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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/25/2018 5:47 am.
Data for the United States does not include data from Nevada

*** No Healthy People 2020 Objective for this cancer.

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 1969-2015 US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
‡ Incidence data come from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each area for additional information.
Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

* 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. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).

1 Source: CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) November 2017 data submission and SEER November 2017 submission as published in United States Cancer Statistics.
5 Source: State Cancer Registry and the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) November 2017 data submission. State rates include rates from metropolitan areas funded by SEER.
6 Source: State Cancer Registry and the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) November 2017 data submission.
7 Source: SEER November 2017 submission.
8 Source: Incidence data provided by the SEER Program. AAPCs are calculated by the Joinpoint Regression Program and are based on APCs. Data 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. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modifed by NCI. The 1969-2016 US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2017 data.
10 Source: Incidence data provided by the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). EAPCs calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Rates 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. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The 1969-2016 US Population Data File is used with NPCR November 2017 data.

Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availablility, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.

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.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Incidence Rate Report for Washington by County

Melanoma of the Skin, 2011-2015

All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages

Sorted by Rate
County Met Healthy People Objective of ***? Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate†
cases per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)		 Average Annual Count Recent Trend Recent 5-Year Trend‡ in Incidence Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
Washington5,10 *** 22.2 (21.5, 22.9) 868 stable stable trend -0.2 (-3.6, 3.3)
US (SEER+NPCR)1,10 *** 16.8 (16.8, 16.9) 30,606 rising rising trend 2.4 (1.2, 3.6)
Yakima County6,10 *** 11.3 (8.8, 14.3) 15 stable stable trend -16.3 (-36.9, 11.0)
Benton County6,10 *** 12.2 (9.2, 15.8) 12 stable stable trend -0.4 (-29.5, 40.7)
Walla Walla County6,10 *** 15.9 (10.1, 23.9) 5 stable stable trend -8.1 (-35.8, 31.5)
Spokane County6,10 *** 16.6 (14.4, 19.0) 45 stable stable trend -9.4 (-28.3, 14.5)
Stevens County6,10 *** 18.8 (12.2, 28.2) 6 stable stable trend -12.4 (-64.9, 118.7)
Pierce County7,8 *** 19.0 (17.2, 21.0) 83 rising rising trend 1.5 (0.7, 2.4)
Skagit County7,8 *** 21.2 (16.5, 26.7) 16 falling falling trend -5.9 (-10.9, -0.5)
Okanogan County6,10 *** 21.5 (14.0, 31.9) 6 stable stable trend 5.4 (-33.7, 67.6)
Clallam County7,8 *** 22.3 (16.3, 30.0) 12 stable stable trend 1.2 (-1.5, 3.9)
Douglas County6,10 *** 22.6 (14.6, 33.6) 5 stable stable trend -0.7 (-31.7, 44.4)
Grant County6,10 *** 23.0 (17.0, 30.3) 10 stable stable trend -3.2 (-30.4, 34.7)
Chelan County6,10 *** 23.2 (17.0, 31.1) 10 stable stable trend -21.0 (-37.8, 0.4)
King County7,8 *** 23.6 (22.3, 24.9) 266 stable stable trend -0.6 (-2.4, 1.3)
Thurston County7,8 *** 23.6 (20.2, 27.5) 36 rising rising trend 3.6 (2.3, 4.9)
Clark County6,10 *** 23.8 (21.1, 26.8) 58 stable stable trend -4.8 (-18.4, 11.1)
Mason County7,8 *** 24.0 (17.3, 32.7) 9 stable stable trend -19.1 (-37.3, 4.5)
Cowlitz County6,10 *** 24.0 (18.5, 30.7) 14 stable stable trend -2.3 (-22.6, 23.3)
Whatcom County7,8 *** 24.8 (20.7, 29.4) 29 falling falling trend -5.1 (-8.7, -1.3)
Asotin County6,10 *** 25.8 (15.1, 41.8) 4 stable stable trend 13.2 (-41.5, 118.9)
Grays Harbor County7,8 *** 26.2 (19.1, 35.2) 10 rising rising trend 43.7 (2.4, 101.6)
Pacific County6,10 *** 27.0 (14.8, 45.7) 4 stable stable trend 7.6 (-49.8, 130.5)
Snohomish County7,8 *** 28.5 (26.1, 30.9) 116 rising rising trend 3.4 (2.7, 4.2)
Jefferson County7,8 *** 29.4 (19.3, 44.0) 8 rising rising trend 3.0 (0.4, 5.6)
Island County7,8 *** 29.5 (23.1, 37.3) 17 stable stable trend 1.5 (-1.0, 4.1)
Kitsap County7,8 *** 33.8 (29.7, 38.4) 52 rising rising trend 3.6 (2.4, 4.8)
Adams County6,10 *
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Columbia County6,10 *
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Ferry County6,10 *
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Franklin County6,10 *
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3 or fewer
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Garfield County6,10 *
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3 or fewer
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Kittitas County6,10 *
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3 or fewer
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Klickitat County6,10 *
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3 or fewer
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Lewis County6,10 *
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3 or fewer
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Lincoln County6,10 *
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3 or fewer
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Pend Oreille County6,10 *
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3 or fewer
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San Juan County7 *
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3 or fewer
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Skamania County6,10 *
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3 or fewer
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Wahkiakum County6,10 *
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3 or fewer
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Whitman County6,10 *
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3 or fewer
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