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Melanoma Among Non-Hispanic Black Americans
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 16 — June 20, 2019
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Figure 1.
Percentage of non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white population diagnosed with melanoma, by stage at diagnosis, United States, 2011–2015.
| Stage | All | Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Hispanic Black | Non-Hispanic White | Non-Hispanic Black | Non-Hispanic White | Non-Hispanic Black | Non-Hispanic White | |
| Localized | 55 | 78 | 54 | 77 | 57 | 80 |
| Regional | 18 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 8 |
| Distant | 16 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 4 |
| Unstaged | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
Figure 2.
Five-year relative survival rate of melanoma (percentage of people diagnosed with melanoma alive 5 years following diagnosis) among non-Hispanic black (NHB) and non-Hispanic white (NHW) populations, by stage at diagnosis, United States, 2011–2015.
| Sex | Race | Stage at Diagnosis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Localized | Regional | Distant | ||
| Male | NHB | 81.5 | 46.4 | 15.0 |
| NHW | 96.6 | 60.3 | 18.4 | |
| Female | NHB | 88.4 | 57.7 | 22.3 |
| NHW | 98.4 | 69.3 | 22.6 | |
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