Cancer Incidence for Bushwick, Kings (Brooklyn) County, 2015-2019

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 407.6 378.9 362.0-396.3 195.6 419.0 391.2-448.2 212.0 355.1 333.7-377.6
Oral cavity and pharynx 9.0 8.8 6.3-11.8 5.4 12.2 7.9-18.0 3.6 6.1 3.6-9.7
Esophagus 3.6 3.6 2.1-5.7 2.4 5.8 2.8-10.2 1.2 2.1 0.8-4.6
Stomach 13.4 13.2 10.2-16.9 7.0 15.5 10.5-21.9 6.4 11.4 7.8-16.2
Colorectal 35.4 34.8 29.7-40.5 22.0 50.7 41.1-61.8 13.4 23.6 18.2-30.0
Colon excluding rectum 24.4 24.3 20.0-29.1 13.4 30.4 23.1-39.2 11.0 19.7 14.7-25.6
Rectum & rectosigmoid 11.0 10.5 7.8-13.7 8.6 20.3 14.4-27.7 2.4 3.9 2.0-6.9
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 10.8 10.3 7.7-13.5 6.2 13.0 8.6-18.7 4.6 8.0 5.0-12.0
Pancreas 11.6 11.1 8.3-14.4 6.4 14.1 9.4-20.2 5.2 9.0 5.8-13.2
Larynx 1.8 1.6 0.7-3.0 1.2 2.4 0.8-5.4 0.6 0.9 0.2-2.8
Lung and bronchus 40.2 41.4 35.7-47.7 20.6 51.8 41.6-63.4 19.6 34.7 28.0-42.3
Melanoma of the skin 3.8 2.9 1.7-4.7 1.8 2.4 1.0-4.9 2.0 3.2 1.5-6.0
Female breast             58.6 96.6 85.6-108.5
Cervix uteri             7.4 12.3 8.6-17.0
Corpus uterus and NOS             20.4 33.2 27.0-40.5
Ovary             5.2 8.4 5.5-12.4
Prostate       49.6 104.8 91.5-119.4      
Testis       6.4 8.1 5.4-11.8      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 13.6 13.7 10.5-17.4 9.4 24.4 17.5-32.9 4.2 6.9 4.3-10.7
Kidney and renal pelvis 10.2 9.7 7.2-12.8 6.2 13.7 9.1-19.8 4.0 6.9 4.2-10.7
Brain and other central nervous system 6.6 5.8 3.9-8.3 4.6 8.0 4.9-12.5 2.0 3.3 1.6-6.1
Thyroid 17.0 13.4 10.6-16.7 4.8 7.1 4.4-10.9 12.2 19.1 14.5-24.7
Hodgkin lymphoma 3.4 2.5 1.4-4.1 2.4 3.9 1.9-7.1 1.0 1.3 0.4-3.3
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 17.6 15.7 12.5-19.5 9.6 18.8 13.5-25.4 8.0 13.4 9.5-18.3
Myeloma 8.8 9.1 6.6-12.3 3.4 9.2 5.1-15.0 5.4 9.4 6.1-13.7
Leukemias 13.4 11.7 8.9-15.0 7.2 14.1 9.7-19.9 6.2 9.4 6.3-13.5

Notes

  • Incidence data are provisional, November 2021.
  • 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.