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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, 2013
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 <21e 0 to <38e >=38g
All Races b Both Sexes 293,419 223,601 167,410 118,534 84,082 60,557 857,129 1,001,852 32,608 1,034,460
Males 158,125 114,854 83,196 57,801 38,344 25,391 439,591 498,832 10,262 509,094
Females 135,294 108,747 84,214 60,733 45,738 35,166 417,538 503,020 22,346 525,366
White b Both Sexes 280,033 216,671 161,996 113,664 81,097 57,703 824,652 963,585 30,683 994,268
Males 151,569 111,682 80,554 55,443 37,276 24,174 424,105 481,074 9,757 490,831
Females 128,464 104,989 81,442 58,221 43,821 33,529 400,547 482,511 20,926 503,437
Black b Both Sexes 981 730 611 418 327 143 2,929 3,368 89 3,457
Males 436 226 297 242 117 12 1,284 1,392 35 1,427
Females 545 504 314 176 210 131 1,645 1,976 54 2,030
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 780 549 415 + + + 2,039 + + +
Males 392 246 144 + + + 914 + + +
Females 388 303 271 + + + 1,125 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 5,309 3,915 3,107 + + + 14,650 + + +
Males 2,185 1,408 1,062 + + + 5,442 + + +
Females 3,124 2,507 2,045 + + + 9,208 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2013, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 21 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 0.2125% 0.0004% 0.0031% 0.0267% 0.0977% 0.2066% 0.3602% 0.5505% 0.7222% 0.7923% 0.2000%
Males 0.2236% 0.0002% 0.0030% 0.0175% 0.0683% 0.1655% 0.3552% 0.6679% 1.0015% 1.2134% 0.2268%
Females 0.2017% 0.0006% 0.0032% 0.0363% 0.1272% 0.2473% 0.3650% 0.4444% 0.4946% 0.5408% 0.1828%
White c Both Sexes 0.2774% 0.0004% 0.0039% 0.0352% 0.1298% 0.2685% 0.4567% 0.6876% 0.8979% 0.9545% 0.2521%
Males 0.2895% 0.0002% 0.0039% 0.0230% 0.0885% 0.2095% 0.4439% 0.8206% 1.2298% 1.4571% 0.2799%
Females 0.2652% 0.0005% 0.0039% 0.0483% 0.1734% 0.3294% 0.4693% 0.5633% 0.6203% 0.6505% 0.2354%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0064% - - - 0.0031% 0.0075% 0.0091% 0.0173% 0.0333% 0.0500% 0.0077%
Males 0.0062% - - - 0.0021% 0.0052% 0.0092% 0.0212% 0.0442% 0.0795% 0.0091%
Females 0.0065% - - - 0.0041% 0.0095% 0.0090% 0.0142% 0.0256% 0.0355% 0.0070%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0122% 0.0008% 0.0010% 0.0025% 0.0063% 0.0142% 0.0186% 0.0272% 0.0403% 0.0496% 0.0118%
Males 0.0115% - - 0.0022% 0.0055% 0.0114% 0.0157% 0.0320% 0.0512% 0.0567% 0.0120%
Females 0.0128% - - 0.0027% 0.0071% 0.0167% 0.0211% 0.0234% 0.0318% 0.0453% 0.0118%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0282% 0.0004% 0.0013% 0.0043% 0.0172% 0.0421% 0.0715% 0.1112% 0.1381% 0.1840% 0.0404%
Males 0.0206% - 0.0011% 0.0024% 0.0102% 0.0256% 0.0490% 0.0959% 0.1506% 0.2281% 0.0352%
Females 0.0359% 0.0006% 0.0014% 0.0063% 0.0247% 0.0593% 0.0931% 0.1243% 0.1288% 0.1575% 0.0464%

Footnotes:

a US 2013 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2013 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2013 US population estimates based on the average of 2012 and 2013 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 13 Areas excluding the Alaska Native Registry

d Statistics based on NHIA for Hispanic for SEER 13 Areas excluding the Alaska Native Registry.

e Maximum limited-duration prevalence: 38 years for 1975-2013 SEER 9 data; 21 years for 1992-2013 SEER 13 data (excluding the Alaska Navtive Registry) 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 38 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 <38 and >=38.

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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