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Death Rate Report by State, death years through 2009

Melanoma of the Skin
Healthy People 2020 Objective Number: C-8
Reduce the melanoma cancer death rate
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC)
State
sort ascending
Met
Healthy People
Objective
of
2.4?
1
Annual
Death
Rate

over rate period
deaths per 100,000

(95% Confidence Interval)
sort descending
Deaths per Year
over rate period
sort descending
Rate Period Recent Trend 2 Recent
Average Annual
Percent
Change
2
in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sorted ascending, sort descending
Recent Trend Period2
United States No 2.8 (2.8, 2.9) 9,199 2009 stable  0.0 (-0.1, 0.2) 2005 - 2009
California No 2.6 (2.4, 2.7) 920 2009 falling  -1.0 (-1.3, -0.6) 2005 - 2009
Georgia Yes 2.4 (2.1, 2.8) 214 2009 falling  -0.8 (-1.4, -0.3) 2005 - 2009
New York Yes 2.2 (2.0, 2.4) 467 2009 falling  -0.8 (-1.1, -0.5) 2005 - 2009
Massachusetts No 3.0 (2.6, 3.5) 223 2009 stable  -0.5 (-1.2, 0.2) 2005 - 2009
Minnesota No 2.5 (2.1, 3.0) 144 2009 stable  -0.2 (-0.9, 0.4) 2005 - 2009
Texas Yes 2.4 (2.2, 2.6) 535 2009 falling  -0.2 (-0.5, -0.0) 2005 - 2009
Florida No 3.0 (2.8, 3.3) 731 2009 stable  -0.0 (-0.3, 0.3) 2005 - 2009
Nevada No 2.9 (2.3, 3.7) 73 2009 stable  -0.0 (-0.6, 0.6) 2005 - 2009
New Mexico No 2.7 (2.0, 3.5) 56 2009 stable  0.1 (-0.6, 0.7) 2005 - 2009
Arkansas No 2.7 (2.2, 3.4) 86 2009 stable  0.2 (-0.3, 0.6) 2005 - 2009
Connecticut No 2.5 (2.0, 3.0) 103 2009 stable  0.2 (-0.1, 0.6) 2005 - 2009
Delaware No 2.7 (1.8, 4.0) 28 2009 stable  0.2 (-0.6, 1.0) 2005 - 2009
Hawaii Yes 1.5 (0.9, 2.2) 24 2009 stable  0.2 (-0.7, 1.1) 2005 - 2009
Mississippi Yes 2.2 (1.7, 2.8) 70 2009 stable  0.2 (-0.3, 0.8) 2005 - 2009
Arizona No 3.3 (2.9, 3.7) 227 2009 stable  0.3 (-0.1, 0.7) 2005 - 2009
North Carolina No 3.2 (2.9, 3.6) 319 2009 rising  0.3 (0.1, 0.6) 2005 - 2009
Tennessee No 2.9 (2.5, 3.4) 200 2009 stable  0.3 (-0.1, 0.6) 2005 - 2009
New Jersey No 2.6 (2.3, 2.9) 246 2009 stable  0.4 (-0.8, 1.8) 2005 - 2009
Pennsylvania No 3.0 (2.8, 3.3) 472 2009 rising  0.4 (0.1, 0.7) 2005 - 2009
South Carolina No 2.6 (2.2, 3.1) 131 2009 stable  0.4 (-0.0, 0.8) 2005 - 2009
Alabama No 3.3 (2.8, 3.9) 172 2009 rising  0.5 (0.0, 0.9) 2005 - 2009
Louisiana Yes 2.4 (1.9, 2.8) 109 2009 rising  0.5 (0.1, 1.0) 2005 - 2009
Maryland No 3.0 (2.5, 3.4) 174 2009 rising  0.5 (0.2, 0.8) 2005 - 2009
Ohio No 3.2 (2.9, 3.5) 418 2009 rising  0.5 (0.2, 0.8) 2005 - 2009
Idaho No 3.6 (2.7, 4.6) 57 2009 rising  0.6 (0.2, 1.0) 2005 - 2009
Michigan Yes 2.4 (2.1, 2.7) 263 2009 rising  0.6 (0.3, 0.9) 2005 - 2009
Utah No 3.9 (3.1, 4.8) 85 2009 rising  0.6 (0.1, 1.2) 2005 - 2009
Vermont No 3.2 (2.0, 4.8) 24 2009 stable  0.6 (-0.2, 1.4) 2005 - 2009
Colorado No 3.6 (3.1, 4.2) 172 2009 rising  0.7 (0.3, 1.1) 2005 - 2009
Iowa No 3.3 (2.7, 3.9) 114 2009 rising  0.7 (0.3, 1.1) 2005 - 2009
North Dakota No 2.9 (1.8, 4.4) 22 2009 stable  0.7 (-0.3, 1.6) 2005 - 2009
Oklahoma No 3.1 (2.5, 3.7) 125 2009 rising  0.7 (0.3, 1.0) 2005 - 2009
Rhode Island No 2.7 (1.9, 3.8) 36 2009 stable  0.7 (-0.1, 1.4) 2005 - 2009
Virginia No 3.1 (2.7, 3.5) 251 2009 rising  0.7 (0.4, 0.9) 2005 - 2009
Maine No 3.2 (2.3, 4.2) 50 2009 rising  0.8 (0.3, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
Montana No 3.3 (2.3, 4.7) 36 2009 rising  0.8 (0.2, 1.5) 2005 - 2009
Oregon No 3.6 (3.0, 4.2) 153 2009 rising  0.9 (0.5, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
West Virginia No 3.5 (2.7, 4.4) 76 2009 rising  0.9 (0.3, 1.4) 2005 - 2009
Indiana No 3.6 (3.2, 4.1) 247 2009 rising  1.0 (0.7, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
Missouri No 3.1 (2.7, 3.6) 210 2009 rising  1.0 (0.7, 1.4) 2005 - 2009
New Hampshire No 3.0 (2.2, 4.0) 45 2009 rising  1.0 (0.4, 1.6) 2005 - 2009
Wisconsin No 2.6 (2.2, 3.0) 162 2009 rising  1.0 (0.7, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
Illinois No 2.7 (2.4, 3.0) 359 2009 rising  1.1 (0.8, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
Washington No 3.0 (2.6, 3.4) 206 2009 rising  1.1 (0.6, 1.5) 2005 - 2009
Kansas No 3.2 (2.6, 3.9) 99 2009 rising  1.2 (0.7, 1.7) 2005 - 2009
South Dakota Yes 2.0 (1.2, 3.2) 19 2009 rising  1.3 (0.3, 2.4) 2005 - 2009
Wyoming No 3.2 (1.9, 5.1) 19 2009 rising  1.3 (0.4, 2.2) 2005 - 2009
Nebraska No 3.2 (2.5, 4.2) 63 2009 rising  1.4 (0.8, 2.0) 2005 - 2009
Kentucky No 3.1 (2.6, 3.7) 142 2009 rising  1.6 (1.2, 1.9) 2005 - 2009
Alaska
*
*
15 or fewer
2009 **
**
**
District of Columbia
*
*
15 or fewer
2009 stable  -0.2 (-1.5, 1.1) 2005 - 2009
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/18/2013 10:13 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).
Trend
Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates.
** Data are too sparse to provide stable estimates of annual rates needed to calculate trend.
1 Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2 The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected racial groups or counties.

Source: Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1–4, 5–9, … , 80–84, 85+). The Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US populations included with the data release have been adjusted for the population shifts due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita for 62 counties and parishes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The 1969-2009 US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

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