TABLE.
Number and rate of new melanoma cases and deaths,* by sex, racial/ethnic group,† and age group — National Program of Cancer Registries, and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, United States, 2011
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| All races/ethnicities | 65,647 | 19.7 | 19.5–19.9 | 38,415 | 25.3 | 25.1–25.6 | 27,232 | 15.6 | 15.5–15.8 |
| White | 61,337 | 22.1 | 21.9–22.2 | 36,145 | 28.0 | 27.7–28.3 | 25,192 | 17.8 | 17.5–18.0 |
| White, Hispanic | 1,266 | 4.2 | 3.9–4.4 | 551 | 4.4 | 4.0–4.8 | 715 | 4.2 | 3.9–4.6 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 60,071 | 24.6 | 24.4–24.8 | 35,594 | 30.8 | 30.5–31.1 | 24,477 | 20.0 | 19.8–20.3 |
| Black | 359 | 1.0 | 0.9–1.2 | 153 | 1.1 | 0.9–1.3 | 206 | 1.0 | 0.9–1.2 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 197 | 1.3 | 1.1–1.5 | 87 | 1.4 | 1.1–1.7 | 110 | 1.3 | 1.1–1.6 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 128 | 4.3 | 3.6–5.2 | 72 | 6.2 | 4.6–8.0 | 56 | 3.2 | 2.4–4.2 |
| Hispanic | 1,371 | 4.1 | 3.9–4.4 | 590 | 4.3 | 3.9–4.7 | 781 | 4.2 | 3.9–4.5 |
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| <15 | 129 | 0.2 | 0.2–0.3 | 59 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.2 | 70 | 0.2 | 0.2–0.3 |
| 15–19 | 217 | 1.0 | 0.9–1.2 | 85 | 0.8 | 0.6–1.0 | 132 | 1.3 | 1.1–1.5 |
| 20–24 | 722 | 3.3 | 3.1–3.5 | 199 | 1.8 | 1.5–2.0 | 523 | 4.9 | 4.5–5.3 |
| 25–29 | 1,348 | 6.4 | 6.1–6.7 | 438 | 4.1 | 3.7–4.5 | 910 | 8.7 | 8.2–9.3 |
| 30–34 | 1,854 | 9.1 | 8.7–9.5 | 688 | 6.8 | 6.3–7.3 | 1,166 | 11.5 | 10.8–12.2 |
| 35–39 | 2,242 | 11.5 | 11.1–12.0 | 902 | 9.3 | 8.7–10.0 | 1,340 | 13.8 | 13.0–14.5 |
| 40–44 | 3,206 | 15.4 | 14.9–15.9 | 1,353 | 13.1 | 12.4–13.8 | 1,853 | 17.7 | 16.9–18.5 |
| 45–49 | 4,568 | 20.8 | 20.2–21.4 | 2,130 | 19.6 | 18.8–20.5 | 2,438 | 21.9 | 21.1–22.8 |
| 50–54 | 6,071 | 27.1 | 26.4–27.8 | 3,258 | 29.7 | 28.7–30.7 | 2,813 | 24.7 | 23.8–25.6 |
| 55–59 | 6,736 | 33.5 | 32.7–34.3 | 3,950 | 40.6 | 39.3–41.9 | 2,786 | 26.9 | 25.9–27.9 |
| 60–64 | 7,748 | 43.9 | 42.9–44.9 | 4,942 | 58.4 | 56.8–60.0 | 2,806 | 30.5 | 29.4–31.7 |
| 65–69 | 7,355 | 57.7 | 56.3–59.0 | 4,873 | 81.0 | 78.8–83.3 | 2,482 | 36.8 | 35.4–38.3 |
| 70–74 | 6,694 | 70.3 | 68.6–72.0 | 4,580 | 105.0 | 102.0–108.1 | 2,114 | 41.0 | 39.2–42.8 |
| 75–79 | 6,135 | 83.7 | 81.6–85.8 | 4,176 | 130.3 | 126.4–134.3 | 1,959 | 47.5 | 45.4–49.6 |
| 80–84 | 5,603 | 97.6 | 95.0–100.1 | 3,701 | 159.5 | 154.4–164.8 | 1,902 | 55.6 | 53.1–58.1 |
| ≥85 | 5,019 | 88.3 | 85.9–90.8 | 3,081 | 164.4 | 158.7–170.3 | 1,938 | 50.9 | 48.7–53.2 |
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| All races/ethnicities | 9,128 | 2.7 | 2.6–2.7 | 6,001 | 4.0 | 3.9–4.1 | 3,127 | 1.7 | 1.6–1.7 |
| White | 8,928 | 3.1 | 3.0–3.2 | 5,906 | 4.6 | 4.5–4.7 | 3,022 | 1.9 | 1.9–2.0 |
| White, Hispanic | 232 | 0.9 | 0.7–1.0 | 133 | 1.1 | 0.9–1.3 | 99 | 0.7 | 0.5–0.8 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 8,687 | 3.4 | 3.3–3.4 | 5,769 | 5.0 | 4.9–5.1 | 2,918 | 2.1 | 2.0–2.2 |
| Black | 133 | 0.4 | 0.3–0.5 | 56 | 0.4 | 0.3–0.5 | 77 | 0.4 | 0.3–0.5 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 46 | 0.3 | 0.2–0.4 | 23 | 0.4 | 0.2–0.6 | 23 | 0.3 | 0.2–0.4 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 21 | 0.8 | 0.5–1.2 | 16 | 1.3 | 0.7–2.2 | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ |
| Hispanic | 235 | 0.8 | 0.7–0.9 | 134 | 1.0 | 0.8–1.2 | 101 | 0.6 | 0.5–0.8 |
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| <15 | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ |
| 15–19 | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ |
| 20–24 | 22 | 0.1 | 0.1–0.2 | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ | —¶ |
| 25–29 | 56 | 0.3 | 0.2–0.3 | 35 | 0.3 | 0.2–0.5 | 21 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.3 |
| 30–34 | 103 | 0.5 | 0.4–0.6 | 63 | 0.6 | 0.5–0.8 | 40 | 0.4 | 0.3–0.5 |
| 35–39 | 151 | 0.8 | 0.7–0.9 | 78 | 0.8 | 0.6–1.0 | 73 | 0.7 | 0.6–0.9 |
| 40–44 | 282 | 1.3 | 1.2–1.5 | 169 | 1.6 | 1.4–1.9 | 113 | 1.1 | 0.9–1.3 |
| 45–49 | 435 | 2.0 | 1.8–2.2 | 262 | 2.4 | 2.1–2.7 | 173 | 1.5 | 1.3–1.8 |
| 50–54 | 629 | 2.8 | 2.6–3.0 | 395 | 3.6 | 3.2–3.9 | 234 | 2.0 | 1.8–2.3 |
| 55–59 | 828 | 4.1 | 3.8–4.4 | 557 | 5.7 | 5.2–6.2 | 271 | 2.6 | 2.3–2.9 |
| 60–64 | 1,024 | 5.7 | 5.4–6.1 | 698 | 8.2 | 7.6–8.8 | 326 | 3.5 | 3.1–3.9 |
| 65–69 | 997 | 7.7 | 7.3–8.2 | 704 | 11.6 | 10.8–12.5 | 293 | 4.3 | 3.8–4.8 |
| 70–74 | 1,035 | 10.8 | 10.1–11.4 | 731 | 16.6 | 15.4–17.8 | 304 | 5.8 | 5.2–6.5 |
| 75–79 | 1,139 | 15.4 | 14.5–16.3 | 784 | 24.3 | 22.6–26.0 | 355 | 8.5 | 7.7–9.5 |
| 80–84 | 1,095 | 18.9 | 17.8–20.1 | 743 | 31.8 | 29.5–34.2 | 352 | 10.2 | 9.2–11.3 |
| ≥85 | 1,327 | 23.2 | 22.0–24.5 | 768 | 40.7 | 37.9–43.7 | 559 | 14.6 | 13.4–15.9 |
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Per 100,000 persons, age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.
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Racial categories are not mutually exclusive from Hispanic ethnicity unless noted. Rates are not presented for cases with unknown or other race.
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Compiled from cancer registries that meet the data-quality criteria for all invasive cancer sites combined (covering approximately 99% of the U.S. population).
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Value not displayed because there are fewer than 16 deaths.