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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, 2012
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 <20e 0 to <37e >=37g
All Races b Both Sexes 285,569 216,879 161,838 112,858 82,325 56,741 813,687 962,438 34,149 996,587
Males 153,364 110,812 80,586 55,278 36,818 23,816 417,183 478,737 10,877 489,614
Females 132,205 106,067 81,252 57,580 45,507 32,925 396,504 483,701 23,272 506,973
White b Both Sexes 273,641 210,027 156,380 108,243 79,323 54,316 783,649 926,489 32,186 958,675
Males 147,752 107,549 77,889 53,080 35,829 22,752 402,978 462,226 10,357 472,583
Females 125,889 102,478 78,491 55,163 43,494 31,564 380,671 464,263 21,829 486,092
Black b Both Sexes 1,174 655 609 390 324 146 2,978 3,420 99 3,519
Males 489 228 276 242 106 37 1,307 1,417 40 1,457
Females 685 427 333 148 218 109 1,671 2,003 59 2,062
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 744 543 399 + + + 1,902 + + +
Males 363 244 149 + + + 853 + + +
Females 381 299 250 + + + 1,049 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 5,092 3,745 2,916 + + + 13,681 + + +
Males 2,032 1,303 1,049 + + + 5,073 + + +
Females 3,060 2,442 1,867 + + + 8,608 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2012, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 20 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 0.2036% 0.0003% 0.0031% 0.0279% 0.0980% 0.2044% 0.3527% 0.5300% 0.6791% 0.7522% 0.1937%
Males 0.2142% 0.0002% 0.0029% 0.0184% 0.0689% 0.1635% 0.3528% 0.6487% 0.9461% 1.1560% 0.2199%
Females 0.1933% 0.0005% 0.0032% 0.0378% 0.1273% 0.2449% 0.3526% 0.4227% 0.4627% 0.5134% 0.1770%
White c Both Sexes 0.2650% 0.0003% 0.0038% 0.0367% 0.1296% 0.2642% 0.4469% 0.6594% 0.8445% 0.9001% 0.2436%
Males 0.2766% - 0.0037% 0.0241% 0.0882% 0.2071% 0.4404% 0.7946% 1.1641% 1.3783% 0.2710%
Females 0.2534% 0.0003% 0.0039% 0.0503% 0.1731% 0.3231% 0.4533% 0.5331% 0.5790% 0.6142% 0.2273%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0065% - - - 0.0044% 0.0063% 0.0096% 0.0186% 0.0324% 0.0569% 0.0081%
Males 0.0062% - - - 0.0027% 0.0043% 0.0105% 0.0209% 0.0433% 0.0834% 0.0093%
Females 0.0068% - - - 0.0058% 0.0081% 0.0089% 0.0169% 0.0247% 0.0441% 0.0074%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0118% 0.0008% 0.0010% 0.0028% 0.0065% 0.0137% 0.0181% 0.0288% 0.0356% 0.0461% 0.0115%
Males 0.0111% - - 0.0028% 0.0064% 0.0091% 0.0162% 0.0337% 0.0459% 0.0519% 0.0116%
Females 0.0124% - - 0.0028% 0.0067% 0.0177% 0.0197% 0.0248% 0.0276% 0.0425% 0.0115%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0269% 0.0003% 0.0013% 0.0043% 0.0175% 0.0415% 0.0710% 0.1068% 0.1332% 0.1737% 0.0392%
Males 0.0196% - 0.0011% 0.0021% 0.0107% 0.0236% 0.0499% 0.0932% 0.1417% 0.2337% 0.0344%
Females 0.0344% - 0.0014% 0.0068% 0.0247% 0.0601% 0.0912% 0.1184% 0.1269% 0.1378% 0.0451%

Footnotes:

a US 2012 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2012 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2012 US population estimates based on the average of 2011 and 2012 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: 37 years for 1975-2012 SEER 9 data; 20 years for 1992-2012 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 37 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 <37 and >=37.

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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