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Table 16.21

Melanoma of the Skin (Invasive)

United States Cancer Prevalence Estimates

Estimated United States Cancer Prevalence Counts a on January 1, 2010
By Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Years Since Diagnosis
Race/Ethnicity Sex Years Since Diagnosis Completeh
0 to <5 5 to <10 10 to <15 15 to <20 20 to <25 25 to <30 0 to <18e 0 to <35e >=35g
All Races b Both Sexes 276,312 198,547 148,808 102,930 77,036 50,041 726,597 884,259 37,521 921,780
Males 148,749 101,316 73,983 50,016 33,809 20,557 374,064 440,298 12,242 452,540
Females 127,563 97,231 74,825 52,914 43,227 29,484 352,533 443,961 25,279 469,240
White b Both Sexes 266,098 192,097 143,074 98,849 73,365 48,596 700,118 851,305 35,396 886,701
Males 143,731 98,225 71,149 48,246 32,417 19,982 361,352 425,076 11,666 436,742
Females 122,367 93,872 71,925 50,603 40,948 28,614 338,766 426,229 23,730 449,959
Black b Both Sexes 1,095 636 639 324 257 98 2,694 3,148 107 3,255
Males 462 320 275 146 56 25 1,203 1,323 44 1,367
Females 633 316 364 178 201 73 1,491 1,825 63 1,888
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 709 553 310 + + + 1,700 + + +
Males 338 238 128 + + + 764 + + +
Females 371 315 182 + + + 936 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 4,721 3,527 2,598 + + + 10,847 + + +
Males 1,951 1,179 885 + + + 4,016 + + +
Females 2,770 2,348 1,713 + + + 6,831 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2010, of the SEER 11 population diagnosed in the previous 18 years
By Age at Prevalence, Race/Ethnicity and Sex
Race/Ethnicity Sex Age Specific (Crude) Age-Adjustedf
All Ages 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ All Ages
All Races c Both Sexes 0.1669% 0.0004% 0.0033% 0.0289% 0.0934% 0.1823% 0.2918% 0.4392% 0.5380% 0.5894% 0.1623%
Males 0.1777% 0.0003% 0.0028% 0.0184% 0.0672% 0.1530% 0.3037% 0.5527% 0.7612% 0.9293% 0.1868%
Females 0.1565% 0.0006% 0.0038% 0.0398% 0.1197% 0.2112% 0.2804% 0.3366% 0.3599% 0.3926% 0.1463%
White c Both Sexes 0.2165% 0.0005% 0.0041% 0.0380% 0.1230% 0.2344% 0.3699% 0.5437% 0.6664% 0.6972% 0.2035%
Males 0.2287% 0.0004% 0.0034% 0.0239% 0.0863% 0.1931% 0.3792% 0.6753% 0.9327% 1.0960% 0.2295%
Females 0.2044% 0.0006% 0.0048% 0.0530% 0.1615% 0.2768% 0.3608% 0.4211% 0.4486% 0.4647% 0.1874%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0054% - - 0.0014% 0.0031% 0.0062% 0.0069% 0.0194% 0.0264% 0.0350% 0.0066%
Males 0.0052% - - - 0.0018% 0.0049% 0.0071% 0.0210% 0.0360% 0.0626% 0.0077%
Females 0.0055% - - 0.0018% 0.0041% 0.0074% 0.0067% 0.0182% 0.0198% 0.0219% 0.0061%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0104% - 0.0016% 0.0020% 0.0062% 0.0130% 0.0143% 0.0278% 0.0286% 0.0468% 0.0104%
Males 0.0099% - 0.0022% 0.0017% 0.0052% 0.0088% 0.0142% 0.0305% 0.0354% 0.0616% 0.0106%
Females 0.0109% - - 0.0024% 0.0071% 0.0168% 0.0143% 0.0255% 0.0234% 0.0377% 0.0104%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0223% - 0.0011% 0.0047% 0.0165% 0.0365% 0.0615% 0.0828% 0.1107% 0.1537% 0.0336%
Males 0.0162% - 0.0012% 0.0024% 0.0089% 0.0220% 0.0452% 0.0682% 0.1284% 0.2032% 0.0300%
Females 0.0286% - 0.0011% 0.0072% 0.0246% 0.0515% 0.0770% 0.0951% 0.0977% 0.1244% 0.0382%

Footnotes:

a US 2010 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2010 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2010 US population estimates based on the average of 2009 and 2010 population estimates from the US Bureau of the Census. Prevalence was calculated using the First Malignant Primary Only for a person.

b Statistics based on SEER 9 Areas.

c Statistics based on SEER 11 Areas and Rural Georgia

d Statistics based on NHIA for Hispanic for SEER 11 Areas and Rural Georgia.

e Maximum limited-duration prevalence: 35 years for 1975-2010 SEER 9 data; 18 years for 1992-2010 SEER 11 data (used to calculate prevalence for Hispanics and Asian Pacific Islanders).

f Percentages are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Standard Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130) by 5-year age groups.

g Cases diagnosed more than 35 years ago were estimated using the completeness index method (Capocaccia et. al. 1997, Merrill et. al. 2000).

h Complete prevalence is obtained by summing 0 to <35 and >=35.

i Age-specific completeness index was approximated using empirical data from historical Connecticut tumor registry.

- Statistic not shown. Statistic based on fewer than 5 cases estimated alive in SEER for the time interval.

+ Not available.

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