TABLE 3.
Numerical and percentage distribution of squamous cell carcinoma according to primary skin location site and sex in Blumenau - SC - Brazil from 1980 to 2011
| FACE | 668 (42%) | 701 (44,1%) | 1369 (43%) | 0.2312 |
| LIPS | 82 (5.2%) | 48 (3%) | 130 (4.1%) | 0.0023 |
| NOSE | 108 (6.8%) | 159 (10%) | 267 (8.4%) | 0.0011 |
| EAR | 107 (6.7%) | 42 (2.6%) | 149 (4.7%) | 0.0001 |
| SCALP + NECK | 187 (11.8%) | 130 (8.2%) | 317 (10%) | 0.0007 |
| TRUNK | 161 (10.1%) | 133 (8.4%) | 294 (9.2%) | 0.0875 |
| UPPER LIMBS | 199 (12.5%) | 272 (17.1%) | 471 (14.8%) | 0.0002 |
| LOWER LIMBS | 79 (5%) | 105 (6.6%) | 184 (5.8%) | 0.0478 |
| TOTAL | 1591 (100%) | 1590 (100%) | 3181 (100%) |
Source: Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - IBGE), Citology, Immunopathology and Pathological Anatomy Laboratory (Laboratório de Citologia, Imunopatologia e Anatomia Patológica - CIPAC), Pathology Medical Diagnoses (Pathology Diagnósticos em Medicina) and Laboratório Beatriz Moreira Leite (Beatriz Moreira Leite Laboratory - BML Pathology). P Value: Chi-square significance test.