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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Dermatol. 2016 Nov 1;152(11):1218–1224. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.2536

Table 2.

Spatial Clusters of Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC), January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2012, Adjusted for Age and Sex, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Cluster No., Location Radius, km Member-years No. of BCC Cases Observed Cases per 100 000 Person-yearsa Relative Risk vs Outside Cluster (95% CI) P Value
Expected Observed
1, Marin County 17 107190 1408 1841 1668 1.33 (1.12–1.57) <.001
2, West central Contra Costa County 12 105170 1414 1741 1594 1.25 (1.10–1.43) <.001
3, East Contra Costa and west San Joaquin Counties 14 41 876 347 491 1125 1.42 (1.15–1.75) <.001
4, Eastern Sacramento County 24 110577 1110 1350 1174 1.23 (1.09–1.39) <.001
5, Southern San Mateo and eastern Santa Clara Counties 24 65 197 875 1058 1569 1.22 (1.08–1.37) <.001
6, Central Placer County near Lincoln 3 11397 235 321 2711 1.37 (1.11–1.70) .004
7, Eastern Sonoma and northern Napa Counties 28 58483 740 882 1457 1.20 (1.04–1.38) .01
a

The observed incidence of BCC outside these 7 clusters was 944 cases per 100 000 person-years.