Table 2.
Estimated changes of the age-standardised incidence rate of Merkel cell carcinoma.
| Country | Period for trend analysis | ICD-O 2 or 3 coding since | Population coverage (2005)
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Women
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| % | Cases | EAPC | 95% CI | Δ | Cases | EAPC | 95% CI | Δ | |||
| US, SEER9-White | 1995–2012 | 1990 | 8.7 | 1813 | 2.2 | 1.2; 3.3 | 1.6 | 1167 | 2.5 | 1.3; 3.7 | 0.9 |
| US, SEER9-Black | 1995–2012 | 1990 | 8.7 | 22 | 0.3 | −6.9; 8.1 | 0.0 | 29 | 6.4 | −1.8; 15.2 | 0.3 |
| US, SEER9-Other | 1995–2012 | 1990 | 18.1 | 81 | −0.1 | −3.0; 2.8 | 0.0 | 69 | 2.1 | −3.9; 8.5 | 0.0 |
| New Zealand | 1995–2007 | 1993 | 100.0 | 171 | 2.0 | −4.1; 8.5 | 0.9 | 172 | 2.0 | −1.6; 5.8 | 0.7 |
| United Kingdom | 1995–2007 | 1995 | 74.2 | 672 | 6.3 | 3.0; 9.7 | 0.8 | 872 | 7.9 | 4.9; 11.0 | 0.9 |
| Australia | 1995–2007 | 1992 | 98.8 | 1006 | 3.9 | 1.6; 6.3 | 2.2 | 609 | 2.5 | −0.3; 5.3 | 0.6 |
| Canada | 1995–2007 | 1992 | 76.3 | 298 | 4.9 | 1.0; 9.0 | 0.6 | 282 | 4.8 | 0.2; 9.6 | 0.4 |
| Czech Republic | 1995–2007 | 1994 | 100.0 | 62 | 10.4 | 4.8; 16.2 | 0.7 | 119 | 6.5 | 2.6; 10.6 | 0.5 |
| Denmark | 1995–2007 | 1990 | 100.0 | 70 | −2.8 | −10.0; 5.0 | −0.3 | 90 | −3.2 | −7.6; 1.5 | −0.3 |
| France | 1995–2007 | 1994 | 9.9 | 131 | 9.7 | 3.5; 16.3 | 1.9 | 192 | 3.5 | −2.6; 10.0 | 0.7 |
| Ireland | 1995–2007 | 1994 | 100.0 | 66 | 3.0 | −13.6; 22.7 | 0.4 | 100 | 9.3 | 2.9; 16.1 | 1.7 |
| Israel, Jews | 1995–2007 | 1992 | 79.5 | 110 | 7.1 | 2.0; 12.4 | 1.9 | 96 | 2.4 | −6.1; 11.8 | 0.4 |
| Italy | 1996–2007 | 1996 | 7.3 | 89 | 21.0 | 8.0; 35.5 | 2.8 | 88 | 6.4 | −5.0; 19.2 | 0.6 |
| Japan | 1995–2007 | 1995 | 10.1 | 34 | −1.9 | −10.1; 7.0 | 0.0 | 54 | 8.9 | 2.4; 15.9 | 0.2 |
| Netherlands | 1995–2007 | 1993 | 100.0 | 317 | 8.1 | 5.0; 11.3 | 1.6 | 416 | 7.1 | 4.1; 10.2 | 1.3 |
| Slovakia | 2000–2007 | 2000 | 100.0 | 22 | 5.2 | −4.6; 16.1 | 0.3 | 38 | 27.2 | −6.6; 73.2 | 1.0 |
| Spain | 1995–2007 | 1995 | 8.0 | 49 | 6.4 | −5.9; 20.2 | 0.7 | 48 | 2.6 | −8.6; 15.1 | 0.2 |
| Sweden | 1995–2007 | 1993 | 100.0 | 163 | 1.0 | −3.5; 5.8 | 0.1 | 207 | 0.5 | −4.2; 5.5 | 0.1 |
| Norway | 1995–2007 | 1993 | 100.0 | 60 | −0.1 | −7.2; 7.5 | 0.0 | 99 | −0.5 | −5.4; 4.6 | −0.1 |
| Finland | 1995–2007 | 1990 | 100.0 | 71 | 9.4 | −1.7; 21.6 | 1.1 | 149 | 1.6 | −0.4; 7.3 | 0.2 |
| Germany | 1996–2007 | 1996 | 1.3 | 20 | 5.5 | −11.2; 25.4 | 0.8 | 31 | 10.0 | −9.0; 33.0 | 1.2 |
The estimated percentage annual change (EAPC) and the estimated rate differences Δ per million person years are derived from log-binomial models; the time periods for these analyses are given in the second column.