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
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.