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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 3.

Spatial Clusters of Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC), January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2012, Adjusted for Age, Sex, and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status, 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 17 105 751 1421 1814 1666 1.29 (1.11–1.50) <.001
2, Northeast Sacramento County 14 134 576 1468 1770 1264 1.22 (1.08–1.37) <.001
3, East Contra Costa and west San Joaquin Counties 14 41 876 352 491 1125 1.40 (1.15–1.71) <.001
4, West central Contra Costa County 10 89 535 1310 1531 1645 1.18 (1.07–1.30) <.001
5, Eastern Sonoma and northern Napa Counties 36 197 179 2077 2311 1139 1.12 (1.03–1.21) .006
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The observed incidence of basal cell carcinoma outside these 5 clusters was 964 cases per 100 000 person-years.