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. 2019 Jul 1;9(7):1396–1414.

Table 6.

12-month, 60-month and 120-month relative survival rates of melanoma patients according to sex, age group, and calendar period from 1974 to 2013 at eighteen SEER sites. Data are means ± standard error of the mean, with number of patients in parentheses

Decade Age Group Sex

Male Female
74-83 12-Mo RS
    All 92.80±0.30 (8198) 96.00±0.30 (8263)***
    0-39 96.8±0.30 (2704) 94.9±0.50 (2791)
    40-54 93.8±0.50 (2316) 97.50±0.40 (2214)***
    55-69 92.30±0.60 (2553) 94.80±0.60 (1901)**
    70-84 89.3±1.20 (1107) 90.5±1.10 (1073)
    85+ 84.00±4.60 (148) 90.30±2.90 (284)
60-Mo RS
    All 77.30±0.60 85.8±0.50***
    0-39 86.90±0.50 80.40±0.90***
    40-54 79.50±0.90 88.30±0.70***
    55-69 77.3±1.0 83.4±1.0***
    70-84 68.80±2.20 72.80±1.90
    85+ 48.70±9.20 66.1±5.1
120-Mo RS
    All 71.9±0.7 81.6±0.60***
    0-39 75.10±1.00 88.50±0.60***
    40-54 74.5±1.1 84.00±0.90***
    55-69 71.2±1.30 78.4±1.3***
    70-84 60.8±2.9 66.2±2.7
    85+ 36.8±16.7 55.3±10.7
84-93 12-Mo RS
    All 95.50±0.20 (15002) 97.20±0.20 (13408)***
    0-39 96.30±0.30 (3124) 98.9±0.2 (4309)***
    40-54 96.50±0.30 (4114) 97.70±0.30 (3549)**
    55-69 94.90±0.40 (4733) 97.30±0.40 (2958)***
    70-84 94.70±0.60 (2669) 94.60±0.70 (2074)
    85* 90.5±2.70 (362) 89.10±2.10 (518)
60-Mo RS
    All 85.10±0.40 90.50±0.30***
    0-39 86.80±0.60 94.6±0.4***
    40-54 86.20±0.60 92.30±0.50***
    55-69 85.1±0.7 89.80±0.70***
    70-84 82.60±1.40 83.00±1.30
    85+ 68.8±5.9 72.3±4.1
120-Mo RS
    All 81.90±0.50 88.20±0.40***
    0-39 83.00±0.70 92.50±0.40***
    40-54 82.00±0.70 89.10±0.60***
    55-69 83.5±0.9 87.9±0.9**
    70-84 79.5±1.4 79.2±1.9
    85+ 38.4±10.3 72.3±4.1***
94-03 12-Mo RS
    All 96.40±0.10 (41349) 97.60±0.10 (34004)***
    0-39 97.60±0.20 (5629) 99.00±0.10 (8467)***
    40-54 96.70±0.20 (12223) 98.30±0.10 (10653)***
    55-69 96.60±0.20 (12738) 96.90±0.20 (7462)
    70-84 95.40±0.30 (9324) 95.90±0.40 (5924)
    85+ 96.50±0.10 (1435) 97.70±0.10 (1468)***
60-Mo RS
    All 88.10±0.20 92.50±0.20***
    0-39 90.7±0.40 96.50±0.20***
    40-54 89.00±0.30 94.10±0.30***
    55-69 88.90±0.40 91.80±0.40***
    70-84 85.80±0.70 87.30±0.80
    85+ 89.40±0.20 93.20±0.20***
120-Mo RS
    All 85.70±0.30 90.60±0.30***
    0-39 87.8±0.5 95.20±0.30***
    40-54 86.20±0.40 92.10±0.30***
    55-69 87.2±0.5 89.4±0.5**
    70-84 82.80±1.10 85.8±1.1
    85+ 70.70±4.60 66.30±5.90
04-13 12-Mo RS
    All 96.50±0.10 (77685) 97.70±0.10 (61332)***
    0-39 97.50±0.20 (7095) 99.20±0.10 (11799)***
    40-54 96.60±0.10 (18837) 98.60±0.10 (18229)***
    55-69 96.40±0.10 (28831) 97.60±0.10 (17095)***
    70-84 96.50±0.20 (18996) 96.30±0.30 (11027)
    85+ 95.10±0.80 (3926) 91.60±0.80 (3182)**
60-Mo RS
    All 89.40±0.20 93.20±0.20***
    0-39 91.80±0.40 96.90±0.20***
    40-54 90.30±0.30 95.30±0.20***
    55-69 89.50±0.30 93.20±0.30***
    70-84 87.70±0.60 88.60±0.60
    85+ 83.40±2.50 77.70±2.40
120-Mo RS
    All 84.90±0.40 90.80±0.37***
    0-39 88.10±0.59 95.15±0.35***
    40-54 86.40±0.52 93.40±0.35***
    55-69 87.80±0.54 91.60±0.56***
    70-84 83.00±1.30 87.80±0.76**
    85+ 73.00±8.20 62.00±7.50

Abbreviations: Mo, month; RS, relative survival; SEM, standard error of the mean.

*

P < 0.01;

**

P < 0.001;

***

P < 0.0001.