Table 2.
Number of skin melanoma cases/deaths and age-standardized mortality rates by sex and age groups in Lithuania, 1991 vs. 2015.
| Sex | Age Group | Incidence | Mortality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2015 | 1991 | 2015 | ||||||
| Number of Cases | Age-Standardized Rate | Number of Cases | Age-Standardized Rate | Number of Deaths | Age-Standardized Rate | Number of Deaths | Age-Standardized Rate |
||
| All | Total | 145 | 4.1 | 346 | 8.8 | 64 | 1.8 | 103 | 2.4 |
| 0–39 | 24 | 1.1 | 25 | 1.7 | 2 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.4 | |
| 40–59 | 49 | 5.6 | 105 | 12.2 | 19 | 2.2 | 29 | 3.3 | |
| 60+ | 72 | 12.1 | 216 | 28.3 | 43 | 7.2 | 68 | 8.1 | |
| Men | Total | 50 | 3.4 | 139 | 8.9 | 21 | 1.5 | 49 | 3.1 |
| 0–39 | 10 | 0.9 | 10 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.8 | |
| 40–59 | 20 | 5.0 | 54 | 13.5 | 8 | 2.0 | 15 | 3.7 | |
| 60+ | 20 | 9.4 | 75 | 28.4 | 12 | 5.5 | 28 | 10.4 | |
| Women | Total | 95 | 4.6 | 207 | 8.7 | 43 | 2.0 | 54 | 1.9 |
| 0–39 | 14 | 1.1 | 15 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 40–59 | 29 | 5.6 | 51 | 12.2 | 11 | 2.3 | 14 | 2.9 | |
| 60+ | 52 | 12.1 | 141 | 28.3 | 31 | 7.9 | 40 | 7.0 | |