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. 2003 Sep 30;89(7):1205–1208. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601294

Table 4. Site-specific incidence rate ratios of first primary SCC in the Federal State of Saarland, 1995–1999.

    Males
Females
Sex ratio
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.