Cancer Incidence for Forest Hills & Rego Park, Queens 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 | 733.4 | 425.1 | 410.6-440.0 | 336.0 | 439.3 | 417.8-461.8 | 397.4 | 420.2 | 400.4-440.8 |
| Oral cavity and pharynx | 12.0 | 7.2 | 5.4-9.5 | 6.8 | 9.4 | 6.4-13.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.3-8.2 |
| Esophagus | 5.8 | 2.9 | 1.9-4.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 3.2-8.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.5-3.0 |
| Stomach | 16.4 | 9.4 | 7.4-11.9 | 9.6 | 12.5 | 9.2-16.9 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 4.8-10.4 |
| Colorectal | 63.6 | 35.3 | 31.3-39.6 | 31.6 | 41.7 | 35.3-49.1 | 32.0 | 29.9 | 25.2-35.5 |
| Colon excluding rectum | 44.2 | 24.3 | 21.1-27.9 | 20.6 | 27.0 | 22.0-33.0 | 23.6 | 22.2 | 18.2-27.2 |
| Rectum & rectosigmoid | 19.4 | 11.0 | 8.8-13.6 | 11.0 | 14.7 | 10.9-19.4 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 5.4-10.8 |
| Liver / intrahepatic bile duct | 13.4 | 7.1 | 5.4-9.3 | 8.6 | 10.1 | 7.3-14.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 2.8-7.6 |
| Pancreas | 24.0 | 12.2 | 10.1-14.8 | 10.6 | 13.5 | 10.0-18.0 | 13.4 | 11.1 | 8.5-14.5 |
| Larynx | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.9-2.9 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.1-6.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0-1.7 |
| Lung and bronchus | 73.8 | 38.9 | 34.9-43.3 | 36.6 | 45.5 | 39.0-52.8 | 37.2 | 34.2 | 29.3-40.0 |
| Melanoma of the skin | 21.4 | 12.0 | 9.8-14.7 | 12.8 | 16.7 | 12.8-21.6 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.8 |
| Female breast | 120.8 | 136.9 | 125.4-149.2 | ||||||
| Cervix uteri | 5.0 | 6.1 | 3.9-9.4 | ||||||
| Corpus uterus and NOS | 21.8 | 22.0 | 17.9-26.9 | ||||||
| Ovary | 9.0 | 9.9 | 7.1-13.7 | ||||||
| Prostate | 77.4 | 93.2 | 84.0-103.3 | ||||||
| Testis | 2.6 | 5.0 | 2.6-8.8 | ||||||
| Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) | 33.2 | 17.1 | 14.6-20.1 | 24.4 | 30.0 | 24.9-36.1 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 5.7-11.1 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 26.2 | 14.7 | 12.2-17.6 | 14.4 | 18.8 | 14.6-24.0 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 8.6-15.3 |
| Brain and other central nervous system | 8.2 | 5.8 | 4.0-8.3 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 3.6-10.1 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 3.0-9.1 |
| Thyroid | 37.8 | 27.9 | 23.8-32.5 | 10.0 | 15.1 | 11.0-20.2 | 27.8 | 39.8 | 32.9-47.6 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1.7-5.5 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 1.7-8.3 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.9-4.8 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphomas | 39.4 | 23.5 | 20.1-27.3 | 18.8 | 25.8 | 20.7-32.0 | 20.6 | 22.0 | 17.5-27.5 |
| Myeloma | 15.6 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.4 | 7.8 | 10.7 | 7.5-15.0 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 5.3-10.7 |
| Leukemias | 25.4 | 15.1 | 12.4-18.4 | 15.4 | 21.1 | 16.4-26.9 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 7.4-14.4 |
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.
