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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, 2011
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 <19e 0 to <36e >=36g
All Races b Both Sexes 282,028 208,237 155,229 107,755 79,776 53,373 771,284 924,397 35,834 960,231
Males 151,313 105,989 77,824 52,347 35,218 22,168 395,832 459,686 11,534 471,220
Females 130,715 102,248 77,405 55,408 44,558 31,205 375,452 464,711 24,300 489,011
White b Both Sexes 270,630 201,635 149,586 103,407 76,509 51,407 742,777 889,700 33,779 923,479
Males 145,767 102,885 74,988 50,377 34,052 21,320 382,176 443,630 10,979 454,609
Females 124,863 98,750 74,598 53,030 42,457 30,087 360,601 446,070 22,800 468,870
Black b Both Sexes 1,123 658 572 428 265 124 2,836 3,280 102 3,382
Males 477 277 262 240 59 25 1,269 1,378 43 1,421
Females 646 381 310 188 206 99 1,567 1,902 59 1,961
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 686 539 383 + + + 1,760 + + +
Males 327 228 159 + + + 785 + + +
Females 359 311 224 + + + 975 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 4,793 3,797 2,672 + + + 12,743 + + +
Males 2,004 1,289 965 + + + 4,783 + + +
Females 2,789 2,508 1,707 + + + 7,960 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2011, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 19 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 0.1944% 0.0003% 0.0030% 0.0287% 0.0978% 0.2026% 0.3399% 0.5105% 0.6446% 0.7067% 0.1870%
Males 0.2051% 0.0002% 0.0027% 0.0185% 0.0694% 0.1656% 0.3440% 0.6304% 0.9005% 1.0955% 0.2132%
Females 0.1841% 0.0003% 0.0033% 0.0393% 0.1263% 0.2393% 0.3359% 0.4020% 0.4388% 0.4790% 0.1701%
White c Both Sexes 0.2525% 0.0002% 0.0037% 0.0377% 0.1288% 0.2611% 0.4308% 0.6328% 0.7985% 0.8403% 0.2345%
Males 0.2642% - 0.0033% 0.0242% 0.0888% 0.2094% 0.4296% 0.7704% 1.1032% 1.2982% 0.2620%
Females 0.2408% 0.0003% 0.0042% 0.0523% 0.1709% 0.3144% 0.4321% 0.5044% 0.5474% 0.5698% 0.2179%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0061% - - - 0.0042% 0.0067% 0.0087% 0.0198% 0.0310% 0.0431% 0.0075%
Males 0.0059% - - - 0.0030% 0.0043% 0.0093% 0.0224% 0.0414% 0.0730% 0.0089%
Females 0.0063% - - - 0.0052% 0.0087% 0.0081% 0.0177% 0.0238% 0.0288% 0.0069%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0112% - 0.0010% 0.0023% 0.0068% 0.0143% 0.0162% 0.0286% 0.0328% 0.0449% 0.0111%
Males 0.0106% - - 0.0024% 0.0068% 0.0089% 0.0147% 0.0316% 0.0452% 0.0506% 0.0113%
Females 0.0119% - - 0.0021% 0.0068% 0.0191% 0.0176% 0.0262% 0.0233% 0.0414% 0.0111%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0256% - 0.0011% 0.0046% 0.0173% 0.0409% 0.0694% 0.1006% 0.1261% 0.1694% 0.0379%
Males 0.0188% - 0.0012% 0.0020% 0.0102% 0.0251% 0.0507% 0.0845% 0.1385% 0.2372% 0.0341%
Females 0.0325% - 0.0011% 0.0075% 0.0248% 0.0574% 0.0872% 0.1143% 0.1169% 0.1290% 0.0430%

Footnotes:

a US 2011 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2011 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2011 US population estimates based on the average of 2010 and 2011 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: 36 years for 1975-2011 SEER 9 data; 19 years for 1992-2011 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 36 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 <36 and >=36.

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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