 38.2-51.8 | 33.4 | 29.8 | 25.3-35.2 |
Melanoma of the skin | 21.2 | 11.8 | 9.6-14.4 | 12.8 | 16.5 | 12.6-21.3 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 5.8-11.5 |
Female breast | 124.0 | 138.4 | 126.9-150.8 | ||||||
Cervix uteri | 4.2 | 5.3 | 3.2-8.4 | ||||||
Corpus uterus and NOS | 22.4 | 22.6 | 18.4-27.6 | ||||||
Ovary | 9.8 | 12.3 | 8.7-16.8 | ||||||
Prostate | 77.6 | 91.0 | 82.1-100.9 | ||||||
Testis | 2.8 | 6.0 | 3.2-10.1 | ||||||
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) | 34.6 | 17.5 | 14.9-20.5 | 24.8 | 30.0 | 24.9-36.0 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 6.3-11.8 |
Kidney and renal pelvis | 26.0 | 14.2 | 11.7-17.0 | 15.4 | 19.6 | 15.4-24.8 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 7.3-13.4 |
Brain and other central nervous system | 8.4 | 5.8 | 4.0-8.2 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 3.0-8.9 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.1 |
Thyroid | 34.6 | 25.8 | 21.8-30.3 | 9.6 | 14.8 | 10.7-20.0 | 25.0 | 35.8 | 29.3-43.3 |
Hodgkin lymphoma | 3.2 | 3.1 | 1.6-5.2 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 1.6-7.7 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.9-4.9 |
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas | 38.6 | 23.2 | 19.8-27.0 | 16.8 | 23.1 | 18.2-29.0 | 21.8 | 23.6 | 18.9-29.4 |
Myeloma | 14.4 | 8.1 | 6.3-10.5 | 7.2 | 9.7 | 6.7-13.8 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 4.7-9.9 |
Leukemias | 24.2 | 14.4 | 11.7-17.6 | 15.4 | 20.7 | 16.0-26.5 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 6.5-13.3 |
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.