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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Dec 8;20(2):318–323. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0869

Table 3.

Incidence rates of melanoma among Whites age 20–59 years in the U. S. active-duty military population by service branch and gender, Automated Central Tumor Registry 1990–2004.

	Men			Women

	Count	Rate¹ (95% CI²)	IRR³ (95% CI²)	Count	Rate¹ (95% CI²)	IRR³ (95% CI²)
Army	398	6.25 (5.65, 6.89)	Reference	50	5.46 (4.05, 7.23)	Reference
Navy	372	6.99 (6.29, 7.74)	1.12 (0.97, 1.29)	57	8.51 (6.43, 11.06)	1.56 (1.03, 2.33)
Air Force	417	7.59 (6.87, 8.38)	1.22 (1.05, 1.40)	82	8.98 (7.13, 11.15)	1.64 (1.14, 2.39)
Marines	116	7.57 (6.19, 9.19)	1.21 (0.96, 1.51)	8	*	*
Coast Guard	31	5.47 (3.69, 7.80)	0.87 (0.57, 1.27)	2	*	*

Age-adjusted (active duty military 1990–2004) rates per 100,000 person-years. Rates were not calculated when counts were <10

Confidence interval.

Incidence rate ratio.