Statistics - Lymphoma in Staten Island and NYC

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Statistics - Lymphoma in Staten Island and NYC

Advocacy > Lymphoma Statistics > Staten Island

Last Updated: 02/06/2004

Comparing Annual Incidence of NHL | Plotting the Numbers | Resources

Comparing Annual Incidence of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
	Males	Females
Staten Island	27.2	18.3	Highest incidence rate per 100,000 than any state in the SEER registry. **
USA - all	23.4	15.8	Average in USA *
USA - Highest	26.6	17.3	SF & Oakland / Connecticut respectively *
USA - Lowest	14.8	12.5	New Mexico / New Mexico respectively *
* SEER Incidence Age-Adjusted Rates, 9 Registries, 1973-2000 (per 100,000) - age-adjusted to 2000 US standard populations. - SEER Database ** New York State Cancer Registry - Cancer Incidence and Mortality by County Cancer Incidence and Mortality by Borough, New York State , 1996-2000 Incidence data are provisional, January 2003 - Health.state.ny.us

Plotting the numbers:

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Resources on Staten Island Risk Factors:

	PETITIONED PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT Fresh Kills & Cancer http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/freshkills/fkl_p2.html
	CITY REVEALS RESULTS OF CANCER INCIDENCE STUDY ON STATEN ISLAND http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/public/presarc/pr16-496.html
	Incidence Tables for NY: http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/cancer/cancer.htm
	Richmond (SI) incidence for all cancers including NHL and Hodgkin's: http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/cancer/nyc.pdf \| PDF-Help
	Margrit Kaminsky - Cancer incidence on Staten Island in relation to the Landfills http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/as/ces/abs1.htm "The study also found statistically significant elevations of 10 to 55% in the incidence of the following cancers on Staten Island as a whole: pharynx, colon, lung, bladder, larynx in men; and pharynx, colon, lung, breast, bladder, lymphoma in women."

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