Cutaneous Melanoma
Dermatology Melanoma / Photobiology Incidence



Cutaneous Melanoma: Annual Age - Specific Incidence Rate and Cumulative Risk For Whites in the United States*

  Annual Age-Specific Incidence Rate, per 100,000 Population Cumulative Risk Through End Of Age Group, %t Lifetime Risk at Beginning of Age Group, %

Age, y      
0-4 0.1 0.0005 0.81
5-9 0.1 000.10 0.81
10-14 0.2 0.0020 0.81
15-19 1.4 0.0088 0.81
20-24 3.6 0.026 0.80
25-29 6.8 0.059 0.79
30-34 9.9 0.11 0.75
35-39 11.7 0.16 0.71
40-44 13.9 0.23 0.65
45-49 15.9 0.30 0.58
50-54 17.0 0.38 0.51
55-59 17.9 0.46 0.43
60-64 20.2 0.54 0.35
65-69 19.4 0.61 0.27
70-74 20.9 0.68 0.20
75-79 20.7 0.73 0.13
80-84 20.6 0.77 0.061
>85 25.0 0.81 0.045

*Incidence estimates are from all SEER areas in the United States from 1978 through 1981 for both sexes.2 t Projected cumulative risk based on incidence rates and 1979 US life table for whites.3