Table 1. Malignant melanoma cases diagnosed in 2010, estimated to be due to exposure to solar (ultraviolet) radiation.

	Malignant melanoma			All cancera
Age (years)	Relative risk	Observed cases	Excess attributable cases (PAF)	Observed cases	Excess attributable cases (PAF)
Males
<25	33.50	78	75.7 (97.0)	1853	75.7 (4.1)
25–34	32.37	284	275.2 (96.9)	2109	275.2 (13.0)
35–49	21.98	1042	994.6 (95.4)	8359	994.6 (11.9)
50–64	13.88	1717	1593.3 (92.8)	37 617	1593.3 (4.2)
⩾65	6.81	2975	2538.4 (85.3)	108 729	2538.4 (2.3)
Total		6096	5477 (89.8)	158 667	5477.2 (3.5)
Females
<25	19.31	199	188.7 (94.8)	1646	188.7 (11.5)
25–34	14.18	561	521.4 (92.9)	3284	521.4 (15.9)
35–49	9.72	1551	1391.4 (89.7)	16 877	1391.4 (8.2)
50–64	6.89	1816	1552.4 (85.5)	41 338	1552.4 (3.8)
⩾65	3.69	2695	1965.6 (72.9)	92 439	1965.6 (2.1)
Total		6822	5620 (82.4)	155 584	5619.6 (3.6)
Persons
<25		277	264 (95.4)	3500	264 (7.6)
25–34		845	797 (94.3)	5393	797 (14.8)
35–49		2593	2386 (92.0)	25 236	2386 (9.5)
50–64		3533	3146 (89.0)	78 955	3146 (4.0)
⩾65		5670	4504 (79.4)	201 167	4504 (2.2)
Total		12 918	11 097 (85.9)	314 251	11097 (3.5)

Abbreviations: PAF, population-attributable fraction (%).

^aExcluding non-melanoma skin cancer.