Cancers in Albany County, compared to expected Cancers
Some of the spikes in cancer are due to the small populations of the town, where one cancer case can quickly spike above what the state-wide average would suggest for a similar demographic.
| Cancers compared to expected cancer levels based on age/gender demographics in Albany County | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Municipality | Bladder | Bone | Brain | Breast | Colorectal | Esophagus | Kidney | Larynx | Leukemias | Liver | Lung | Mesothelioma | Nasal | NHL | Oral | Other | Ovary | Pancreas | Prostate | Soft_Tissue | Stomach | Testis | Thyroid | Uterus | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany city | 19% | −38% | −18% | 11% | 5% | 32% | 6% | 44% | −6% | 67% | 26% | −7% | −10% | 7% | −4% | 19% | −4% | 10% | −4% | −7% | 6% | 15% | −36% | −10% | 9% |
| Berne town | −3% | −100% | 110% | 5% | 1% | 32% | 32% | −76% | 3% | −5% | 8% | −100% | −34% | 3% | −4% | 16% | −22% | −39% | −16% | 50% | −15% | 55% | 7% | 34% | 3% |
| Bethlehem town | 33% | −11% | −6% | 21% | −16% | 11% | 29% | −0% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 63% | −27% | 13% | 23% | 20% | 6% | 13% | −4% | −22% | −12% | 45% | 1% | −21% | 9% |
| Coeymans town | 26% | 53% | −0% | −4% | 3% | −6% | 39% | −12% | −15% | −5% | 68% | −28% | −7% | 42% | 80% | 17% | −68% | 23% | −12% | 24% | −32% | 66% | 23% | −3% | 15% |
| Cohoes city | 37% | −100% | −16% | −6% | 11% | 10% | 39% | −5% | −7% | 12% | 58% | −49% | 98% | 20% | −27% | −9% | −4% | −29% | −3% | −30% | −52% | 32% | −28% | 9% | 6% |
| Colonie town | 19% | −46% | −4% | 7% | 3% | −22% | −2% | 10% | 10% | −14% | 16% | −26% | −50% | 14% | 9% | 11% | −12% | −1% | −8% | −25% | −22% | 3% | −5% | −6% | 4% |
| Green Island town | 60% | −100% | −19% | −11% | 45% | −5% | 37% | 27% | −19% | 61% | 81% | −1% | 21% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 27% | −20% | 3% | 1% | −40% | 30% | −33% | 19% | 17% |
| Guilderland town | 27% | −78% | 32% | 15% | −17% | 28% | −1% | −23% | −14% | −25% | 6% | 45% | −20% | −9% | −10% | 6% | −9% | −8% | −9% | −27% | −1% | −15% | −2% | 9% | 1% |
| Knox town | −20% | −100% | 77% | 39% | −0% | 69% | 9% | −73% | 2% | 47% | −15% | 135% | −28% | −25% | 6% | 13% | −49% | −32% | −22% | 32% | 32% | 9% | 2% | 46% | 3% |
| New Scotland town | 34% | −47% | 30% | 24% | 15% | 21% | 15% | −3% | 9% | −21% | 2% | 102% | 27% | −7% | 45% | 18% | −50% | −15% | −9% | 14% | −32% | 90% | 15% | −4% | 9% |
| Rensselaerville town | 25% | −100% | 35% | −6% | 4% | −50% | −3% | −67% | −10% | −49% | 37% | −100% | −8% | 9% | −4% | 30% | 31% | −73% | −12% | 189% | −29% | 133% | −43% | −7% | 3% |
| Watervliet city | 54% | −100% | 10% | 19% | 21% | 2% | 0% | 40% | 0% | 38% | 56% | −14% | −45% | 0% | 40% | 8% | −22% | 18% | −1% | 35% | 6% | −19% | −23% | −27% | 15% |
| Westerlo town | −4% | −100% | 98% | 9% | −0% | 71% | −11% | −75% | −27% | −52% | 22% | 1% | −100% | 4% | 25% | 26% | −5% | −60% | −14% | 143% | −25% | 171% | 17% | 2% | 5% |
| Andy Arthur, 12/23/22. NYS Cancer Mapping Project, aggregated to town level. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||