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Deaths due to Melanoma of the Skin by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2000-2020
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Why Is This Important?
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. 1 Of the three most common types of skin cancer, melanoma causes the most deaths. 2
Definition
Deaths with malignant melanoma of the skin as the underlying cause of death ICD-10 code: C43
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- Twenty-one years of data were combined in order to calculate reliable rates for every racial/ethnic group.
Data for White, Black, and Asian do not include Hispanics. Hispanic ethnicity includes persons of any race.
Data Sources
- Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health
(https://www.nj.gov/health/vital/) - Population Estimates, State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
(https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/demographics/population-household-estimates/) - Underlying Cause of Death, CDC WONDER On-line Database, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(https://wonder.cdc.gov/Deaths-by-Underlying-Cause.html)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of deaths due to malignant melanoma of the skinDenominator:
Estimated number of persons in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective C-8
U.S. Target: Reduce the melanoma cancer death rate to 2.4 deaths per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/cancer
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective CA-8
NJ Target: Reduce melanoma cancer deaths to 2.4 per 100,000 population (age-adjusted) for the total population and 3.0 for Whites by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/cancer.shtml