Table 4.
The frequency of melanoma cases at sites not generally exposed to sunlight by frequency of sunbed/sunlamp use in 1991–2 and gender.
| Gender | site exposure | SUNBED/SUNLAMP USE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| never | occasional | more frequent | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Males | Less sun exposed sites | 98 | 32.0 | 17 | 43.6 | 18 | 40.9 |
| More sun exposed sites | 208 | 68.0 | 22 | 56.4 | 26 | 59.1 | |
| all sites | 306 | 100.0 | 39 | 100.0 | 44 | 100.0 | |
| Females | Less sun exposed sites | 50 | 23.1 | 13 | 26.0 | 19 | 43.2 |
| More sun exposed sites | 166 | 76.9 | 37 | 74.0 | 25 | 56.8 | |
| all sites | 216 | 100.0 | 50 | 100.0 | 44 | 100.0 | |