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Table 16.5

Melanoma of the Skin (Invasive)

Age-adjusted SEER Incidencea Rates by Year, Race and Sex

Year of Diagnosis All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
1975-2014 17.43 21.73 14.51 20.66 25.50 17.43 1.01 1.16 0.92
1975 7.89 8.55 7.44 8.71 9.42 8.22 - - -
1976 8.15 8.67 7.69 9.03 9.59 8.54 1.69 - -
1977 8.87 9.78 8.16 9.89 10.87 9.15 - - -
1978 8.95 9.49 8.72 10.12 10.73 9.92 - - -
1979 9.54 10.56 8.90 10.78 11.93 10.09 - - -
1980 10.51 11.80 9.63 12.03 13.41 11.11 - - -
1981 11.08 12.07 10.44 12.57 13.54 12.00 1.35 - -
1982 11.19 12.50 10.29 12.83 14.20 11.91 - - -
1983 11.08 12.67 10.01 12.64 14.40 11.49 - - -
1984 11.40 12.91 10.44 13.10 14.80 12.04 - - -
1985 12.77 15.16 11.15 14.56 17.28 12.76 - - -
1986 13.32 15.67 11.63 15.25 17.89 13.40 - - -
1987 13.67 15.94 12.14 15.66 18.18 13.99 1.30 - -
1988 12.89 14.97 11.48 14.94 17.37 13.33 1.12 - -
1989 13.74 16.38 11.92 15.94 18.94 13.91 1.13 - -
1990 13.87 16.67 11.87 16.20 19.33 13.99 1.22 - -
1991 14.63 17.60 12.54 17.13 20.50 14.79 1.10 - -
1992 14.77 18.31 12.21 17.27 21.33 14.38 - - -
1993 14.64 18.21 12.06 17.09 21.10 14.22 - - -
1994 15.66 19.84 12.62 18.44 23.30 14.92 1.03 - -
1995 16.49 20.33 13.81 19.42 23.62 16.54 1.68 3.19 -
1996 17.38 21.74 14.23 20.55 25.41 17.08 1.11 - -
1997 17.76 21.75 14.88 21.03 25.35 17.96 1.10 - -
1998 17.94 22.15 15.02 21.50 26.25 18.24 1.19 - -
1999 18.34 22.93 15.13 21.99 27.09 18.45 1.14 - -
2000 18.99 23.98 15.52 22.93 28.47 19.11 0.88 - -
2001 19.72 24.60 16.31 23.97 29.39 20.22 0.76 - -
2002 19.35 24.05 16.12 23.46 28.64 19.96 1.11 - -
2003 19.57 24.27 16.25 23.89 29.03 20.29 0.84 - -
2004 20.70 25.57 17.34 25.36 30.92 21.55 0.85 - -
2005 22.50 28.23 18.45 27.82 34.27 23.27 1.07 - 1.03
2006 22.14 27.73 18.14 27.27 33.47 22.86 0.98 - -
2007 21.85 27.65 17.83 26.98 33.46 22.53 1.22 - 1.20
2008 23.21 29.35 18.89 28.74 35.64 23.89 1.22 1.33 -
2009 23.13 29.45 18.63 28.53 35.70 23.37 1.15 1.11 1.11
2010 23.90 30.06 19.55 29.49 36.24 24.75 1.09 - 0.97
2011 22.93 29.11 18.54 28.38 35.30 23.44 1.10 - 1.18
2012 22.99 29.61 18.20 28.48 35.90 23.10 0.84 - -
2013 24.13 30.86 19.22 29.88 37.28 24.47 0.85 - -
2014 25.23 31.91 20.35 31.45 38.81 26.08 0.96 - 0.91

Footnotes:

a SEER 9 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, and Atlanta). Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130).

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

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