Incidence of Health Problems: Cancer by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Incidence of Health Problems: Cancer across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill (12.5%). Lowest: Bushwick (West) (3.1%). New York City avg: 5.8%. Data: 2023.
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Incidence of Health Problems: Cancer · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2023

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New York City citywide · Incidence of Health Problems: Cancer 5.8%
Highest neighborhood Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill: 12.5%
Lowest neighborhood Bushwick (West): 3.1%

Note: Cancer is defined as reporting that they have ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that they had melanoma or another cancer, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer.

Universe: Adult population (Age 18+) · Geography: Census Tract · Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES (2023 BRFSS; 2019–2023 ACS)

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Min 3% 25th pct 5% Median 5% 75th pct 7% Max 13%

Neighborhood ranking: Incidence of Health Problems: Cancer

#1 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 12.5%+6.7 pts
#2 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 10.2%+4.4 pts
#3 Bay Terrace-Clearview 10%+4.2 pts
#4 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 9.7%+3.9 pts
#5 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 9.6%+3.8 pts
#6 Brighton Beach 9.6%+3.8 pts
#7 Upper West Side (Central) 9.6%+3.8 pts
#8 Coney Island-Sea Gate 9.3%+3.5 pts
#9 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 9.3%+3.5 pts
#10 Great Kills-Eltingville 9.2%+3.4 pts
#11 Oakwood-Richmondtown 9.1%+3.3 pts
#12 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 9.1%+3.3 pts
#13 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 9%+3.2 pts
#14 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 9%+3.2 pts
#15 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 8.8%+3 pts
#16 Whitestone-Beechhurst 8.8%+3 pts
#17 Tottenville-Charleston 8.5%+2.7 pts
#18 Middle Village 8.5%+2.7 pts
#19 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 8.5%+2.7 pts
#20 Douglaston-Little Neck 8.4%+2.6 pts
#21 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 8.3%+2.5 pts
#22 Arden Heights-Rossville 8.1%+2.3 pts
#23 Upper East Side-Yorkville 8.1%+2.3 pts
#24 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 8.1%+2.3 pts
#25 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 8%+2.2 pts
#26 New Dorp-Midland Beach 8%+2.2 pts
#27 Forest Hills 8%+2.1 pts
#28 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 7.9%+2.1 pts
#29 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 7.9%+2.1 pts
#30 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 7.8%+2 pts
#31 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 7.8%+2 pts
#32 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 7.7%+1.9 pts
#33 West Village 7.7%+1.9 pts
#34 Spring Creek-Starrett City 7.6%+1.8 pts
#35 Madison 7.6%+1.8 pts
#36 Greenwich Village 7.6%+1.8 pts
#37 Midwood 7.4%+1.6 pts
#38 Midtown-Times Square 7.4%+1.6 pts
#39 Gravesend (South) 7.4%+1.6 pts
#40 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 7.4%+1.6 pts
#41 Bay Ridge 7.2%+1.4 pts
#42 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 7.2%+1.4 pts
#43 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 7.1%+1.3 pts
#44 Brooklyn Heights 7.1%+1.3 pts
#45 Co-op City 6.9%+1.1 pts
#46 Rego Park 6.9%+1.1 pts
#47 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 6.9%+1.1 pts
#48 Glendale 6.9%+1.1 pts
#49 Kew Gardens 6.8%+1 pts
#50 Auburndale 6.8%+1 pts
#51 Maspeth 6.8%+1 pts
#52 Bayside 6.7%+0.9 pts
#53 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 6.7%+0.9 pts
#54 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 6.6%+0.8 pts
#55 Morris Park 6.6%+0.8 pts
#56 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 6.5%+0.7 pts
#57 Gramercy 6.5%+0.7 pts
#58 Kew Gardens Hills 6.5%+0.7 pts
#59 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 6.5%+0.7 pts
#60 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 6.4%+0.6 pts
#61 Pelham Gardens 6.4%+0.6 pts
#62 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 6.2%+0.4 pts
#63 Bath Beach 6.2%+0.4 pts
#64 Washington Heights (North) 6.2%+0.4 pts
#65 Park Slope 6.2%+0.4 pts
#66 Cambria Heights 6.1%+0.3 pts
#67 Tribeca-Civic Center 6.1%+0.3 pts
#68 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 6.1%+0.3 pts
#69 Bellerose 6.1%+0.3 pts
#70 Gravesend (West) 6%+0.2 pts
#71 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 6%+0.2 pts
#72 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 6%+0.2 pts
#73 Lower East Side 6%+0.2 pts
#74 Dyker Heights 6%+0.2 pts
#75 St. George-New Brighton 5.9%+0.1 pts
#76 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 5.9%+0 pts
#77 Borough Park 5.8%+0 pts
#78 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 5.8%+0 pts
#79 Inwood 5.8%+0 pts
#80 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 5.8%0 pts
#81 Hell's Kitchen 5.8%-0 pts
#82 Laurelton 5.7%-0.1 pts
#83 Kensington 5.7%-0.1 pts
#84 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 5.6%-0.2 pts
#85 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 5.6%-0.2 pts
#86 Flatlands 5.6%-0.2 pts
#87 Bensonhurst 5.5%-0.3 pts
#88 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 5.5%-0.3 pts
#89 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 5.5%-0.3 pts
#90 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 5.5%-0.3 pts
#91 College Point 5.5%-0.3 pts
#92 East Harlem (South) 5.5%-0.3 pts
#93 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 5.4%-0.4 pts
#94 Wakefield-Woodlawn 5.4%-0.4 pts
#95 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 5.4%-0.4 pts
#96 East Flatbush-Farragut 5.4%-0.4 pts
#97 South Williamsburg 5.4%-0.4 pts
#98 Ozone Park 5.4%-0.4 pts
#99 Chinatown-Two Bridges 5.4%-0.4 pts
#100 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 5.3%-0.5 pts
#101 Queens Village 5.3%-0.5 pts
#102 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 5.3%-0.5 pts
#103 Washington Heights (South) 5.3%-0.5 pts
#104 St. Albans 5.3%-0.5 pts
#105 Astoria (Central) 5.3%-0.6 pts
#106 South Ozone Park 5.2%-0.6 pts
#107 Jackson Heights 5.2%-0.6 pts
#108 Allerton 5.2%-0.6 pts
#109 East Village 5.2%-0.6 pts
#110 Sunnyside 5.2%-0.6 pts
#111 Hollis 5.2%-0.6 pts
#112 Rosedale 5.2%-0.6 pts
#113 East Flatbush-Rugby 5.1%-0.7 pts
#114 Harlem (South) 5.1%-0.7 pts
#115 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 5.1%-0.7 pts
#116 Ridgewood 5.1%-0.7 pts
#117 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 5.1%-0.8 pts
#118 Prospect Heights 5%-0.8 pts
#119 Morningside Heights 5%-0.8 pts
#120 Greenpoint 5%-0.8 pts
#121 Crown Heights (South) 5%-0.8 pts
#122 Canarsie 5%-0.8 pts
#123 East Flushing 5%-0.8 pts
#124 East Harlem (North) 5%-0.9 pts
#125 Richmond Hill 5%-0.9 pts
#126 Woodhaven 4.9%-0.9 pts
#127 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 4.9%-0.9 pts
#128 Port Richmond 4.9%-0.9 pts
#129 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 4.9%-0.9 pts
#130 Harlem (North) 4.9%-0.9 pts
#131 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 4.9%-0.9 pts
#132 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 4.9%-0.9 pts
#133 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 4.9%-0.9 pts
#134 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 4.8%-1 pts
#135 Woodside 4.8%-1 pts
#136 Baisley Park 4.8%-1 pts
#137 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 4.8%-1.1 pts
#138 Fort Greene 4.7%-1.1 pts
#139 Soundview-Clason Point 4.7%-1.1 pts
#140 Flushing-Willets Point 4.7%-1.1 pts
#141 Parkchester 4.7%-1.2 pts
#142 East Flatbush-Erasmus 4.6%-1.2 pts
#143 Financial District-Battery Park City 4.6%-1.2 pts
#144 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 4.6%-1.2 pts
#145 Manhattanville-West Harlem 4.6%-1.2 pts
#146 Flatbush 4.6%-1.2 pts
#147 South Jamaica 4.5%-1.3 pts
#148 Queensboro Hill 4.5%-1.3 pts
#149 South Richmond Hill 4.5%-1.3 pts
#150 Concourse-Concourse Village 4.5%-1.3 pts
#151 Williamsbridge-Olinville 4.5%-1.3 pts
#152 Ozone Park (North) 4.5%-1.3 pts
#153 East New York-New Lots 4.4%-1.4 pts
#154 Jamaica 4.4%-1.4 pts
#155 Clinton Hill 4.4%-1.4 pts
#156 Westchester Square 4.4%-1.4 pts
#157 University Heights (North)-Fordham 4.4%-1.4 pts
#158 Castle Hill-Unionport 4.4%-1.4 pts
#159 East Elmhurst 4.3%-1.5 pts
#160 East Williamsburg 4.3%-1.5 pts
#161 West Farms 4.3%-1.5 pts
#162 Bedford Park 4.3%-1.5 pts
#163 Brownsville 4.3%-1.5 pts
#164 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 4.2%-1.6 pts
#165 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 4.2%-1.6 pts
#166 Tremont 4.2%-1.6 pts
#167 Ocean Hill 4.2%-1.7 pts
#168 Longwood 4.2%-1.7 pts
#169 Melrose 4.1%-1.7 pts
#170 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 4.1%-1.7 pts
#171 Crown Heights (North) 4.1%-1.7 pts
#172 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 4.1%-1.7 pts
#173 Crotona Park East 4.1%-1.7 pts
#174 Norwood 4.1%-1.7 pts
#175 Corona 4.1%-1.7 pts
#176 Sunset Park (West) 4.1%-1.7 pts
#177 Highbridge 4.1%-1.7 pts
#178 Mott Haven-Port Morris 4.1%-1.7 pts
#179 East New York (North) 4%-1.8 pts
#180 Elmhurst 4%-1.8 pts
#181 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 4%-1.8 pts
#182 East New York-City Line 4%-1.8 pts
#183 Cypress Hills 3.9%-1.9 pts
#184 Hunts Point 3.9%-1.9 pts
#185 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 3.9%-1.9 pts
#186 Morrisania 3.9%-1.9 pts
#187 Mount Hope 3.9%-1.9 pts
#188 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 3.8%-2 pts
#189 Williamsburg 3.7%-2.1 pts
#190 Bushwick (East) 3.7%-2.1 pts
#191 Fordham Heights 3.7%-2.1 pts
#192 Belmont 3.7%-2.2 pts
#193 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 3.6%-2.2 pts
#194 Sunset Park (Central) 3.4%-2.4 pts
#195 Long Island City-Hunters Point 3.3%-2.5 pts
#196 North Corona 3.2%-2.6 pts
#197 Bushwick (West) 3.1%-2.7 pts
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