Incidence Rate Report for South Carolina by County

"All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Melanoma of the Skin, All Ages"
Sorted by Rate

County,"Annual Incidence Rate(†) over rate period - cases per 100,000","Lower 95% Confidence Interval","Upper 95% Confidence Interval",Average Annual Count,Rate Period
South Carolina(6),22.4 ,21.8, 23.1,1054,2005-2009
US (SEER+NPCR)(1),19.2 ,19.2, 19.3,§,2005-2009
Beaufort County(6),38.3 ,34.4, 42.7,74,2005-2009
Greenville County(6),32.7 ,30.3, 35.2,144,2005-2009
Horry County(6),30.4 ,27.6, 33.4,93,2005-2009
Pickens County(6),29.7 ,25.4, 34.5,35,2005-2009
Spartanburg County(6),28.1 ,25.4, 30.9,83,2005-2009
Georgetown County(6),25.7 ,20.8, 31.5,20,2005-2009
Dorchester County(6),25.6 ,21.5, 30.2,29,2005-2009
Oconee County(6),25.4 ,20.8, 30.8,22,2005-2009
Charleston County(6),25.4 ,23.1, 27.9,91,2005-2009
Cherokee County(6),25.2 ,19.6, 31.8,14,2005-2009
Anderson County(6),23.7 ,20.7, 27.0,47,2005-2009
Fairfield County(6),23.6 ,15.9, 33.8,6,2005-2009
Union County(6),22.9 ,16.1, 31.7,8,2005-2009
Berkeley County(6),22.5 ,19.1, 26.4,33,2005-2009
Laurens County(6),22.4 ,17.9, 27.6,18,2005-2009
York County(6),20.7 ,18.0, 23.7,43,2005-2009
Lexington County(6),20.5 ,18.1, 23.2,52,2005-2009
Newberry County(6),20.1 ,14.4, 27.2,9,2005-2009
Greenwood County(6),18.6 ,14.5, 23.5,14,2005-2009
Clarendon County(6),16.4 ,11.1, 23.4,7,2005-2009
Edgefield County(6),16.1 ,9.8, 24.9,4,2005-2009
Aiken County(6),15.9 ,13.3, 18.8,28,2005-2009
Kershaw County(6),15.7 ,11.6, 20.8,10,2005-2009
Barnwell County(6),15.5 ,9.3, 24.5,4,2005-2009
Colleton County(6),15.3 ,10.4, 21.7,7,2005-2009
Sumter County(6),14.8 ,11.6, 18.5,15,2005-2009
Lancaster County(6),14.5 ,10.9, 18.9,11,2005-2009
Jasper County(6),14.0 ,8.2, 22.6,3,2005-2009
Florence County(6),13.7 ,11.1, 16.8,19,2005-2009
Abbeville County(6),13.6 ,8.2, 21.3,4,2005-2009
Richland County(6),12.4 ,10.7, 14.2,40,2005-2009
Marion County(6),11.9 ,7.5, 18.1,5,2005-2009
Darlington County(6),11.5 ,8.3, 15.7,8,2005-2009
Chesterfield County(6),11.4 ,7.4, 16.8,5,2005-2009
Marlboro County(6),10.5 ,6.0, 17.2,3,2005-2009
Dillon County(6),10.4 ,5.9, 16.9,3,2005-2009
Chester County(6),9.9 ,5.8, 15.8,4,2005-2009
Williamsburg County(6),9.4 ,5.6, 14.9,4,2005-2009
Orangeburg County(6),9.3 ,6.8, 12.5,9,2005-2009
Allendale County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Bamberg County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Calhoun County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Hampton County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Lee County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
McCormick County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009
Saluda County(6),* ,*, *,3 or fewer,2005-2009

Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/22/2013 10:32 pm.
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 [http://www.seer.cancer.gov/stdpopulations/stdpop.19ages.html] (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 [http://seer.cancer.gov/popdata/] by NCI. The US populations included with the data release have been adjusted for the population shifts due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita [http://seer.cancer.gov/data/hurricane.html] 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."
* 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.
"§ 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.  [http://seer.cancer.gov/data/hurricane.html]
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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 [http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/suppressed.html] is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.