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Table 16.4
Melanoma of the Skin (Invasive)
Delay-adjusted SEER Incidencea Rates by Year, Race and Sex
| Year of Diagnosis | All Races | Whites | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both Sexes | Males | Females | Both Sexes | Males | Females | |
| 1975 | 7.89 | 8.55 | 7.44 | 8.72 | 9.42 | 8.24 |
| 1976 | 8.15 | 8.67 | 7.69 | 9.05 | 9.62 | 8.55 |
| 1977 | 8.87 | 9.78 | 8.16 | 9.90 | 10.90 | 9.15 |
| 1978 | 8.95 | 9.49 | 8.72 | 10.14 | 10.74 | 9.93 |
| 1979 | 9.54 | 10.56 | 8.90 | 10.79 | 11.92 | 10.11 |
| 1980 | 10.51 | 11.80 | 9.63 | 12.03 | 13.41 | 11.11 |
| 1981 | 11.08 | 12.07 | 10.45 | 12.59 | 13.56 | 12.03 |
| 1982 | 11.19 | 12.50 | 10.29 | 12.84 | 14.22 | 11.91 |
| 1983 | 11.08 | 12.67 | 10.01 | 12.65 | 14.40 | 11.50 |
| 1984 | 11.41 | 12.91 | 10.44 | 13.11 | 14.82 | 12.04 |
| 1985 | 12.78 | 15.16 | 11.16 | 14.57 | 17.29 | 12.77 |
| 1986 | 13.32 | 15.67 | 11.63 | 15.27 | 17.92 | 13.41 |
| 1987 | 13.67 | 15.94 | 12.15 | 15.67 | 18.19 | 14.01 |
| 1988 | 12.89 | 14.97 | 11.48 | 14.96 | 17.39 | 13.35 |
| 1989 | 13.75 | 16.39 | 11.93 | 15.97 | 18.99 | 13.92 |
| 1990 | 13.87 | 16.68 | 11.87 | 16.20 | 19.33 | 14.00 |
| 1991 | 14.63 | 17.60 | 12.55 | 17.15 | 20.51 | 14.82 |
| 1992 | 14.77 | 18.31 | 12.21 | 17.30 | 21.36 | 14.40 |
| 1993 | 14.64 | 18.21 | 12.06 | 17.13 | 21.19 | 14.23 |
| 1994 | 15.67 | 19.85 | 12.62 | 18.46 | 23.32 | 14.93 |
| 1995 | 16.50 | 20.35 | 13.82 | 19.45 | 23.66 | 16.58 |
| 1996 | 17.39 | 21.75 | 14.24 | 20.62 | 25.50 | 17.11 |
| 1997 | 17.77 | 21.76 | 14.89 | 21.07 | 25.40 | 18.00 |
| 1998 | 17.95 | 22.16 | 15.02 | 21.53 | 26.31 | 18.26 |
| 1999 | 18.36 | 22.95 | 15.14 | 22.03 | 27.14 | 18.49 |
| 2000 | 19.00 | 23.99 | 15.52 | 22.97 | 28.56 | 19.11 |
| 2001 | 19.73 | 24.61 | 16.33 | 24.00 | 29.44 | 20.24 |
| 2002 | 19.36 | 24.05 | 16.14 | 23.48 | 28.65 | 19.99 |
| 2003 | 19.58 | 24.27 | 16.27 | 23.93 | 29.09 | 20.34 |
| 2004 | 20.70 | 25.56 | 17.35 | 25.38 | 30.93 | 21.56 |
| 2005 | 22.50 | 28.22 | 18.47 | 27.85 | 34.29 | 23.31 |
| 2006 | 22.17 | 27.78 | 18.16 | 27.33 | 33.55 | 22.91 |
| 2007 | 21.89 | 27.70 | 17.86 | 27.05 | 33.55 | 22.58 |
| 2008 | 23.29 | 29.43 | 18.96 | 28.90 | 35.83 | 24.03 |
| 2009 | 23.25 | 29.59 | 18.73 | 28.77 | 35.98 | 23.59 |
| 2010 | 24.04 | 30.23 | 19.67 | 29.79 | 36.63 | 24.97 |
| 2011 | 23.12 | 29.35 | 18.69 | 28.77 | 35.81 | 23.76 |
| 2012 | 23.24 | 29.94 | 18.38 | 28.94 | 36.52 | 23.43 |
| 2013 | 24.47 | 31.29 | 19.49 | 30.48 | 38.06 | 24.94 |
| 2014 | 25.78 | 32.65 | 20.75 | 32.49 | 40.15 | 26.89 |
| 2015 | 26.28 | 32.66 | 21.64 | 33.46 | 40.71 | 28.14 |
Footnotes:
Note: Delay-adjusted melanoma of the skin rates cannot be calculated for the SEER 9 Black population due to low case counts.
Reference: Cancer Incidence Rates Adjusted for Reporting Delay.
Individual rates for diagnosis years 1975-1979 available in web browser version of Cancer Statistics Review.
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).
- Delay-adjusted rate is not shown for observed rates based on less than 16 cases for the time interval.
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