Table 4. Site-specific incidence rate ratios of first primary SCC in the Federal State of Saarland, 1995–1999.
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Males |
Females |
Sex ratio |
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| SCC | N | WSR | s.e. | RSA | N | WSR | s.e. | RSA | Male : female | 95% CI | |
| Overall | 543 | 11.2 | 0.49 | 420 | 4.4 | 0.31 | 2.55 | 2.18–2.98 | |||
| Surface (%) | |||||||||||
| Lip (173.0) | 0.1 | 25 | 0.53 | 0.13 | 5.30 | 5 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 1.00 | 5.30 | 1.73–16.3 |
| Eye lid (173.1) | 0.3 | 6 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.40 | 9 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.37 | 1.09 | 0.33–3.64 |
| Ear (173.2) | 0.5 | 95 | 1.95 | 0.19 | 3.90 | 17 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 15.0 | 8.56–26.3 |
| Face (173.3) | 2.3 | 163 | 3.36 | 0.27 | 1.46 | 203 | 2.13 | 0.21 | 0.93 | 1.58 | 1.23–2.02 |
| Scalp/neck (173.4) | 6.1 | 77 | 1.52 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 15 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 7.60 | 4.55–12.7 |
| Trunk (173.5) | 32.0 | 25 | 0.55 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 20 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 2.29 | 1.03–5.10 |
| Arms (173.6) | 16.5 | 64 | 1.34 | 0.18 | 0.08 | 70 | 0.67 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 2.00 | 1.30–3.07 |
| Legs (173.7) | 40.0 | 28 | 0.57 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 23 | 0.32 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 1.78 | 0.88–3.61 |
| Overlapping (173.8) | 0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||||
| Unspecified (173.9) | 60 | 1.21 | 0.16 | 57 | 0.55 | 0.10 | 2.20 | 1.41–3.42 | |||
WSR=age-standardised rate (World Standard Population), cases per 100 000; s.e.=standard error of the rate; RSA=age-standardised incidence rate divided by the proportion of surface area of the body site; SCC=squamous cell carcinoma.