Incidence of malignant melanoma of the skin–United States, 2009–2018

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Cancer Prevention and Control.
• Description:
  In 2018, a total of 83,996 new cases of melanoma were reported in the United States: 49,547 among males and 34,449 among females. The incidence rate was 22.0 per 100,000 standard population, 27.9 per 100,000 males, and 17.7 per 100,000 females.
  
  Invasive melanoma of the skin was the sixth most common cancer by rate of new cancer cases in 2018. Most cases of skin cancer, including malignant melanoma of the skin, are caused by overexposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun, tanning beds, or sunlamps. During 2009 to 2018, incidence of malignant melanoma of the skin increased 1.2 percent per year on average and most cases were diagnosed at the localized stage (Table 1). By race and ethnicity, non-Hispanic White individuals had the highest incidence rate of malignant melanoma of the skin (Figure 1).
  
  Suggested citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. United States Cancer Statistics: Incidence of Malignant Melanoma of the Skin—United States, 2009–2018. USCS Data Brief, no 28. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services; 2022.
  
  uscs-databrief-no28-melanoma-h.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Incidence Melanoma Skin Neoplasms
• Source:
  U.S. Cancer Statistics Data Brief ; no. 28
• Series:
  U.S. Cancer Statistics Data Brief
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Division:
  Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
• Topic:
  Cancer statistics
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 numbered pages
• Volume:
  28
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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