caa a22 4500 477128661 CHVBK 20180405111657.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19970101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1018491323442 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1018491323442 Malignant melanoma in Europe: changes in mortality rates (1970-90) in European Community countries [Elektronische Daten] [Daniela Balzi, Paolo Carli, Marco Geddes] Reducing mortality, especially premature death, is a major goal of the fight against cancer. In this study, we have analyzed trends in malignant melanoma (MM) mortality in the European Community (EC) as a whole and for each country. The data (obtained from the World Health Organization data bank) have been analyzed for the period 1970-90, by age groups (20-44, 45-64, 65-74, 75+ years). Trends are presented as percentage change of mortality rate for each three-year period in comparison with the rate in the first one (1970-72). The mortality from MM in the EC as a whole increased for both genders (men, +89.2 percent; women, +72.6 percent), with statistically significant trends in all age classes. Northern countries experienced mortality changes about 30 to 50 percent less than the EC average increase. Greater changes were seen in southern European countries, in which recent standardized rates are near to those observed in northern European populations. Among Mediterranean people, the highest increase (more than fourfold) was observed in Spain. The significant increase found for the younger age class makes unlikely the risk of misclassification with other skin cancers. No future decrease in MM mortality in the EC is indicated from these data. Chapman and Hall, 1997 Cancer prevention nationallicence Europe nationallicence melanoma nationallicence mortality nationallicence trends nationallicence Balzi Daniela Epidemiology Unit SMPO, Florence, Italy aut Carli Paolo Institute of Dermatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy aut Geddes Marco Unit of Descriptive Epidemiology IT (Genoa), Satellite Unit c/o SMPO, Florence, Italy aut Cancer Causes & Control Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/1(1997-01-01), 85-92 0957-5243 8:1<85 1997 8 10552 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018491323442 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018491323442 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Balzi Daniela Epidemiology Unit SMPO, Florence, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Carli Paolo Institute of Dermatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Geddes Marco Unit of Descriptive Epidemiology IT (Genoa), Satellite Unit c/o SMPO, Florence, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cancer Causes & Control Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/1(1997-01-01), 85-92 0957-5243 8:1<85 1997 8 10552 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer