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Table 16.20

Melanoma of the Skin (Invasive)

Age-adjusted Cancer Deatha Rates by State, All Races, 2006-2010

Females

Total U.S. Rate compared to Five Highest and Five Lowest State Rates
State Rate SE Rank PD
TOTAL U.S. 1.71 0.01    
Oregon 2.33 0.15 (01) 36.34c
Colorado 2.22 0.13 (02) 29.36c
Nebraska 2.16 0.21 (03) 25.95c
Oklahoma 2.15 0.14 (04) 25.45c
West Virginia 2.11 0.19 (05) 23.42c
Louisiana 1.39 0.11 (47) -18.84c
Mississippi 1.32 0.13 (48) -22.91c
North Dakota 1.09 0.22 (49) -36.39c
D.C. 1.03 0.25 (50) -39.90c
Hawaii 0.90 0.15 (51) -47.67c
Individual State Rates
State Rate SE Rank PD
Alabama 1.70 0.11 (32) -0.48
Alaska 1.73 0.37 (28) 1.30
Arizona 1.71 0.10 (31) -0.28
Arkansas 1.63 0.14 (36) -4.81
California 1.61 0.04 (37) -6.03
Colorado 2.22 0.13 (02) 29.36c
Connecticut 1.74 0.12 (27) 1.40
Delaware 1.58 0.24 (39) -7.86
D.C. 1.03 0.25 (50) -39.90c
Florida 1.71 0.05 (30) -0.24
Georgia 1.44 0.08 (45) -16.06c
Hawaii 0.90 0.15 (51) -47.67c
Idaho 1.85 0.22 (19) 7.79
Illinois 1.63 0.07 (35) -4.67
Indiana 1.87 0.10 (17) 9.45
Iowa 1.77 0.14 (24) 3.65
Kansas 1.93 0.16 (16) 12.67
Kentucky 2.10 0.13 (07) 22.67c
Louisiana 1.39 0.11 (47) -18.84c
Maine 1.98 0.22 (11) 15.88c
Maryland 1.59 0.10 (38) -6.95
Massachusetts 1.98 0.10 (12) 15.57c
Michigan 1.53 0.07 (41) -10.41
Minnesota 1.50 0.10 (42) -12.52
Mississippi 1.32 0.13 (48) -22.91c
Missouri 1.95 0.11 (15) 13.78
Montana 2.11 0.28 (06) 23.22c
Nebraska 2.16 0.21 (03) 25.95c
Nevada 1.43 0.15 (46) -16.50c
New Hampshire 1.71 0.21 (29) -0.06
New Jersey 1.74 0.08 (26) 1.43
New Mexico 1.82 0.18 (21) 6.25
New York 1.44 0.05 (44) -15.84c
North Carolina 1.97 0.09 (13) 14.90
North Dakota 1.09 0.22 (49) -36.39c
Ohio 1.84 0.07 (20) 7.28
Oklahoma 2.15 0.14 (04) 25.45c
Oregon 2.33 0.15 (01) 36.34c
Pennsylvania 1.85 0.07 (18) 8.09
Rhode Island 1.75 0.23 (25) 2.37
South Carolina 1.47 0.11 (43) -14.37
South Dakota 1.78 0.27 (23) 3.85
Tennessee 1.78 0.10 (22) 4.03
Texas 1.55 0.05 (40) -9.77
Utah 1.96 0.19 (14) 14.50
Vermont 2.07 0.33 (08) 21.16c
Virginia 2.03 0.10 (09) 18.29c
Washington 2.00 0.11 (10) 16.86c
West Virginia 2.11 0.19 (05) 23.42c
Wisconsin 1.64 0.10 (34) -4.24
Wyoming 1.69 0.33 (33) -1.34

Map of U.S. Rates displayed in table above

Footnotes:

a US Mortality Files, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130).

b Difference between state rate and total U.S. rate is statistically significant (p<=.0002).

c Absolute percent difference between state rate and total U.S. rate is 15% or more.

SE Standard error of the rate.

PD Percent difference between state rate and total U.S. rate.

- Statistic not shown. Rate based on less than 16 cases for the time interval.

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