Table 5.

Hazards Ratio^* for Death from Melanoma for Patients Diagnosed with Melanoma by Sex 1995, 1996 and 2001

	MALES			FEMALES
	Hazards	95% CI		Hazards			95% CI
	Ratio*	LL	UL	p-value	Ratio	LL	UL	p-value
Age at Diagnosis				0.06				0.97
	1.01	1.0	1.03		1.0	0.98	1.02
Charlson Score				0.16				0.35
0	1.0				1.0
1+	1.5	0.9	2.6		0.5	0.09	2.4
Tumor Thisckness				<0.0001				<0.001
<= 0.69 mm	1.0				1.0
0.70 - 1.00 mm	2.8	1.1	6.9		2.1	0.3	16.1
1.01 - 9.90+ mm	7.9	3.8	16.5		18.8	4.2	85.3
Unknown	4.0	1.5	10.5		11.8	2.2	63.5
Margins of Surgical Resection				0.26				0.98
Tumor at margin	1.0				1.0
1+ cm	0.5	0.2	1.2		0.8	0.1	5.1
Margins clear, NOS + <1 cm	0.4	0.2	1.1		0.7	0.1	4.3
Unknown	0.6	0.2	1.6		0.8	0.1	5.5
Year of Diagnosis				0.37				0.13
1995	1.0				1.0
1996	0.7	0.4	1.3		0.6	0.2	2.0
2001	0.7	0.4	1.2		1.4	0.4	4.8

Follow-up through December 2007

^*Adjusted for all variables in the table.