Epidemiological Profile of Patients with Cutaneous Melanoma in a Region of Southern Brazil

Table 1

Number of cases per year and incidence of cutaneous melanoma in the west of Santa Catarina, Brazil (n = 497).

Year	Number of cases of CM	Western region population*	Incidence of CM (cases/100.000 inhabitants)
2002	50	678 428	7.4
2003	55	680 118	8.1
2004	51	681 796	7.5
2005	60	685 586	8,7
2006	64	687 586	9.3
2007	60	689 568	8,7
2008	89	727 014	12.2
2009	68	731 679	9.3

*Calculation based on data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (2002–2009).