Table 4.

Body site distribution of 8068 Merkel cell carcinomas among selected ethnic groups, 2003–2007.

Populationa	Cases	Body site		Distribution of body sites among determined subsite localisations (%)
		Indeterminedb	Determined	Head	Trunk	Arms	Legs	Ano-genitalc
Men
Total	4390	583	3807	49	14	23	13	1
Black	42	5	37	24	16	16	32	11
Japanese	25	3	22	41	14	23	23	0
White, Hispanic	85	8	77	51	10	18	19	1
White, non-Hispanic	4238	567	3671	49	14	23	13	1
Women
Total	3678	353	3325	46	8	22	22	2
Black	62	5	57	28	11	19	25	18
Japanese	38	4	34	76	6	9	9	0
White, Hispanic	79	8	71	54	3	20	21	3
White, non-Hispanic	3499	336	3163	46	8	22	22	2

^aBlack populations included exclusively populations from the US; Japanese populations included Japanese populations from California, Los Angeles County, Hawaii and Japan; Hispanic populations included Hispanic populations from California, San Francisco Bay, Los Angeles County, New Mexico and Spain; White non-Hispanic populations: Australia, Canada, Czech Rep, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and US.

^bIndetermined subsites included: unspecified subsites, overlapping sites, lymph node or inner organ codes for topography of 8247/3 coded MCCs.

^cBlack, males: four anal MCC; white Hispanic, males: one anal canal MCC; white non-Hispanic, males: 15 anal MCC, 12 anal canal MCC, five penis MCC, three scrotal MCC, two MCC at male genital organ, not other specified; Black, females: four anal MCC, two anal canal MCC, three vulva MCC, one female genital organ, not other specified; white Hispanic, females: one vulva MCC; white non-Hispanic, females: 19 anal MCC, 19 anal canal MCC, 15 vulva MCC, one vaginal MCC, six MCC at female genital organs, not other specified.