Incidence Rates Report Send to Printer   |   Close Window Incidence Rate Report for by County All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Melanoma of the Skin, All Ages Sorted by Rate County Annual Incidence Rate† over rate period (95% Confidence Interval) Average Annual Count Rate Period Alaska6 10.4 (9.2, 11.7) 62 2005-2009 US (SEER+NPCR)1 19.2 (19.2, 19.3) § 2005-2009 Juneau City and Borough6 19.0 (12.5, 27.7) 6 2005-2009 Fairbanks North Borough6 13.2 (9.4, 18.1) 9 2005-2009 Matanuska-Susitna Borough6 11.6 (7.9, 16.3) 8 2005-2009 Kenai Peninsula Borough6 11.1 (7.4, 16.0) 7 2005-2009 Anchorage Municipality6 9.7 (7.9, 11.7) 24 2005-2009 Aleutians East Borough6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Aleutians West Census Area6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Bethel Census Area6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Bristol Bay Borough6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Denali Borough6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Dillingham Census Area6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Haines Borough6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Ketchikan Gateway Borough6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Kodiak Island Borough6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Lake and Peninsula Borough6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Nome Census Area6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 North Slope Borough6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Northwest Arctic Borough6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Sitka City and Borough6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Valdez-Cordova Census Area6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Wade Hampton Census Area6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Yakutat City and Borough6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area6 * 3 or fewer 2005-2009 Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/25/2013 11:00 am. State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. † Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. 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 for SEER and NPCR incidence rates. § Because of the impact on Louisiana's population for the July - December 2005 time period due to Hurricanes Katrina/Rita, SEER excluded Louisiana cases diagnosed for that six month time period. The count has been suppressed due to data consistency issues. * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 cases were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. 1 Source: CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) January 2012 data submission and SEER November 2011 submission. 6 Source: State Cancer Registry and the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) January 2012 data submission. State rates include rates from metropolitan areas funded by SEER. Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.