Melanoma of the skin.

Melanoma of the skin is the fifth leading type of cancer in Washington State. Incidence rates have nearly doubled from 23 per 100,000 in 1992, the year the Washington State Cancer Registry was created, to 42 per 100,000 in 2004. In 2004, 2,611 Washington residents (1,393 men and 1,217 women) were diagnosed with melanoma. Melanoma is the most deadly of the skin cancers. In 2005, 170 people in Washington (105 men and 65 women) died of melanoma.