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Table 16.7

Melanoma of the Skin (Invasive)

Age-Adjusted SEER Incidence Rates, 2008-2012
Age at Diagnosis All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
All ages 21.6 28.2 16.8 25.6 33.0 20.2 1.1 1.2 1.0
Under 65 12.6 13.1 12.1 15.2 15.6 15.0 0.5 0.5 0.5
65 and over 83.7 132.5 48.7 97.3 153.0 56.5 5.0 5.9 4.5
All ages (IARC world std)c 15.0 18.3 12.5 17.9 21.6 15.1 0.7 0.7 0.7
Age-Specific SEER Incidence Rates, 2008-2012
Age at Diagnosis All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
<1 - - - - - - - - -
1-4 0.1 - - 0.1 - - - - -
5-9 0.1 - 0.1 0.1 - 0.2 - - -
10-14 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 - - -
15-19 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.6 - - -
20-24 3.5 1.9 5.1 4.4 2.5 6.5 - - -
25-29 6.4 4.1 8.8 7.9 5.0 11.0 - - -
30-34 9.2 7.0 11.4 11.5 8.6 14.6 - - -
35-39 12.4 10.3 14.5 15.6 12.8 18.5 0.7 - 0.9
40-44 16.3 14.6 17.9 20.0 17.6 22.4 0.6 - -
45-49 22.6 22.0 23.1 27.5 26.5 28.6 0.8 - 0.8
50-54 29.7 32.5 27.1 35.6 38.5 32.6 1.2 1.2 1.2
55-59 37.2 46.1 28.9 44.6 54.7 34.8 1.5 1.7 1.4
60-64 49.8 66.0 35.0 58.8 77.3 41.4 2.6 2.9 2.4
65-69 66.3 93.7 42.1 78.0 109.1 49.8 3.2 3.8 2.6
70-74 77.6 116.5 45.1 91.7 137.1 53.0 4.1 4.0 4.2
75-79 91.0 143.7 50.7 106.6 167.0 59.4 5.3 7.7 3.7
80-84 101.9 169.6 56.8 116.5 193.0 64.6 8.0 10.6 6.6
85+ 101.1 188.4 57.5 113.3 212.0 63.9 7.3 - 8.0
Age-Adjusted U.S. Death Rates, 2008-2012
Age at Death All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
All ages 2.7 4.1 1.7 3.1 4.6 2.0 0.4 0.5 0.4
Under 65 1.2 1.5 0.8 1.4 1.8 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.1
65 and over 13.5 21.7 7.7 15.1 24.3 8.6 2.2 2.5 2.0
All ages (IARC world std)c 1.7 2.4 1.1 2.0 2.8 1.3 0.2 0.3 0.2
Age-Specific U.S. Death Rates, 2008-2012
Age at Death All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
<1 - - - - - - - - -
1-4 - - - - - - - - -
5-9 - - - - - - - - -
10-14 - - - - - - - - -
15-19 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - -
20-24 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 - - -
25-29 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 - - -
30-34 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 - - -
35-39 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.1 - -
40-44 1.3 1.6 1.1 1.6 1.9 1.3 0.2 - -
45-49 2.0 2.5 1.5 2.4 3.1 1.8 0.2 0.3 -
50-54 2.9 3.7 2.1 3.5 4.5 2.6 0.4 0.4 0.4
55-59 4.3 5.9 2.8 5.0 6.9 3.3 0.6 0.8 0.5
60-64 6.0 8.5 3.6 6.9 9.9 4.2 0.9 0.9 0.9
65-69 8.0 11.7 4.6 9.1 13.3 5.3 1.4 1.7 1.2
70-74 10.6 16.1 5.9 12.0 18.2 6.7 1.7 2.0 1.4
75-79 14.9 23.6 8.1 16.8 26.4 9.1 2.6 3.4 2.2
80-84 18.8 31.6 10.3 20.9 34.9 11.4 2.6 3.0 2.4
85+ 23.2 40.9 14.7 25.5 44.9 16.0 3.7 3.2 3.9

Footnotes:

a SEER 18 areas. Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130), unless noted.

b 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), unless noted.

c Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the IARC world standard population.

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

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