View various types of environmental facilities, cancer counts and other map layers
Opens and closes the left panel.
or Full-Extent - return map to starting point
or Go back or forward to view states of the map you previously viewed.
Change the base Map (Roads, Aerial, topography, etc)
View areas of higher or lower than expected cancer incidence for different types of cancer
Search for environmental facilities, by address or name
Locate a street address
Print a copy of the map.
Toggles Help Tab (where you are now)
Zoom to New York State
Zoom to New York City
Refresh or Reset the map - (Returns you to the state of the map at intial load)
Finding cancer counts in particular area
Select the "5-Year Cancer Counts" map layer; search for the address or zoom in on the area of interest; click on the area (areas are outlined in orange)
Finding areas of high or low cancer incidence
Select the "Cancer Highlighted Areas" layer and then select the type of cancer.
It means there are more or fewer cancers in the area than would occur if people got cancer as often as people in the state as a whole. For more information click the "More FAQs" link below.
Above Expected: - A pink highlighted area indicates that there were at least 50% more cases of cancer actually observed than were expected.
Below Expected: - A blue highlighted area means that there were at least 50% more cases expected than were actually observed.
No. Your risk of getting cancer depends on many things including your age, lifestyle (smoking, diet), family history, and contact you have had with cancer causing agents (sunlight, X-rays, tobacco smoke, some chemicals).
Cancer risk is primarily based on individual risk factors.
Research suggests that at least 40% of all cancers are due to lifestyle factors such as tobacco use, diet, physical inactivity, and alcohol use. Other important individual risk factors are age, workplace exposures, family history and personal medical history, including radiation exposure and infections. Individual risk factors affect people over their lifetime, and when people move, they carry their individual risks with them.
Cancer is a very common disease.
In New York State, one out of every two men, and one of every three women, will be diagnosed with cancer at some time in their lives.
There are actions you can take to reduce your risk of getting cancer.
Changing your lifestyle by quitting smoking, eating a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight, limiting alcohol use and exercising regularly may significantly reduce your risk. Additional information on reducing risk for specific types of cancer is available at Learn More About Different Types of Cancers.
Talk with your health care provider about recommended cancer screenings.
Getting Screening Tests regularly may find certain cancers early, when treatment is likely to work best.