Worldwide Increasing Incidences of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma

Table 1

Averaged CMM age-adjusted incidences among whites per 100,000 people (world population) in each country of the northern and southern hemispheres (plotted in Figure 1); data is from [3–11] except 1940 [1], 1945, and 1955 [2] for the USA.

Latitude/place	1940	1945	1950	1955	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000
30°S Australia								16.33	17.89	21.43	25.90	32.20	32.13
40°S New Zealand					6.10	7.65	9.55	15.55	18.50	20.80	27.40	31.70	33.10
40°N USA	1.00	1.48		2.24	2.67	3.73	4.56	7.23	9.95	10.85	12.75	14.67	17.74
49°N Middle Europe					1.50	1.48	1.55	2.01	2.02	2.47	2.86	3.12	3.78
52°N Canada					2.00	2.12	2.64	3.18	4.73	5.97	7.08	7.95	9.74
60°N Northern Europe				1.80	2.24	3.28	4.18	5.09	5.99	7.68	9.20	10.29	11.33