Appendix A. Melanoma of the Skin Incidence by County, New York State, 2001-2005

  • Rates are per 100,000 persons, age-adjusted to the 2000 US population, with 95% confidence intervals. Incidence data are provisional, January 2008.
  • Note: Rates based on fewer than 4 cases or deaths per year are unstable and should be used with caution.
County Males Females
Avg Annual Cases Rate per 100,000 95% CI (+/-) Avg Annual Cases Rate per 100,000 95% CI (+/-)
New York State 1489.6 17.1 0.4 1181.0 10.9 0.3
New York City 362.8 10.8 0.5 333.2 7.3 0.4
New York State Excl New York 1096.2 20.5 0.5 807.8 12.8 0.4
Bronx 27.6 6.2 1.1 24.4 3.5 0.6
Kings (Brooklyn) 76.6 7.7 0.8 78.4 5.7 0.6
New York (Manhattan) 139.6 19.4 1.5 122.4 12.8 1.0
Queens 89.0 9.2 0.9 81.0 6.1 0.6
Richmond (Staten Island) 30.0 14.5 2.4 27.0 10.5 1.8
Albany 18.6 13.1 2.7 20.8 11.9 2.3
Allegany 6.2 25.4 9.1 4.2 16.3 7.1
Broome 23.2 22.7 4.1 16.4 13.9 3.1
Cattaraugus 13.2 30.9 7.5 7.6 16.4 5.3
Cayuga 6.6 16.2 5.5 5.0 11.3 4.6
Chautauqua 15.0 21.5 4.9 12.6 15.2 3.9
Chemung 9.6 20.9 5.9 7.2 14.1 4.7
St. Lawrence 12.6 23.6 5.9 8.8 15.3 4.6
Chenango 5.8 21.6 7.9 4.0 13.1 5.9
Clinton 6.8 17.7 6.2 4.8 11.6 4.7
Columbia 5.8 17.3 6.4 2.2 6.2 3.8
Cortland 3.6 16.4 7.7 2.4 9.4 5.4
Delaware 5.2 18.1 7.1 4.4 14.9 6.4
Dutchess 18.2 13.0 2.7 14.8 9.5 2.2
Erie 80.8 17.0 1.7 64.2 11.4 1.3
Essex 4.8 22.6 9.1 4.0 17.6 7.9
Sullivan 6.0 14.9 5.4 3.6 8.3 3.9
Franklin 6.0 24.1 8.7 5.0 19.5 7.8
Fulton 4.0 14.2 6.2 3.2 9.5 4.8
Genesee 5.0 16.3 6.4 4.4 12.9 5.5
Greene 5.8 21.9 8.0 4.0 14.1 6.3
Hamilton 1.2 33.2 27.0 0.8 26.2 28.2
Herkimer 5.4 15.6 5.9 3.6 9.3 4.4
Jefferson 7.8 17.4 5.6 4.8 8.5 3.4
Lewis 2.2 16.2 9.7 1.6 11.1 7.8
Livingston 5.8 19.9 7.4 2.8 9.1 4.8
Madison 9.0 26.1 7.7 5.2 14.4 5.6
Monroe 57.8 16.9 2.0 40.6 9.9 1.4
Montgomery 4.8 18.6 7.5 3.6 12.2 6.0
Nassau 177.4 26.1 1.7 133.8 16.3 1.3
Niagara 24.2 22.0 3.9 14.8 12.0 2.8
Oneida 22.2 18.0 3.4 18.0 13.4 2.9
Onondaga 34.8 16.7 2.5 25.6 9.9 1.7
Ontario 10.4 20.5 5.7 7.8 13.3 4.2
Orange 19.6 12.9 2.7 17.0 9.6 2.1
Orleans 4.6 21.7 9.0 1.4 6.1 4.5
Oswego 8.2 14.1 4.4 7.6 11.9 3.8
Otsego 6.8 21.7 7.3 5.6 16.5 6.3
Putnam 10.8 25.4 7.2 8.6 16.6 5.1
Rensselaer 15.0 20.6 4.7 12.0 14.2 3.6
Rockland 31.6 23.1 3.7 17.0 10.9 2.3
Saratoga 18.4 18.9 3.9 14.0 12.3 2.9
Schenectady 12.4 16.4 4.1 8.6 9.9 3.0
Schoharie 3.6 20.4 9.5 2.8 14.8 8.0
Schuyler 2.6 23.9 13.2 1.2 9.3 7.5
Seneca 3.8 21.3 9.6 3.0 16.7 8.6
Steuben 13.6 26.5 6.3 10.0 18.7 5.3
Suffolk 158.2 23.8 1.7 114.8 14.4 1.2
Tioga 6.8 26.2 9.0 3.0 10.4 5.3
Tompkins 6.8 17.7 6.1 8.2 18.1 5.7
Ulster 15.4 17.0 3.9 12.4 12.1 3.0
Warren 9.8 28.7 8.1 9.4 23.8 6.9
Washington 7.6 24.8 8.0 4.0 11.4 5.1
Wayne 5.0 11.8 4.7 6.2 12.2 4.3
Westchester 101.8 22.7 2.0 70.4 12.4 1.3
Wyoming 4.8 23.2 9.6 2.0 8.7 5.4
Yates 3.2 22.8 11.2 2.0 15.5 9.8