Table 2.
Average annual incidence rates1 of invasive melanomas among adolescents and young adults (15–24 years old at diagnosis) by sex and tumour thickness2 in Queensland, 2006–2010
| Age at melanoma diagnosis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15–19 years |
20–24 years |
15–24 years |
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| Tumour thickness/Sex | N | ASR1 | (95% CI) | N | ASR1 | (95% CI) | N | ASR1 | (95% CI) |
| ≤1 mm | |||||||||
| Total | 68 | 4.6 | (3.6–5.8) | 172 | 11.2 | (9.6–13.0) | 240 | 7.8 | (6.9–8.9) |
| Males | 31 | 4.1 | (2.8–5.8) | 73 | 9.3 | (7.3–11.8) | 104 | 6.7 | (5.5–8.1) |
| Females | 37 | 5.1 | (3.6–7.1) | 99 | 13.1 | (10.6–15.9) | 136 | 9.0 | (7.6–10.7) |
| >1 mm | |||||||||
| Total | 17 | 1.1 | (0.7–1.8) | 37 | 2.4 | (1.7–3.3) | 54 | 1.8 | (1.3–2.3) |
| Males | 7 | 0.9 | (0.4–1.9) | 18 | 2.3 | (1.4–3.6) | 25 | 1.6 | (1.0–2.4) |
| Females | 10 | 1.4 | (0.7–2.5) | 19 | 2.5 | (1.5–3.9) | 29 | 1.9 | (1.3–2.8) |
Rates are per 100,000 population and are directly age-standardised to the 2000 World Standard Population
Information on thickness was missing for a total of 17 invasive melanoma cases (5.5%) in the 15–24 age group between 2006 and 2010.
Abbreviations: N: number; ASR: age-standardised rate; CI: confidence interval.