Table II.

Crude (CIR) and age-standardized (ASIR) incidence rates for BCC, SCC, and melanoma by sex and ethnicity, 1968-2016

Skin cancer type	Ethnic group	No.	CIR (95%CI)	ASIR (95%CI)
BCC
Men	Chinese	3309	6.1 (5.9-6.3)	6.1 (5.9-6.3)
	Malay	156	1.5 (1.3-1.8)	2.1 (1.8-2.4)
	Indian	64	1.1 (0.8-1.4)	1.1 (0.8-1.4)
Women	Chinese	3730	6.8 (6.6-7.0)	5.5 (5.3-5.7)
	Malay	166	1.7 (1.4-1.9)	2.2 (1.9-2.5)
	Indian	63	1.2 (0.9-1.5)	1.5 (1.1-1.8)
SCC
Men	Chinese	1860	3.4 (3.3-3.6)	3.5 (3.3-3.6)
	Malay	115	1.1 (0.9-1.3)	1.5 (1.3-1.8)
	Indian	67	1.1 (0.9-1.4)	1.1 (0.8-1.4)
Women	Chinese	1352	2.5 (2.3-2.6)	1.9 (1.8-2.0)
	Malay	61	0.6 (0.5-0.8)	0.8 (0.6-1.0)
	Indian	38	0.7 (0.5-1.0)	1.0 (0.8-1.2)
Melanoma
Men	Chinese	271	0.5 (0.4-0.6)	0.5 (0.4-0.5)
	Malay	34	0.3 (0.2-0.5)	0.4 (0.3-0.6)
	Indian	16	0.3 (0.2-0.4)	0.2 (0.1-0.4)
Women	Chinese	284	0.5 (0.4-0.6)	0.4 (0.4-0.5)
	Malay	32	0.3 (0.2-0.5)	0.4 (0.3-0.5)
	Indian	4	0.08 (0.02-0.2)	0.08 (0.03-0.2)

ASIR, Age-standardized incidence rate; BCC, basal cell carcinoma; CI, confidence interval; CIR, crude incidence rate; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma.