Prevalence and Mortality of Melanoma in Oklahoma Among Racial Groups, 2000-2008

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• Alternative Title:
  J Okla State Med Assoc
• Personal Author:
  Baldwin, Jonathan ; Janitz, Amanda E. ; Erb-Alvarez, Julie ; Snider, Cuyler ; Campbell, Janis E.
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  This study assessed the period prevalence (2000-2008) and mortality rates of melanoma, in Oklahoma, among different racial/ethnic strata.
  
  Methods
  
  We analyzed incident cases of melanoma from 2000-2008 from the Oklahoma Central Cancer Registry and determined disease duration using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis to calculate period prevalence of melanoma in Oklahoma. Using a series of Chi-Square tests, we compared period prevalence and mortality rates among the racial groups and compared mortality between Oklahoma and the US.
  
  Results
  
  White non-Hispanics in Oklahoma have the highest period prevalence (p<0.0001) among the racial strata. American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals have the second highest period prevalence in Oklahoma (p<0.0001). Furthermore, white non-Hispanics (p<0.0001) and AI/AN individuals (p=0.0003) in Oklahoma had higher mortality rates compared to the US.
  
  Conclusions
  
  There are disparities in the prevalence and mortality of melanoma among the AI/AN population in Oklahoma, and prevention and education programs should focus on this population.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Female Humans Male Melanoma Prevalence Racial Groups Registries Skin Neoplasms
• Source:
  J Okla State Med Assoc. 109(7-8):311-316.
• Pubmed ID:
  27885301
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5119754
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U58 DP005513/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma
• Volume:
  109
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0b898092bd3f7df3f312250c8b4a3597a0f1691cd7bce5620e92b39effa87120
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/42848/cdc_42848_DS1.pdf
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