LATITUDE GRADIENTS IN MELANOMA INCIDENCE AND MORTALITY IN THE NON-MAORI POPULATION OF NEW-ZEALAND

被引：39

作者：

BULLIARD, JL

COX, B

ELWOOD, JM

机构：

[1] Hugh Adam Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Otago University Medical School, Dunedin

来源：

CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL | 1994年 / 5卷 / 03期

关键词：

INCIDENCE; LATITUDE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; NEW-ZEALAND;

D O I：

10.1007/BF01830242

中图分类号：

R73 [肿瘤学];

学科分类号：

100214 ;

摘要：

The variation with latitude of incidence and mortality for cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) in the non-Maori population of New Zealand was assessed. For those aged 20 to 74 years, the effects of age, time period, birth-cohort, gender, and region (latitude), and some interactions between them were evaluated by loglinear regression methods. Increasing age-standardized incidence and mortality rates with increasing proximity to the equator were found for men and women. These latitude gradients were greater for males than females. The relative risk of melanoma in the most southern part of New Zealand (latitude 44-degrees-S) compared with the most northern region (latitude 36-degrees-S) was 0.63 (95 percent confidence interval [CI] = 0.60-0.67) for incidence and 0.76 (CI = 0.68-0.86) for mortality, both genders combined. The mean percentage change in CMM rates per degree of latitude for males was greater than those reported in other published studies. Differences between men and women in melanoma risk with latitude suggest that regional sun-behavior patterns or other risk factors may contribute to the latitude gradient observed.

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