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The age-adjusted SEER incidence rates of melanoma for black females, all ages SEER 18 is
1/100,000 |
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97/100,000 |
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Data not available |
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25/100,000 |
B) should be correct answer.
A cancer incidence rate is the number of new cancers of a specific site/type occurring in a specified population during a year, usually expressed as the number of cancers per 100,000 population at risk. That is,
Incidence rate = (New cancers / Population) × 100,000
n age-adjusted rate is a weighted average of the age-specific rates, where the weights are the proportions of persons in the corresponding age groups of a standard population. The potential confounding effect of age is reduced when comparing age-adjusted rates computed using the same standard population.