STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — South Shore residents are diagnosed with cancer at a higher rate than those living elsewhere on Staten Island, but one potential reasoning suggests it has less to do with where people live and more to do with who’s living there.
A surface-level analysis of data from the New York State Cancer Registry indicates that Staten Island has a higher cancer rate than Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens or the Bronx, but a deeper dive reveals disparities within the borough itself.
The Advance/SILive.com analyzed data from the New York State Cancer Registry to see how the borough’s cancer rates vary across the North Shore, South Shore and Mid-Island…