Of those the vast majority, about 13,000 were in men, and about 3,500 were in women. The disease killed about 14,000 people, once again with men being the vast majority, with 11,200 fatal cases compared to 3,000 among women. Worldwide, esophageal cancer is the seventh leading cause of death by cancer.
Map based on Adriaen Block's 1614 expedition to New Netherland, featuring the first use of the name. New Netherland (Dutch: Nieuw-Nederland, Latin: Nova Belgica or Novum Belgium) was a 17th-century colonial province of the Seven United Netherlands that was located on the East Coast of North America.
The inhabitants of New Netherland were European colonists, American Indians, and Africans imported as enslaved laborers. The colony had an estimated population between 7,000 and 8,000 at the time of transfer to England in 1664, half of whom were not of Dutch descent.