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Table 16.12

Melanoma of the Skin (Invasive)

Risk of Being Diagnosed With Cancer in 10, 20 and 30 Years,
Lifetime Risk of Being Diagnosed with Cancer Given Alive and Cancer-Free at Current Age, and
Lifetime Risk of Dying from Cancer Given Alive at Current Age
Both Sexes, 2012-2014 By Race/Ethnicity

Race/
Ethnicity		 Current Age Risk of Being Diagnosed with Cancer Risk of Dying from Cancer
+10 yrs +20 yrs +30 yrs Eventually Eventually
All Races 0 0.00 0.01 0.05 2.21 0.31
10 0.01 0.05 0.15 2.23 0.32
20 0.05 0.15 0.32 2.23 0.32
30 0.10 0.28 0.59 2.21 0.32
40 0.18 0.49 0.98 2.13 0.31
50 0.32 0.82 1.43 2.00 0.31
60 0.53 1.18 1.66 1.79 0.29
70 0.73 1.27 - 1.42 0.26
80 0.73 - - 0.93 0.21
White 0 0.00 0.01 0.07 2.60 0.36
10 0.01 0.07 0.19 2.62 0.36
20 0.06 0.18 0.40 2.62 0.36
30 0.13 0.35 0.72 2.59 0.36
40 0.22 0.60 1.18 2.49 0.36
50 0.39 0.98 1.69 2.33 0.35
60 0.63 1.38 1.93 2.06 0.33
70 0.85 1.47 - 1.63 0.29
80 0.84 - - 1.05 0.23
Black 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.04
10 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.10 0.04
20 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.10 0.04
30 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.10 0.04
40 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.10 0.04
50 0.01 0.03 0.07 0.10 0.04
60 0.02 0.06 0.08 0.09 0.04
70 0.04 0.07 - 0.08 0.04
80 0.04 - - 0.06 0.04
Asian/ Pacific
Islander 		0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.17 0.06
10 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.17 0.06
20 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.17 0.06
30 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.17 0.06
40 0.01 0.03 0.06 0.17 0.06
50 0.02 0.05 0.09 0.15 0.06
60 0.03 0.08 0.11 0.14 0.06
70 0.05 0.09 - 0.12 0.05
80 0.05 - - 0.08 0.04
American Indian/
Alaska Nativea 		0 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.47 0.09
10 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.48 0.09
20 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.48 0.09
30 0.02 0.04 0.11 0.48 0.09
40 0.02 0.09 0.18 0.47 0.09
50 0.07 0.17 0.33 0.47 0.09
60 0.10 0.27 0.40 0.42 0.09
70 0.19 0.33 - 0.36 0.10
80 0.19 - - 0.23 0.08
Hispanicb 0 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.58 0.11
10 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.58 0.11
20 0.01 0.03 0.07 0.58 0.11
30 0.02 0.06 0.13 0.58 0.11
40 0.04 0.11 0.22 0.56 0.11
50 0.07 0.19 0.33 0.54 0.11
60 0.12 0.27 0.40 0.48 0.10
70 0.16 0.31 - 0.40 0.10
80 0.18 - - 0.30 0.08

Footnotes:

Devcan 6.7.5, April 2017, National Cancer Institute (https://surveillance.cancer.gov/devcan/).

Source: Incidence data are from the SEER 18 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Alaska Native Registry, Rural Georgia, California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Georgia excluding ATL/RG). Mortality data are from the NCHS public use data file for the total US.

a Underlying incidence and mortality data for American Indian/Alaska Native are based on the CHSDA(Contract Health Service Delivery Area) counties.

b Hispanic is not mutually exclusive from whites, blacks, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaska Natives. Underlying incidence data for Hispanics are based on NHIA and exclude cases from the Alaska Native Registry.

- Statistic could not be calculated.

A percent of 0.00 represents a value that is below 0.005.

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