Interstate differences in incidence and mortality from melanoma

Abstract

The age standardised mortality from CMM for the period 1969 to 1989 shows little variation by State for women, despite a considerable range in latitude. CMM mortality in men is increasing at a faster rate than that in women. Between 1982 and 1987 the male:female incidence ratio in high latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere showed an excess of cases in women, a finding which we believe has not been reported before.