Table 2.
The incidence of cutaneous melanoma according to age group and decade within sex, SES, and race groups from 1974 to 2013 at the nine original SEER sites. Data are incidence per 100,000 people by year of diagnosis, with the number of patients in parentheses
| Variable | Age Groups | Decade | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1974-1983 | 1984-1993 | 1994-2003 | 2004-2013 | |||
| Total | ||||||
| 0-85+ | 8.5 (15787) | 12 (26074) | 15 (38333) | 17.6 (52180) | ||
| 0-39 | 3.7 (4643) | 4.4 (6854) | 4.7 (7556) | 4.9 (7628) | ||
| 40-54 | 13.1 (4357) | 17.6 (6983) | 21 (11735) | 22.1 (13991) | ||
| 55-69 | 16.1 (4300) | 25 (7103) | 33.6 (10100) | 40.4 (17106) | ||
| 70-84 | 17.1 (2070) | 28.1 (4347) | 40.8 (7553) | 55.3 (10759) | ||
| 85+ | 21.3 (417) | 29.1 (787) | 37.2 (1389) | 53.7 (2696) | ||
| Sex | Male | |||||
| 0-85+ | 9.3 (7940) | 14.1 (13855) | 18 (20838) | 20.9 (28742) | ||
| 0-39 | 3.2 (1986) | 3.8 (2886) | 3.6 (2918) | 3.6 (2773) | ||
| 40-54 | 13.8 (2241) | 19.3 (3756) | 22.5 (6216) | 219 (6901) | ||
| 55-69 | 19.8 (2484) | 32.8 (4385) | 44.6 (6369) | 52.9 (10689) | ||
| 70-84 | 22.7 (1082) | 40.2 (2493) | 60.7 (4653) | 82 (6874) | ||
| 85+ | 24.6 (147) | 44.2 (335) | 62.1 (682) | 91.8 (1505) | ||
| Female | ||||||
| 0-85+ | 8 (7847) | 10.5 (12219) | 12.9 (17495) | 15.2 (23438) | ||
| 0-39 | 4.2 (2657) | 5.1 (3968) | 5.8 (4638) | 6.3 (4855) | ||
| 40-54 | 12.5 (2116) | 16 (3227) | 19.4 (5519) | 22.3 (7090) | ||
| 55-69 | 12.8 (1816) | 18.1 (2718) | 23.7 (3731) | 29 (6417) | ||
| 70-84 | 13.5 (988) | 20.1 (1854) | 26.8 (2900) | 35.1 (3885) | ||
| 85+ | 19.8 (270) | 23.2 (452) | 26.8 (707) | 35.3 (1191) | ||
| Race | White | |||||
| 0-85+ | 9.8 (15562) | 14.2 (25747) | 18.4 (37743) | 22.3 (51403) | ||
| 0-39 | 4.4 (4596) | 5.5 (6774) | 6.1 (7436) | 6.8 (7499) | ||
| 40-54 | 15.2 (4305) | 21.1 (6913) | 26.1 (11579) | 28.9 (13797) | ||
| 55-69 | 18.1 (4227) | 29.2 (7014) | 40.7 (9942) | 50.5 (16878) | ||
| 70-84 | 18.7 (2029) | 31.7 (4279) | 47.5 (7435) | 67.1 (10584) | ||
| 85+ | 22.5 (405) | 31.6 (767) | 41.3 (1351) | 62.3 (2645) | ||
| Black | ||||||
| 0-85+ | 0.9 (108) | 0.8 (133) | 0.9 (191) | 0.8 (222) | ||
| 0-39 | 0.1 (12) | 0.1 (26) | 0.2 (40) | 0.1 (30) | ||
| 40-54 | 1 (29) | 0.7 (24) | 0.7 (44) | 0.6 (49) | ||
| 55-69 | 1.9 (38) | 1.7 (39) | 2 (53) | 1.9 (75) | ||
| 70-84 | 2.9 (20) | 3.5 (35) | 3.1 (40) | 3.4 (51) | ||
| 85+ | 10.1 (9) | 5.9 (9) | 6.4 (14) | 5.5 (17) | ||
| Other | ||||||
| 0-85+ | 1.2 (117) | 1.3 (194) | 1.6 (399) | 1.6 (555) | ||
| 0-39 | 0.4 (35) | 0.4 (54) | 0.4 (80) | 0.4 (99) | ||
| 40-54 | 1.1 (23) | 1.4 (46) | 2 (112) | 1.8 (145) | ||
| 55-69 | 2.5 (35) | 2.3 (50) | 3.6 (105) | 3.2 (153) | ||
| 70-84 | 4.2 (21) | 3.8 (33) | 4.9 (79) | 5.7 (124) | ||
| 85+ | 4.3 (3) | 8.6 (11) | 9.8 (24) | 7.3 (34) | ||
| SES | Low Poverty | |||||
| 0-85+ | 9.4 (9514) | 13.3 (16002) | 16.7 (24501) | 19.3 (34294) | ||
| 0-39 | 4 (2710) | 4.8 (4081) | 5.3 (4756) | 5.5 (4974) | ||
| 40-54 | 14.9 (2757) | 19.7 (4423) | 23.3 (7606) | 24.2 (9318) | ||
| 55-69 | 17.9 (2615) | 27.9 (4387) | 37.5 (6468) | 44.2 (11172) | ||
| 70-84 | 18.4 (1199) | 30.9 (2643) | 45.1 (4804) | 60.6 (7023) | ||
| 85+ | 21.3 (233) | 30.6 (468) | 39.3 (867) | 57.7 (1807) | ||
| Medium Poverty | 1 | |||||
| 0-85+ | 7.4 (5949) | 10.4 (9553) | 12.9 (13132) | 15.4 (17108) | ||
| 0-39 | 3.3 (1857) | 4 (2648) | 4 (2676) | 4.2 (2594) | ||
| 40-54 | 10.7 (1513) | 15 (2441) | 17.9 (3925) | 19.3 (4502) | ||
| 55-69 | 13.6 (1589) | 21.5 (2582) | 28.7 (3440) | 35.6 (5651) | ||
| 70-84 | 15.4 (821) | 24.2 (1588) | 35.1 (2600) | 48.4 (3520) | ||
| 85+ | 20.3 (169) | 26.2 (294) | 34.1 (491) | 47.3 (841) | ||
| High Poverty | ||||||
| 0-85+ | 7.7 (290) | 9.1 (454) | 10.2 (655) | 9.2 (739) | ||
| 0-39 | 2.3 (68) | 2.9 (106) | 3 (114) | 1.5 (57) | ||
| 40-54 | 11.1 (78) | 11.4 (104) | 13.8 (187) | 10.1 (162) | ||
| 55-69 | 15.9 (87) | 17.1 (118) | 21.8 (185) | 22.5 (263) | ||
| 70-84 | 18.7 (44) | 30.2 (106) | 30.4 (141) | 36.7 (211) | ||
| 85+ | 39.5 (13) | 37.1 (20) | 33.7 (28) | 42 (46) | ||
Abbreviation: SES, socioeconomic status.