The Determination of Melanoma Stage at Diagnosis

Table 1

Parameters of linear models fitted to ln. rates for in situ and invasive melanomas. The parameters are shown for males and females for the entire period (84 data pairs for each gender) and for each period separately (14 data pairs).

Gender	Period	Coefficient	ucl	lcl	Constant	ucl	lcl	Pseudo 𝑅^2
Male	1975–2004	1.700	1.722	1.677	−14.891	−14.806	−14.977	0.940
Female	1975–2004	2.097	2.138	2.055	−15.760	−15.627	−15.893	0.867
Male	1975–79	2.275	2.607	1.944	−17.358	−16.415	−18.300	0.844
Male	1980–84	1.777	1.947	1.607	−15.708	−15.168	−16.248	0.868
Male	1985–89	1.702	1.796	1.609	−15.101	−14.775	−15.427	0.935
Male	1990–94	1.594	1.659	1.529	−14.537	−14.298	−14.777	0.966
Male	1995–99	1.472	1.516	1.427	−13.937	−13.762	−14.112	0.980
Male	2000–04	1.378	1.412	1.344	−13.419	−13.282	−13.557	0.986
Female	1975–79	1.766	2.186	1.347	−15.750	−15.627	−15.893	0.578
Female	1980–84	1.96	2.257	1.662	−15.944	−15.116	−16.772	0.703
Female	1985–89	1.733	1.914	1.552	−14.905	−14.375	−15.434	0.783
Female	1990–94	1.613	1.734	1.491	−14.247	−13.882	−14.613	0.873
Female	1995–99	1.542	1.631	1.453	−13.880	−13.592	−14.168	0.906
Female	2000–04	1.492	1.563	1.421	−13.571	−13.332	−13.809	0.951