Table. Melanoma Incidence and Mortality in 2020 by Sex, World Region, and HDI Level.
| Region | Population | Incidence | Mortality | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both sexes | Males | Females | Both sexes | Males | Females | ||||||||||||||
| No. (%), in thousands | Cases, No. (%) | Cases, No. | Crude rate | ASR | Cumulative riska | Cases, No. | Crude rate | ASR | Cumulative riska | No. (%), deaths | Deaths, No. | Crude rate | ASR | Cumulative riska | Deaths, No. | Crude rate | ASR | Cumulative riska | |
| Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern | 445 406 (5.7) | 2056 (0.6) | 735 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.07 | 1321 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.12 | 856 (1.5) | 305 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 551 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.05 |
| Middle | 179 595 (2.3) | 1099 (0.3) | 593 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.23 | 506 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.15 | 469 (0.8) | 255 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.10 | 214 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.07 |
| Northern | 246 233 (3.2) | 968 (0.3) | 478 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.05 | 490 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.05 | 429 (0.8) | 205 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 224 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| Southern | 67 504 (0.9) | 1885 (0.6) | 968 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 0.45 | 917 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 0.29 | 517 (0.9) | 288 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.13 | 229 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.08 |
| Western | 401 861 (5.2) | 955 (0.3) | 337 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.04 | 618 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.07 | 408 (0.7) | 140 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 268 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.03 |
| Caribbean | 43 532 (0.6) | 414 (0.1) | 232 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.09 | 182 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.06 | 179 (0.3) | 105 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.04 | 74 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| America | |||||||||||||||||||
| Central | 179 670 (2.3) | 2452 (0.8) | 1199 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.16 | 1253 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.13 | 959 (1.7) | 564 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.07 | 395 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.04 |
| South | 430 760 (5.5) | 16 015 (4.9) | 7802 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 0.32 | 8213 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 0.27 | 4519 (7.9) | 2546 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.10 | 1973 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.06 |
| North | 368 870 (4.7) | 105 172 (32.4) | 61 675 | 33.8 | 18.4 | 2.06 | 43 497 | 23.3 | 14.3 | 1.50 | 8412 (14.7) | 5443 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.16 | 2969 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.08 |
| Eastern Asia | 1 678 090 (21.5) | 10 427 (3.2) | 5414 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.05 | 5013 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.04 | 5436 (9.5) | 2917 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 2519 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| All but China | 230 620 (3.0) | 2713 (0.8) | 1329 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.06 | 1384 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.06 | 1330 (2.3) | 663 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.03 | 667 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| China | 1 447 470 (18.6) | 7714 (2.4) | 4085 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.04 | 3629 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.04 | 4106 (7.2) | 2254 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 1852 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| South-Eastern Asia | 668 620 (8.6) | 3275 (1.0) | 1742 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.06 | 1533 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.05 | 1616 (2.8) | 848 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 768 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| South Central Asia | 2 014 709 (25.8) | 6232 (1.9) | 3312 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.04 | 2920 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 3579 (6.3) | 2004 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 1575 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| All but India | 634 704 (8.1) | 2316 (0.7) | 1264 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.05 | 1052 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.04 | 1283 (2.2) | 717 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 566 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| India | 1 380 004 (17.7) | 3916 (1.2) | 2048 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 1868 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 2296 (4.0) | 1287 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 1009 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.02 |
| Western Asia | 278 429 (3.6) | 3819 (1.2) | 1922 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.18 | 1897 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.16 | 1355 (2.4) | 807 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.07 | 548 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.04 |
| Europe | |||||||||||||||||||
| Central-Eastern | 293 013 (3.8) | 27 993 (8.6) | 12 191 | 8.8 | 5.7 | 0.65 | 15 802 | 10.2 | 5.6 | 0.60 | 9272 (16.3) | 4614 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.23 | 4658 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.15 |
| Northern | 106 261 (1.4) | 33 551 (10.3) | 16 937 | 32.3 | 17.4 | 1.92 | 16 614 | 30.9 | 18.4 | 1.91 | 4747 (8.3) | 2814 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 0.26 | 1933 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.15 |
| Southern | 153 423 (2.0) | 23 915 (7.4) | 12 436 | 16.6 | 9.2 | 0.99 | 11 479 | 14.6 | 8.9 | 0.88 | 4926 (8.6) | 2977 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 0.20 | 1949 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.10 |
| Western | 196 146 (2.5) | 65 168 (20.1) | 34 745 | 36.1 | 19.4 | 2.11 | 30 423 | 30.5 | 18.9 | 1.89 | 7415 (13.0) | 4300 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 0.20 | 3115 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.12 |
| Australia/New Zealand | 30 322 (0.4) | 18 972 (5.8) | 11 003 | 73.0 | 41.6 | 4.67 | 7969 | 52.2 | 30.5 | 3.29 | 1880 (3.3) | 1212 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 0.36 | 668 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 0.18 |
| Melanesia | 11 123 (0.1) | 240 (0.1) | 109 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.28 | 131 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.38 | 64 (0.1) | 37 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.08 | 27 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.08 |
| Micronesia/ Polynesia | 1233 (<0.1) | 27 (0.0) | 14 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.26 | 13 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.21 | 5 (0.0) | 4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.03 |
| HDI | |||||||||||||||||||
| Low | 990 175 (12.7) | 3728 (1.1) | 1538 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.08 | 2190 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.09 | 1647 (2.9) | 686 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.04 | 961 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.04 |
| Medium | 2 327 556 (29.9) | 7121 (2.2) | 3629 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.04 | 3492 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.04 | 3863 (6.8) | 2085 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 1778 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| High | 2 909 468 (37.3) | 35 597 (11.0) | 17 517 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.10 | 18 080 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.09 | 13 167 (23.1) | 7255 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.04 | 5912 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.03 |
| Very high | 1 564 286 (20.1) | 277 993 (85.6) | 151 055 | 19.5 | 11.2 | 1.25 | 126 938 | 16.1 | 9.7 | 1.02 | 38 352 (67.2) | 22 351 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.16 | 16 001 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.09 |
| World | 7 794 799 (100) | 324 635 (100) | 173 844 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 0.42 | 150 791 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 0.33 | 57 043 (100) | 32 385 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.07 | 24 658 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.05 |
Abbreviations: ASR, age-standardized rate per 100 000 person-years; HDI, Human Development Index.
a
Cumulative risk of developing or dying of melanoma until 74 years of age in 2020.