Melanoma cancer mortality rate per 100,000

Source:2007-2009 Cancer Registry Data As Of July, 2012

Adjusted Rates Are Age Adjusted to The 2000 United States Population

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  Deaths Average population Crude Adjusted
Region/County 2007 2008 2009 Total 2007-2009 Rate Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany S S S 2 49,237 1.4* 1.3*
Cattaraugus S S S 3 79,926 1.3* 1.0*
Chautauqua S S S 14 133,704 3.5 2.7
Erie 28 25 38 91 910,296 3.3 2.7
Genesee S S S 6 57,992 3.4* 3.0*
Niagara S S S 16 214,312 2.5 1.9
Orleans S S S 3 42,222 2.4* 2.4*
Wyoming S S S 4 41,596 3.2* 3.1*
Region Total 42 43 54 139 1,529,285 3.0 2.5
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung S S S 11 88,097 4.2 3.9
Livingston S S S 2 63,020 1.1* 0.9*
Monroe 16 25 29 70 731,958 3.2 2.7
Ontario S S S 11 104,755 3.5 2.7
Schuyler S S S 1 18,837 1.8* 1.2*
Seneca S S S 2 34,128 2.0* 1.5*
Steuben S S S 15 96,478 5.2 4.5
Wayne S S S 6 91,446 2.2* 1.9*
Yates S S S 1 24,530 1.4* 0.8*
Region Total 31 40 48 119 1,253,250 3.2 2.7
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga S S S 5 79,738 2.1* 1.7*
Cortland S S S 5 48,147 3.5* 3.3*
Herkimer S S S 5 62,321 2.7* 1.8*
Jefferson S S S 15 117,944 4.2 4.6
Lewis S S S 1 26,170 1.3* 0.9*
Madison S S S 6 70,032 2.9* 2.4*
Oneida S S S 19 230,844 2.7 2.2
Onondaga 10 11 15 36 453,690 2.6 2.4
Oswego S S S 15 121,457 4.1 3.7
St Lawrence S S S 6 109,621 1.8* 1.8*
Tompkins S S S 6 101,073 2.0* 2.1*
Region Total 45 35 39 119 1,421,036 2.8 2.5
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome S S S 19 194,748 3.3 2.5
Chenango S S S 5 50,896 3.3* 2.6*
Tioga S S S 9 50,234 6.0* 4.7*
Region Total 12 11 10 33 295,878 3.7 2.8
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 11 11 10 32 298,022 3.6 3.2
Clinton S S S 8 81,727 3.3* 3.2*
Columbia S S S 6 61,954 3.2* 2.3*
Delaware S S S 6 45,913 4.4* 4.4*
Essex S S S 6 37,761 5.3* 3.8*
Franklin S S S 5 50,399 3.3* 2.9*
Fulton S S S 9 55,083 5.4* 4.5*
Greene S S S 10 49,074 6.8 5.8
Hamilton S S S 0 4,966 0.0* 0.0*
Montgomery S S S 3 48,615 2.1* 1.7*
Otsego S S S 4 61,869 2.2* 1.7*
Rensselaer 7 7 6 20 155,529 4.3 3.7
Saratoga S S S 23 218,095 3.5 3.4
Schenectady S S S 11 151,236 2.4 1.9
Schoharie S S S 5 31,755 5.2* 3.8*
Warren S S S 7 65,917 3.5* 2.5*
Washington S S S 6 62,686 3.2* 2.6*
Region Total 59 56 46 161 1,480,602 3.6 3.1
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess S S S 17 292,626 1.9 1.8
Orange 6 12 7 25 379,759 2.2 2.3
Putnam S S S 11 99,122 3.7 3.5
Rockland S S S 22 298,642 2.5 2.3
Sullivan S S S 6 76,067 2.6* 2.2*
Ulster 7 7 6 20 181,564 3.7 3.2
Westchester 26 24 26 76 950,787 2.7 2.3
Region Total 49 62 66 177 2,278,566 2.6 2.4
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 16 12 8 36 1,390,575 0.9 0.9
Kings 35 29 31 95 2,552,082 1.2 1.3
New York 40 31 24 95 1,628,635 1.9 1.8
Queens 28 27 33 88 2,291,022 1.3 1.2
Richmond 6 12 7 25 487,316 1.7 1.5
Region Total 125 111 103 339 8,349,629 1.4 1.3
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 45 50 37 132 1,354,547 3.2 2.7
Suffolk 46 51 57 154 1,514,547 3.4 3.1
Region Total 91 101 94 286 2,869,094 3.3 2.9
New York State Total 454 459 460 1,373 19,477,340 2.3 2.1

*: Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate is unstable

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