Racial Disparities in Patients with Melanoma: A Multivariate Survival Analysis

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Table 1 Characteristics of Cutaneous Melanoma Cases Diagnosed 2000–2016 in Wayne County, Michigan for Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and Non-Hispanic White (NHW) Patients

	NHW		NHB		p-value
	N	%	N	%
Total	3,467		73
Sex					<0.001
Male	1,945	56%	22	30%
Female	1,522	44%	51	70%
Age at Diagnosis					0.258
<50	1,171	34%	19	26%
50–59	739	21%	15	21%
60–69	660	19%	19	26%
70–79	544	16%	9	12%
80+	353	10%	11	15%
SEER* Summary Stage					<0.001
Local	2,935	86%	38	55%
Regional	328	10%	17	25%
Distant	138	4%	14	20%
Unknown/Unstaged	66	-	4	-
Vital Status					<0.001
Alive	2,650	76%	40	55%
Death due to melanoma	376	11%	22	30%
Death due to other causes	441	13%	11	15%

Note: *Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database.

Figure 1 Competing risk of death due to melanoma in non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and non-Hispanic white (NHW) patients.