Table 2.
Incidence rates of melanoma among Whites age 20–59 years in the U.S. active-duty military and U.S. general populations by gender, age at diagnosis and year of diagnosis.
| 1990–1994
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1995–1999
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2000–2004
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| Count | Rate3 (95% CI4) | Count | Rate3 (95% CI4) | Count | Rate3 (95% CI4) | IRR5 (95% CI4) | ||
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| Men | ||||||||
| Military1 | 398 | 5.41 (4.89, 5.97) | 509 | 8.44 (7.72, 9.21) | 435 | 7.37 (6.69, 8.10) | 1.36 (1.18, 1.56) | |
| General population2 | 4664 | 8.88 (8.51, 9.27) | 5666 | 9.10 (8.71, 9.50) | 6461 | 9.52 (9.12, 9.93) | 1.07 (1.01, 1.14) | |
| Age 20–44 | ||||||||
| Military1 | 325 | 4.47 (3.99, 4.98) | 422 | 7.23 (6.56, 7.96) | 345 | 6.27 (5.62, 6.97) | 1.40 (1.20, 1.64) | |
| General population2 | 2240 | 8.29 (7.91, 8.69) | 2318 | 8.39 (7.99, 8.80) | 2371 | 8.85 (8.43, 9.27) | 1.07 (1.00, 1.14) | |
| Age 45–59 | ||||||||
| Military1 | 73 | 36.67 (28.72, 46.18) | 87 | 48.33 (38.69, 59.66) | 90 | 43.60 (35.03, 53.62) | 1.19 (0.86, 1.64) | |
| General population2 | 2424 | 28.28 (26.79, 29.82) | 3348 | 32.39 (30.95, 33.88) | 4090 | 31.67 (30.32, 33.06) | 1.12 (1.05, 1.20) | |
| Women | ||||||||
| Military1 | 55 | 6.64 (4.94, 8.76) | 76 | 8.84 (6.96, 11.08) | 72 | 8.09 (6.31, 10.21) | 1.22 (0.84, 1.78) | |
| General population2 | 4432 | 11.85 (11.38, 12.35) | 5668 | 13.71 (13.19, 14.25) | 6721 | 16.11 (15.52, 16.71) | 1.36 (1.29, 1.44) | |
1
Automated Central Tumor Registry (ACTUR).
2
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER-9).
3
Age-adjusted (active duty military 1990–2004) rates per 100,000 person-years.
4
Confidence interval.
5
Incidence rate ratio in comparison to the 1990–1994 rate.