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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Minnesota by County

Melanoma of the Skin (All Stages^), 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Recentaapc

Explanation of Column Headers
Incidence Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The incidence rate is based upon 100,000 people and is an annual rate (or average annual rate) based on the time period indicated. Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population.

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC/APC:

AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Minnesota2


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Houston County2


Fillmore County2


Lake County2


Wabasha County2


Waseca County2


Goodhue County2


Freeborn County2


Olmsted County2


Mower County2


Winona County2


St. Louis County2


Nicollet County2


Dakota County2


McLeod County2


Dodge County2


Nobles County2


Martin County2


Benton County2


Carlton County2


Anoka County2


Scott County2


Faribault County2


Hennepin County2


Morrison County2


Pennington County2


Sibley County2


Douglas County2


Cass County2


Wright County2


Crow Wing County2


Meeker County2


Pope County2


Blue Earth County2


Lyon County2


Hubbard County2


Sherburne County2


Renville County2


Wadena County2


Carver County2


Le Sueur County2


Mille Lacs County2


Washington County2


Koochiching County2


Ramsey County2


Brown County2


Otter Tail County2


Kandiyohi County2


Rice County2


Becker County2


Itasca County2


Chisago County2


Isanti County2


Polk County2


Steele County2


Clay County2


Stearns County2


Aitkin County2


Beltrami County2


Chippewa County2


Cook County2


Cottonwood County2


Jackson County2


Kanabec County2


Lac qui Parle County2


Lincoln County2


Marshall County2


Murray County2


Norman County2


Pine County2


Pipestone County2


Redwood County2


Rock County2


Roseau County2


Stevens County2


Swift County2


Todd County2


Watonwan County2


Wilkin County2


Yellow Medicine County2


Big Stone County2 Clearwater County2 Grant County2 Kittson County2 Lake of the Woods County2 Mahnomen County2 Red Lake County2 Traverse County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/19/2026 4:14 pm.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

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.


† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (SEER areas use 20 age groups and NPCR areas use 19 age groups). 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 Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.

‡ Incidence data come from different sources. The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.

Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.

^ All Stages refers to any stage. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage with Expanded Regional Codes (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.

⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. The rates used in CI*Rank are all age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population using 19 age groups for SEER and NPCR areas. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.

1 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2024 submission.

2 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2024 submission).

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.