Cancer Incidence for Bedford-Stuyvesant, 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 491.4 410.2 393.7-427.2 228.6 459.0 431.4-487.8 262.8 379.9 359.3-401.4
Oral cavity and pharynx 10.0 8.2 6.1-10.9 6.6 12.9 8.7-18.3 3.4 4.7 2.7-7.6
Esophagus 5.2 4.3 2.8-6.4 3.0 5.7 3.1-9.5 2.2 3.2 1.6-5.8
Stomach 8.0 7.6 5.4-10.4 5.0 11.8 7.5-17.6 3.0 4.8 2.7-8.0
Colorectal 41.2 35.1 30.3-40.3 19.6 40.7 32.6-50.0 21.6 31.2 25.6-37.8
Colon excluding rectum 30.0 25.8 21.7-30.3 13.8 28.5 21.9-36.5 16.2 23.9 18.9-29.7
Rectum & rectosigmoid 11.2 9.3 7.0-12.1 5.8 12.1 8.0-17.6 5.4 7.4 4.8-10.8
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 13.0 10.3 7.9-13.2 8.4 15.8 11.2-21.7 4.6 6.5 4.1-9.8
Pancreas 14.2 12.0 9.3-15.2 6.2 13.0 8.6-18.7 8.0 11.5 8.2-15.7
Larynx 4.8 3.8 2.4-5.8 3.0 6.3 3.4-10.5 1.8 2.3 1.0-4.4
Lung and bronchus 49.0 43.0 37.6-48.9 23.8 52.4 43.0-63.1 25.2 37.2 30.8-44.4
Melanoma of the skin 2.4 1.9 1.0-3.4 0.6 1.1 0.2-3.4 1.8 2.5 1.1-4.8
Female breast             77.6 113.2 102.0-125.2
Cervix uteri             6.0 8.4 5.6-12.0
Corpus uterus and NOS             23.0 32.5 26.8-39.2
Ovary             5.8 8.4 5.6-12.1
Prostate       78.2 154.4 138.8-171.1      
Testis       3.6 5.3 3.1-8.5      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 11.6 10.5 7.9-13.7 7.8 17.5 12.2-24.2 3.8 6.1 3.6-9.5
Kidney and renal pelvis 18.0 14.7 11.8-18.2 10.8 20.4 15.2-26.9 7.2 10.3 7.2-14.4
Brain and other central nervous system 5.6 4.3 2.9-6.3 3.0 6.0 3.2-10.1 2.6 3.4 1.8-5.9
Thyroid 14.2 10.9 8.5-13.9 2.2 4.3 2.1-7.8 12.0 16.2 12.3-21.0
Hodgkin lymphoma 4.2 3.1 1.9-4.8 2.0 3.1 1.5-5.9 2.2 3.0 1.4-5.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 16.0 12.8 10.1-16.0 8.2 16.1 11.3-22.1 7.8 10.5 7.4-14.4
Myeloma 15.0 13.6 10.6-17.1 7.8 17.3 12.1-24.0 7.2 10.9 7.6-15.1
Leukemias 13.8 11.2 8.6-14.3 7.6 14.3 9.9-19.9 6.2 8.9 6.0-12.6

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.