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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, 2015
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 <23e 0 to <40e >=40g
All Races b Both Sexes 357,483 267,581 191,216 139,370 93,899 68,819 1,049,547 1,188,494 33,529 1,222,023
Males 198,951 140,411 95,112 67,660 44,211 29,095 546,347 602,574 10,719 613,293
Females 158,532 127,170 96,104 71,710 49,688 39,724 503,200 585,920 22,810 608,730
White b Both Sexes 342,043 259,359 185,574 134,369 90,321 65,713 1,011,664 1,145,142 31,579 1,176,721
Males 190,911 136,692 92,470 65,166 42,771 27,928 528,008 582,141 10,211 592,352
Females 151,132 122,667 93,104 69,203 47,550 37,785 483,656 563,001 21,368 584,369
Black b Both Sexes 1,203 851 575 523 297 215 3,451 3,878 88 3,966
Males 512 316 282 263 133 46 1,507 1,618 34 1,652
Females 691 535 293 260 164 169 1,944 2,260 54 2,314
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 925 660 552 + + + 2,568 + + +
Males 481 299 215 + + + 1,169 + + +
Females 444 361 337 + + + 1,399 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 6,582 4,431 3,301 + + + 17,696 + + +
Males 2,872 1,916 1,134 + + + 7,131 + + +
Females 3,710 2,515 2,167 + + + 10,565 + + +

Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2015, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 23 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 0.2595% 0.0004% 0.0028% 0.0263% 0.1010% 0.2191% 0.3987% 0.6488% 0.9564% 1.1488% 0.2391%
Males 0.2769% 0.0002% 0.0025% 0.0178% 0.0690% 0.1731% 0.3831% 0.7700% 1.3224% 1.8127% 0.2772%
Females 0.2426% 0.0005% 0.0031% 0.0352% 0.1334% 0.2647% 0.4138% 0.5392% 0.6556% 0.7456% 0.2145%
White c Both Sexes 0.3418% 0.0004% 0.0034% 0.0348% 0.1349% 0.2884% 0.5088% 0.8171% 1.1923% 1.4102% 0.3032%
Males 0.3616% 0.0003% 0.0030% 0.0235% 0.0899% 0.2220% 0.4794% 0.9535% 1.6259% 2.2167% 0.3441%
Females 0.3220% 0.0005% 0.0039% 0.0470% 0.1824% 0.3572% 0.5381% 0.6893% 0.8261% 0.9132% 0.2781%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0074% - - - 0.0034% 0.0069% 0.0114% 0.0187% 0.0419% 0.0572% 0.0087%
Males 0.0070% - - - 0.0020% 0.0048% 0.0108% 0.0232% 0.0479% 0.0858% 0.0098%
Females 0.0078% - - - 0.0045% 0.0088% 0.0119% 0.0152% 0.0377% 0.0429% 0.0083%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.0145% - 0.0012% 0.0025% 0.0062% 0.0148% 0.0232% 0.0338% 0.0474% 0.0647% 0.0138%
Males 0.0139% - - 0.0025% 0.0058% 0.0102% 0.0212% 0.0392% 0.0579% 0.0774% 0.0142%
Females 0.0151% - - 0.0026% 0.0066% 0.0188% 0.0249% 0.0293% 0.0391% 0.0569% 0.0136%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0329% - 0.0011% 0.0046% 0.0179% 0.0413% 0.0783% 0.1279% 0.1753% 0.2368% 0.0463%
Males 0.0262% - 0.0010% 0.0029% 0.0100% 0.0260% 0.0589% 0.1176% 0.1944% 0.3311% 0.0441%
Females 0.0397% - 0.0012% 0.0063% 0.0262% 0.0571% 0.0971% 0.1368% 0.1610% 0.1797% 0.0502%

Footnotes:

a US 2015 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2015 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2015 US population estimates based on the average of 2014 and 2015 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 40/23 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: 40 years for 1975-2015 SEER 9 data; 23 years for 1992-2015 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 40 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 <40 and >=40.

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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