Table I.

Incidence of melanoma (including in situ melanoma)

Year	Cases	Population in Catalonia	Crude Rate*	Age standardized rate*†	Truncate rate* (35–64)	Cumulative rate (0–74)
2000	481	6,213,904	7.74	6.74	9.94	0.517%
2001	610	6,305,080	9.67	8.39	12.79	0.694%
2002	581	6,442,797	9.02	7.87	12.70	0.631%
2003	541	6,590,233	8.21	7.02	10.34	0.564%
2004	551	6,727,680	8.19	7.03	10.87	0.555%
2005	692	6,873,649	10.07	8.66	12.93	0.723%
2006	668	7,020,207	9.52	8.17	11.44	0.684%
2007	726	7,168,354	10.13	8.64	13.41	0.709%

^*rates reported per 100,000 subjects

^†standardized using the European standard population, Source: 1991 World Health Annual of Statistics - based on J Waterhouse et al, Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Lyon, IARC, 1976 (Vol, 3, page 456)