Data Tables for the 2008 Skin Cancer in New York State Report
Type of skin cancer
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| Type |
Percentage of Total Cases |
| Basal cell carcinoma |
70-90% |
| Squamous cell carcinoma |
10-30% |
| Melanoma |
3% |
| All other types |
1% |
Figure 1. Location of Melanomas
Figure 1a. Male
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| Location |
Percent of Total Cases |
| Head and Neck |
24.4% |
| Trunk |
41.8% |
| Arm and Shoulder |
22.0% |
| Leg and Hip |
11.8% |
Figure 1b. Female
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| Location |
Percent of Total Cases |
| Head and Neck |
14.5% |
| Trunk |
26.2% |
| Arm and Shoulder |
26.1% |
| Leg and Hip |
33.2% |
Figure 2. Melanoma incidence rate by age group and gender
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| Age at Diagnosis |
Males |
Females |
Male Mortality |
Female Mortality |
| 00-04 |
0.1 |
0.07 |
0 |
0.03 |
| 05-09 |
0.19 |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
| 10-14 |
0.32 |
0.43 |
0 |
0.06 |
| 15-19 |
1.05 |
1.71 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
| 20-24 |
1.94 |
4.04 |
0.06 |
0.09 |
| 25-29 |
3.76 |
6.67 |
0.16 |
0.25 |
| 30-34 |
5.33 |
8.42 |
0.35 |
0.29 |
| 35-39 |
7.42 |
10.14 |
0.63 |
0.85 |
| 40-44 |
11.21 |
13.52 |
1.14 |
0.95 |
| 45-49 |
16.39 |
13.71 |
2.45 |
1.67 |
| 50-54 |
21.1 |
14.75 |
3.03 |
2.34 |
| 55-59 |
30 |
17.74 |
5.19 |
2.41 |
| 60-64 |
41.92 |
21.37 |
6.61 |
3.27 |
| 65-69 |
49.53 |
23.99 |
9.58 |
5.42 |
| 70-74 |
69.39 |
31.95 |
11.5 |
6.08 |
| 75-79 |
84.61 |
33.11 |
20.02 |
7.05 |
| 80-84 |
89.15 |
37.02 |
19.84 |
10.37 |
| 85+ |
88.54 |
33.45 |
26.04 |
10.09 |
Figure 3. Age-adjusted melanoma incidence rate by race and ethnicity and gender
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| Race |
Males |
Females |
| Non-Hispanic Whites |
20.9 |
13.8 |
| Non-Hispanic Blacks |
0.75 |
0.87 |
| Hispanics |
3.96 |
2.81 |
Figure 4. Age-adjusted melanoma incidence rate by year and race, males and females combined
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| Year |
Whites |
Blacks |
| 1976 |
6.2 |
0.74 |
| 1977 |
7.24 |
1.24 |
| 1978 |
6.97 |
0.92 |
| 1979 |
7.28 |
1.01 |
| 1980 |
8.45 |
0.93 |
| 1981 |
8.03 |
1.45 |
| 1982 |
8.22 |
0.94 |
| 1983 |
9.16 |
0.65 |
| 1984 |
8.67 |
1.48 |
| 1985 |
9.13 |
1.31 |
| 1986 |
9.55 |
1.04 |
| 1987 |
9.08 |
0.78 |
| 1988 |
8.6 |
0.98 |
| 1989 |
9 |
1.02 |
| 1990 |
9.05 |
0.89 |
| 1991 |
8.65 |
1.06 |
| 1992 |
8.4 |
0.52 |
| 1993 |
8.42 |
1.16 |
| 1994 |
9.45 |
0.76 |
| 1995 |
9.99 |
0.96 |
| 1996 |
10.58 |
1.05 |
| 1997 |
11.36 |
1.66 |
| 1998 |
11.74 |
1.15 |
| 1999 |
11.82 |
0.45 |
| 2000 |
13.25 |
0.51 |
| 2001 |
13.86 |
0.97 |
| 2002 |
13.7 |
0.82 |
| 2003 |
13.28 |
0.66 |
| 2004 |
16.71 |
0.79 |
| 2005 |
17.45 |
0.8 |
Figure 5. Age-adjusted melanoma incidence rate by county, white non-Hispanics, males and females combined
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| County |
Incidence Rate per 100,000 |
Total Cases |
| Warren |
25.69 |
93 |
| Nassau |
23.71 |
1,447 |
| Franklin |
23.37 |
54 |
| Cattaraugus |
22.78 |
101 |
| New York (Manhattan) |
22.32 |
979 |
| Steuben |
22.08 |
115 |
| Putnam |
20.82 |
91 |
| Allegany |
20.38 |
52 |
| Suffolk |
20.14 |
1,265 |
| Madison |
19.65 |
70 |
| Westchester |
19.58 |
745 |
| Yates |
19.38 |
26 |
| Otsego |
18.99 |
62 |
| Essex |
18.96 |
42 |
| Rockland |
18.72 |
214 |
| St. Lawrence |
18.57 |
103 |
| Tompkins |
18.2 |
71 |
| Seneca |
18.04 |
32 |
| Chemung |
17.9 |
82 |
| Chautauqua |
17.89 |
133 |
| Schoharie |
17.58 |
31 |
| Broome |
17.55 |
188 |
| Greene |
17.22 |
44 |
| Niagara |
17.1 |
192 |
| Washington |
16.77 |
56 |
| New York State |
16.71 |
11,648 |
| Ontario |
16.33 |
89 |
| Rensselaer |
16.31 |
125 |
| Tioga |
16.23 |
45 |
| Delaware |
15.84 |
46 |
| Chenango |
15.75 |
46 |
| Wyoming |
15.6 |
34 |
| Oneida |
15.22 |
190 |
| Erie |
15.16 |
690 |
| Montgomery |
15.02 |
40 |
| Clinton |
14.76 |
58 |
| Monroe |
14.58 |
470 |
| Ulster |
14.48 |
130 |
| Saratoga |
14.25 |
149 |
| Livingston |
14.16 |
43 |
| Orleans |
14.16 |
29 |
| Genesee |
13.98 |
44 |
| Richmond (Staten Island) |
13.67 |
250 |
| Cayuga |
13.63 |
57 |
| Onondaga |
13.31 |
287 |
| Queens |
13.23 |
715 |
| Cortland |
12.86 |
30 |
| Schenectady |
12.81 |
100 |
| Oswego |
12.73 |
76 |
| Albany |
12.41 |
173 |
| Bronx |
12.37 |
180 |
| Sullivan |
12.09 |
43 |
| Jefferson |
12.08 |
61 |
| Dutchess |
12.07 |
153 |
| Herkimer |
11.69 |
44 |
| Orange |
11.61 |
159 |
| Kings (Brooklyn) |
11.53 |
613 |
| Wayne |
11.53 |
54 |
| Fulton |
11.06 |
34 |
| Columbia |
10.76 |
37 |
Figure 6. Percentage distribution of stage at diagnosis for melanoma of the skin by year, males and females combined, 1976-2005
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| Year |
Local |
Regional |
Distant |
| 1976 |
60.25% |
14.25% |
25.50% |
| 1977 |
64.64% |
12.29% |
23.08% |
| 1978 |
71.58% |
10.20% |
18.22% |
| 1979 |
68.27% |
12.94% |
18.79% |
| 1980 |
74.10% |
9.05% |
16.85% |
| 1981 |
77.69% |
7.94% |
14.37% |
| 1982 |
75.02% |
9.12% |
15.85% |
| 1983 |
74.71% |
10.54% |
14.74% |
| 1984 |
74.89% |
7.97% |
17.14% |
| 1985 |
78.90% |
7.67% |
13.44% |
| 1986 |
78.27% |
8.10% |
13.63% |
| 1987 |
78.56% |
9.19% |
12.25% |
| 1988 |
81.57% |
7.94% |
10.49% |
| 1989 |
79.58% |
8.44% |
11.98% |
| 1990 |
77.05% |
8.53% |
14.42% |
| 1991 |
79.49% |
8.84% |
11.67% |
| 1992 |
75.10% |
8.89% |
16.02% |
| 1993 |
78.46% |
9.66% |
11.88% |
| 1994 |
78.30% |
10.07% |
11.63% |
| 1995 |
79.47% |
8.63% |
11.90% |
| 1996 |
80.01% |
8.40% |
11.59% |
| 1997 |
78.63% |
10.38% |
10.99% |
| 1998 |
82.17% |
8.18% |
9.65% |
| 1999 |
81.85% |
9.97% |
8.18% |
| 2000 |
81.48% |
11.49% |
7.02% |
| 2001 |
82.55% |
11.71% |
5.75% |
| 2002 |
81.74% |
12.23% |
6.03% |
| 2003 |
81.91% |
12.08% |
6.01% |
| 2004 |
84.29% |
11.34% |
4.37% |
| 2005 |
82.21% |
12.66% |
5.13% |
Figure 7. Age-adjusted skin cancer mortality rate by year and gender
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| Year |
Mortality Rate |
| Males |
Females |
| 1976 |
3.87 |
2.34 |
| 1977 |
4.25 |
2.28 |
| 1978 |
3.77 |
1.78 |
| 1979 |
4 |
2.29 |
| 1980 |
4.28 |
2.33 |
| 1981 |
4.35 |
2.16 |
| 1982 |
4.56 |
1.95 |
| 1983 |
4.39 |
2.17 |
| 1984 |
4.71 |
2.29 |
| 1985 |
5.29 |
2.29 |
| 1986 |
4.71 |
2.55 |
| 1987 |
5.47 |
2.58 |
| 1988 |
5.27 |
2.33 |
| 1989 |
5.44 |
2.08 |
| 1990 |
5.57 |
2.28 |
| 1991 |
5.35 |
2.2 |
| 1992 |
4.82 |
2.08 |
| 1993 |
4.6 |
1.99 |
| 1994 |
4.93 |
1.97 |
| 1995 |
4.26 |
2.17 |
| 1996 |
4.22 |
2.35 |
| 1997 |
4.71 |
1.81 |
| 1998 |
4.37 |
1.97 |
| 1999 |
4.42 |
1.93 |
| 2000 |
4.53 |
1.78 |
| 2001 |
4.69 |
2.06 |
| 2002 |
3.48 |
2.13 |
| 2003 |
4.09 |
1.98 |
| 2004 |
4.01 |
1.74 |
| 2005 |
3.96 |
1.93 |