Trends in Incidence and Mortality of Skin Melanoma in Lithuania 1991–2015
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
3.1. Incidence
3.2. Mortality
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Sex | Age Group | Number of Joinpoints | Line Segment | Annual Percent Change | 95% Confidence Intervals | ||
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Start | End | Lower | Upper | ||||
All | All ages | 0 | 1991 | 2015 | 2.9 * | 2.7 | 3.1 |
0–39 | 0 | 1991 | 2015 | 0.9 * | 0.6 | 1.2 | |
40–59 | 0 | 1991 | 2015 | 2.6 * | 2.3 | 2.9 | |
60+ | 0 | 1991 | 2015 | 3.8 * | 3.6 | 4.0 | |
Men | All ages | 0 | 1991 | 2015 | 3.9 * | 3.6 | 4.1 |
0–39 | 0 | 1991 | 2015 | 1.6 * | 1.1 | 2.1 | |
40–59 | 0 | 1991 | 2015 | 4.0 * | 3.6 | 4.4 | |
60+ | 0 | 1991 | 2015 | 4.3 * | 4.0 | 4.6 | |
Women | All ages | 0 | 1991 | 2015 | 2.3 * | 2.1 | 2.5 |
0–39 | 0 | 1991 | 2015 | 0.4 | −0.1 | 0.8 | |
40–59 | 0 | 1991 | 2015 | 1.8 * | 1.4 | 2.1 | |
1 | 1991 | 1996 | 11.8 * | 7.3 | 16.4 | ||
1996 | 2015 | 0.8 * | 0.3 | 1.2 | |||
60+ | 0 | 1991 | 2015 | 3.5 * | 3.3 | 3.8 |
Sex | Age Group | Incidence | Mortality | ||||||
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1991 | 2015 | 1991 | 2015 | ||||||
Number of Cases | Age-Standardized Rate | Number of Cases | Age-Standardized Rate | Number of Deaths | Age-Standardized Rate | Number of Deaths | Age-Standardized Rate | ||
All | Total | 145 | 4.1 | 346 | 8.8 | 64 | 1.8 | 103 | 2.4 |
0–39 | 24 | 1.1 | 25 | 1.7 | 2 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.4 | |
40–59 | 49 | 5.6 | 105 | 12.2 | 19 | 2.2 | 29 | 3.3 | |
60+ | 72 | 12.1 | 216 | 28.3 | 43 | 7.2 | 68 | 8.1 | |
Men | Total | 50 | 3.4 | 139 | 8.9 | 21 | 1.5 | 49 | 3.1 |
0–39 | 10 | 0.9 | 10 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.8 | |
40–59 | 20 | 5.0 | 54 | 13.5 | 8 | 2.0 | 15 | 3.7 | |
60+ | 20 | 9.4 | 75 | 28.4 | 12 | 5.5 | 28 | 10.4 | |
Women | Total | 95 | 4.6 | 207 | 8.7 | 43 | 2.0 | 54 | 1.9 |
0–39 | 14 | 1.1 | 15 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
40–59 | 29 | 5.6 | 51 | 12.2 | 11 | 2.3 | 14 | 2.9 | |
60+ | 52 | 12.1 | 141 | 28.3 | 31 | 7.9 | 40 | 7.0 |
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Dulskas, A.; Cerkauskaite, D.; Vincerževskiene, I.; Urbonas, V. Trends in Incidence and Mortality of Skin Melanoma in Lithuania 1991–2015. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 4165. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084165
Dulskas A, Cerkauskaite D, Vincerževskiene I, Urbonas V. Trends in Incidence and Mortality of Skin Melanoma in Lithuania 1991–2015. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(8):4165. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084165
Chicago/Turabian StyleDulskas, Audrius, Dovile Cerkauskaite, Ieva Vincerževskiene, and Vincas Urbonas. 2021. "Trends in Incidence and Mortality of Skin Melanoma in Lithuania 1991–2015" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 8: 4165. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084165