Cancer Incidence for Chinatown & Lower East Side, New York (Manhattan) 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 847.6 405.6 393.2-418.4 424.0 451.1 431.9-471.0 423.6 380.9 364.0-398.3
Oral cavity and pharynx 26.8 13.2 11.0-15.7 17.0 18.3 14.6-22.8 9.8 9.0 6.5-12.1
Esophagus 7.0 3.1 2.2-4.4 6.0 6.2 4.2-9.0 1.0 0.7 0.2-2.0
Stomach 30.0 13.5 11.4-16.0 20.4 21.5 17.5-26.2 9.6 7.3 5.3-9.9
Colorectal 74.2 34.8 31.2-38.6 36.4 38.8 33.3-44.9 37.8 32.2 27.6-37.4
Colon excluding rectum 48.4 22.4 19.6-25.5 22.0 23.3 19.1-28.2 26.4 22.0 18.3-26.4
Rectum & rectosigmoid 25.8 12.4 10.3-14.8 14.4 15.4 12.1-19.6 11.4 10.1 7.6-13.3
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct 37.6 17.4 14.9-20.1 25.2 26.4 22.0-31.6 12.4 9.7 7.4-12.6
Pancreas 27.6 12.4 10.4-14.7 13.2 13.9 10.7-17.8 14.4 11.0 8.5-14.1
Larynx 6.6 3.1 2.1-4.4 4.8 5.2 3.3-7.9 1.8 1.4 0.6-2.9
Lung and bronchus 122.0 55.0 50.7-59.7 65.4 69.0 61.7-77.0 56.6 44.8 39.6-50.7
Melanoma of the skin 17.2 8.6 6.8-10.7 9.6 10.2 7.5-13.7 7.6 7.1 4.9-10.0
Female breast             103.4 99.3 90.6-108.7
Cervix uteri             7.4 7.4 5.1-10.4
Corpus uterus and NOS             27.8 26.6 22.2-31.7
Ovary             9.8 9.3 6.8-12.6
Prostate       82.2 85.7 77.6-94.5      
Testis       6.0 5.9 3.9-8.6      
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) 30.2 13.5 11.4-15.9 23.2 24.6 20.3-29.6 7.0 5.3 3.6-7.6
Kidney and renal pelvis 28.6 14.8 12.4-17.6 18.2 20.1 16.1-24.9 10.4 10.8 7.9-14.5
Brain and other central nervous system 9.8 5.6 4.0-7.5 5.4 6.8 4.4-10.1 4.4 4.4 2.6-7.0
Thyroid 45.6 24.6 21.5-28.2 13.6 15.3 11.8-19.5 32.0 34.2 28.9-40.2
Hodgkin lymphoma 4.8 2.4 1.5-3.6 2.6 2.5 1.3-4.5 2.2 2.1 1.0-3.9
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas 35.6 17.1 14.6-19.9 17.2 18.6 14.8-23.0 18.4 16.1 12.9-20.0
Myeloma 13.2 6.0 4.6-7.7 7.0 7.5 5.2-10.6 6.2 4.8 3.2-7.0
Leukemias 23.2 11.4 9.3-13.8 12.4 13.7 10.4-17.7 10.8 9.9 7.2-13.3

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.