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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, 2014
By Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Years Since Diagnosis

WARNING: The Prevalence Estimates presented on this page utilize a different tumor selection criteria from previous CSR releases and are NOT directly comparable to estimates from previous CSR releases.
Please see the Prevalence Comparison Chapter of this CSR for more information.

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 <22e 0 to <39e >=39g
All Races b Both Sexes 343,875 257,876 184,816 131,072 89,775 65,069 991,036 1,134,329 35,022 1,169,351
Males 191,228 134,241 92,210 64,014 41,715 26,941 516,144 574,347 11,325 585,672
Females 152,647 123,635 92,606 67,058 48,060 38,128 474,892 559,982 23,697 583,679
White b Both Sexes 329,212 250,378 179,100 126,231 86,538 62,186 955,667 1,093,382 33,039 1,126,421
Males 183,879 130,843 89,365 61,621 40,470 25,854 499,082 555,147 10,801 565,948
Females 145,333 119,535 89,735 64,610 46,068 36,332 456,585 538,235 22,238 560,473
Black b Both Sexes 1,198 780 590 479 328 177 3,282 3,733 94 3,827
Males 483 283 281 267 143 12 1,423 1,531 35 1,566
Females 715 497 309 212 185 165 1,859 2,202 59 2,261
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 890 644 487 300 + + 2,400 + + +
Males 450 283 182 129 + + 1,072 + + +
Females 440 361 305 171 + + 1,328 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 6,216 4,607 3,540 2,253 + + 17,235 + + +
Males 2,690 1,767 1,151 740 + + 6,591 + + +
Females 3,526 2,840 2,389 1,513 + + 10,644 + + +

Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2014, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 22 years
By Age at Prevalence, Race/Ethnicity and Sex

WARNING: The Prevalence Estimates presented on this page utilize a different tumor selection criteria from previous CSR releases and are NOT directly comparable to estimates from previous CSR releases.
Please see the Prevalence Comparison Chapter of this CSR for more information.

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 0.2466% 0.0004% 0.0030% 0.0265% 0.0994% 0.2160% 0.3871% 0.6221% 0.9034% 1.0842% 0.2301%
Males 0.2634% 0.0002% 0.0028% 0.0174% 0.0686% 0.1714% 0.3751% 0.7454% 1.2573% 1.7219% 0.2677%
Females 0.2304% 0.0006% 0.0031% 0.0361% 0.1304% 0.2603% 0.3987% 0.5107% 0.6137% 0.6999% 0.2059%
White c Both Sexes 0.3240% 0.0004% 0.0036% 0.0350% 0.1328% 0.2827% 0.4928% 0.7824% 1.1262% 1.3243% 0.2912%
Males 0.3432% 0.0003% 0.0034% 0.0229% 0.0891% 0.2187% 0.4694% 0.9225% 1.5461% 2.0950% 0.3317%
Females 0.3049% 0.0006% 0.0039% 0.0480% 0.1789% 0.3490% 0.5159% 0.6513% 0.7730% 0.8534% 0.2663%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0072% - - - 0.0031% 0.0065% 0.0112% 0.0175% 0.0421% 0.0595% 0.0086%
Males 0.0069% - - - 0.0021% 0.0049% 0.0106% 0.0209% 0.0525% 0.0895% 0.0100%
Females 0.0074% - - - 0.0040% 0.0079% 0.0118% 0.0149% 0.0349% 0.0446% 0.0080%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0140% 0.0008% 0.0009% 0.0026% 0.0057% 0.0152% 0.0214% 0.0321% 0.0472% 0.0632% 0.0134%
Males 0.0131% - - 0.0021% 0.0056% 0.0114% 0.0182% 0.0366% 0.0583% 0.0707% 0.0136%
Females 0.0148% - - 0.0031% 0.0058% 0.0186% 0.0241% 0.0284% 0.0386% 0.0585% 0.0134%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0326% 0.0003% 0.0013% 0.0041% 0.0182% 0.0437% 0.0789% 0.1279% 0.1736% 0.2366% 0.0467%
Males 0.0246% - 0.0011% 0.0025% 0.0098% 0.0263% 0.0556% 0.1103% 0.1954% 0.3119% 0.0426%
Females 0.0407% - 0.0016% 0.0059% 0.0271% 0.0618% 0.1015% 0.1431% 0.1574% 0.1910% 0.0522%

Footnotes:

a US 2014 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2014 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2014 US population estimates based on the average of 2013 and 2014 population estimates from the US Bureau of the Census. Prevalence was calculated using the first invasive tumor for each cancer site diagnosed during the previous 39/22 years.

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: 39 years for 1975-2014 SEER 9 data; 22 years for 1992-2014 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 39 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 <39 and >=39.

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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