Cancer Incidence for Astoria & Long Island City, Queens County, 2016-2020
Source: New York State Cancer Registry
Site of Cancer | Males and Females | Males | Females | ||||||
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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 | 788.4 | 408.4 | 395.5-421.6 | 385.6 | 445.6 | 425.5-466.4 | 402.8 | 392.3 | 374.8-410.5 |
Oral cavity and pharynx | 16.8 | 8.7 | 6.9-10.9 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 9.0-15.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.0-8.8 |
Esophagus | 6.6 | 3.4 | 2.3-4.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 3.8-8.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.5-2.9 |
Stomach | 22.0 | 11.3 | 9.3-13.7 | 12.6 | 15.0 | 11.5-19.3 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 6.3-11.6 |
Colorectal | 69.0 | 35.3 | 31.6-39.3 | 38.0 | 43.7 | 37.6-50.5 | 31.0 | 28.7 | 24.3-33.8 |
Colon excluding rectum | 48.4 | 24.7 | 21.6-28.1 | 25.0 | 28.8 | 23.9-34.5 | 23.4 | 21.5 | 17.7-25.9 |
Rectum & rectosigmoid | 20.6 | 10.6 | 8.6-13.0 | 13.0 | 14.9 | 11.4-19.1 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 5.0-10.0 |
Liver / intrahepatic bile duct | 20.4 | 10.2 | 8.3-12.4 | 15.4 | 17.5 | 13.7-21.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 2.9-6.9 |
Pancreas | 23.4 | 11.9 | 9.8-14.3 | 10.4 | 12.1 | 9.0-15.9 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 8.8-14.8 |
Larynx | 4.8 | 2.4 | 1.5-3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.3-6.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4-2.7 |
Lung and bronchus | 84.8 | 43.2 | 39.2-47.6 | 45.6 | 54.9 | 48.0-62.7 | 39.2 | 35.2 | 30.4-40.7 |
Melanoma of the skin | 15.4 | 7.5 | 5.9-9.5 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 5.6-11.1 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 5.2-10.3 |
Female breast | 115.8 | 119.9 | 110.0-130.5 | ||||||
Cervix uteri | 10.0 | 11.0 | 8.1-14.6 | ||||||
Corpus uterus and NOS | 27.4 | 25.6 | 21.4-30.5 | ||||||
Ovary | 10.8 | 10.4 | 7.7-13.8 | ||||||
Prostate | 86.0 | 96.1 | 87.1-105.8 | ||||||
Testis | 7.8 | 6.6 | 4.6-9.3 | ||||||
Urinary bladder (incl. in situ) | 35.0 | 18.2 | 15.6-21.1 | 27.2 | 33.8 | 28.3-40.0 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 4.9-9.6 |
Kidney and renal pelvis | 25.0 | 13.3 | 11.1-16.0 | 16.2 | 18.4 | 14.6-23.0 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.2-11.8 |
Brain and other central nervous system | 10.8 | 6.2 | 4.6-8.2 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 5.5-11.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 2.7-7.1 |
Thyroid | 38.0 | 20.3 | 17.4-23.6 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.8 | 30.2 | 32.5 | 27.2-38.4 |
Hodgkin lymphoma | 6.6 | 4.0 | 2.7-5.7 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 3.6-8.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.0-4.3 |
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas | 39.0 | 20.1 | 17.3-23.3 | 23.0 | 26.6 | 21.9-32.1 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 11.3-18.1 |
Myeloma | 13.6 | 6.9 | 5.4-8.8 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 4.5-9.8 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 4.9-9.6 |
Leukemias | 24.2 | 12.9 | 10.7-15.6 | 13.6 | 16.5 | 12.7-21.1 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 7.6-13.6 |
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.