MelanomaDth
melanoma, skin cancer, Healthy New Jersey, HNJ, 2020
MelanomaDth.Trend
Deaths due to Melanoma of the Skin
Deaths with malignant melanoma of the skin as the underlying cause of death
ICD-10 code: C43
Number of deaths due to malignant melanoma of the skin
Total number of persons in the population
04/28/2022
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. [https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/statistics/index.htm ^1^] Of the three most common types of skin cancer, melanoma causes the most deaths. [https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/basic_info/what-is-skin-cancer.htm ^2^]
C-8
'''Revised Healthy New Jersey 2020 Objective CA-8''': Reduce the age-adjusted mortality rate due to melanoma of the skin per 100,000 standard population to 1.9 for the total population and 2.5 among Whites.
'''Original Healthy New Jersey 2020 Objective CA-8''': Reduce the age-adjusted mortality rate due to melanoma of the skin per 100,000 standard population to 2.4 for the total population and 3.0 among Whites.
People with light complexions have the highest risk of melanoma of the skin, thus the age-adjusted incidence rate among Whites is more than 15 times that of Blacks. Because every racial/ethnic group other than Whites had fewer than 13 melanoma deaths per year, annual rates are only shown for Whites and a separate Healthy NJ 2020 target was only set for Whites. Revised targets for the total population and Whites were met in 2017 but a slight increase in 2020 caused the rates to rise above the revised targets but not the original targets.
The death rate due to melanoma among males is more than double that of females.
The death rate due to melanoma of the skin in New Jersey is the same as that of the nation as a whole.
The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) has many programs and partnerships related to cancer resources, cancer information and cancer prevention. [http://nj.gov/health/ces/]
1. Melanoma of the Skin Statistics [https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/statistics/index.htm]
2. What Is Skin Cancer?
[https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/basic_info/what-is-skin-cancer.htm]
CDC Skin Cancer Info: [https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/index.htm]
National Cancer Institute: [https://www.cancer.gov/types/skin]
NJ Cancer Incidence Data: [http://www.nj.gov/health/ces/cancer-researchers/cancer-data/]
CES
mbaron
A
04/28/2022
reviewed and edited by Stasia 11/14/13. 12-4-13, BDG added additional edits from Stasia. Received edits from Raj Gona 7/3/14. His rates from http://www.cancer-rates.info/nj/index_mort.php differ from ours, but I kept ours.
7/21/17 - reviewed and edited by Stasia
8/13/18 - updated HNJ targets
1/21/20 (KO) - Moved Sunburn Prevalence from Related Indicators tab for "Deaths..." to Related Indicators tab for "Incidence..." since I could not find any hard evidence that UV exposure has a direct link to *survival*.
2/7/20 (MLB) - returned that related indicator because someone looking at melanoma deaths would likely be interested in sunburn prevalence. Also restored all cancers deaths as related outcome.
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04/28/2022
Status changed by: mbaron
04/28/2022
C-8
Reduce the melanoma of the skin cancer death rate
C
C-8
Reduce the melanoma of the skin cancer death rate
2.4 deaths per 100,000 population (age-adjusted)
1.9 deaths per 100,000 population (age-adjusted)
119
08/13/2018
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RiskFactors
Risk Factors
Melanoma
Incidence of Melanoma of the Skin
Melanoma.YearSex
Sunburn
Sunburn Prevalence
Sunburn.Year
HealthStatus
Health Status Outcomes
CancerDeath
Deaths due to Cancer
CancerDeath.Trend
MelanomaDth.Trend
Age-adjusted Death Rate due to Melanoma of the Skin
by Year, New Jersey and the United States,
2000-2020 (HNJ2020)
Deaths per 100,000 Population
MelanomaDth.RE
Age-adjusted Death Rate due to Melanoma of the Skin
among Whites, by Year, New Jersey,
2000-2020 (HNJ2020)
Deaths per 100,000 Population
MelanomaDth.Sex
Age-adjusted Death Rate due to Melanoma of the Skin
by Sex and Year, New Jersey,
2000-2020
Deaths per 100,000 Population
MelanomaDth.RaceEth
Age-adjusted Death Rate due to Melanoma of the Skin
by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey,
2000-2020
Deaths per 100,000 Standardized Population