Table 1 Malignant melanoma patients diagnosed between 2002 and 2011 by age at diagnosis, sex, year of diagnosis and UICC stage, N = 61 895

25 681 (41.5)

7 352 (11.9)

3 555 (5.7)

1 359 (2.2)

12 499 (20.2)

61 895 (100.0)

{67.7}

{19.4}

{9.4}

{3.6}

Age at diagnosis (years)

15–34

2 562 (52.1)

346 (7.0)

252 (5.1)

48 (1.0)

942 (19.2)

4 914 (7.9)

{79.9}

{10.8}

{7.9}

{1.5}

35–49

5 864 (49.3)

965 (8.1)

712 (6.0)

216 (1.8)

2 320 (19.5)

11 888 (19.2)

{75.6}

{12.4}

{9.2}

{2.8}

50–64

7 385 (44.1)

1 713 (10.2)

1 036 (6.2)

401 (2.4)

3 296 (19.7)

16 744 (27.1)

{70.1}

{16.3}

{9.8}

{3.8}

65–79

8 167 (36.9)

3 092 (14.0)

1 243 (5.6)

521 (2.4)

4 419 (20.0)

22 146 (35.8)

{62.7}

{23.7}

{9.5}

{4.0}

≥80

1 703 (27.5)

1 236 (19.9)

312 (5.0)

173 (2.8)

1 522 (24.5)

6 203 (10.0)

{49.7}

{36.1}

{9.1}

{5.1}

Sex

Male

12 542 (41.2)

3 807 (12.5)

2 065 (6.8)

823 (2.7)

6 065 (19.9)

30 467 (49.2)

{65.2}

{19.8}

{10.7}

{4.3}

Female

13 139 (41.8)

3 545 (11.3)

1 490 (4.7)

536 (1.7)

6 434 (20.5)

31 428 (50.8)

{70.2}

{18.9}

{8.0}

{2.9}

Year of diagnosis

2002

1 939 (40.6)

814 (17.0)

260 (5.4)

128 (2.7)

1 026 (21.5)

4 779 (7.7)

{61.7}

{25.9}

{8.3}

{4.1}

2003

2 095 (42.8)

642 (13.1)

296 (6.0)

136 (2.8)

1 051 (21.4)

4 900 (7.9)

{66.1}

{20.3}

{9.3}

{4.3}

2004

2 187 (41.5)

742 (14.1)

327 (6.2)

130 (2.5)

1 074 (20.4)

5 271 (8.5)

{64.6}

{21.9}

{9.7}

{3.8}

2005

2 371 (42.1)

745 (13.2)

355 (6.3)

133 (2.4)

1 129 (20.0)

5 638 (9.1)

{65.8}

{20.7}

{9.9}

{3.7}

2006

2 366 (39.8)

738 (12.4)

360 (6.1)

145 (2.4)

1 272 (21.4)

5 940 (9.6)

{65.6}

{20.4}

{10.0}

{4.0}

2007

2 553 (41.6)

744 (12.1)

390 (6.4)

150 (2.4)

1 166 (19.0)

6 134 (9.9)

{66.5}

{19.4}

{10.2}

{3.9}

2008

3 079 (42.6)

761 (10.5)

438 (6.1)

132 (1.8)

1 451 (20.1)

7 229 (11.7)

{69.8}

{17.3}

{9.9}

{3.0}

2009

2 960 (41.2)

734 (10.2)

339 (4.7)

127 (1.8)

1 451 (20.2)

7 184 (11.6)

{71.2}

{17.6}

{8.1}

{3.1}

2010

3 141 (41.9)

712 (9.5)

398 (5.3)

131 (1.7)

1 466 (19.5)

7 500 (12.1)

{71.7}

{16.2}

{9.1}

{3.0}

2011

2 990 (40.8)

720 (9.8)

392 (5.4)

147 (2.0)

1 413 (19.3)

7 320 (11.8)

{70.4}

{16.9}

{9.2}

{3.5}

Diagnosis during Screening

Yes

576 (48.5)

51 (4.3)

16 (1.3)

2 (0.2)

105 (8.8)

1 188 (1.9)

{89.3}

{7.9}

{2.5}

{0.3}

No

7 832 (43.7)

2 579 (14.4)

963 (5.4)

377 (2.1)

2 532 (14.1)

17 922 (29.0)

{66.6}

{21.9}

{8.2}

{3.2}

Unknown

17 273 (40.4)

4 722 (11.0)

2 576 (6.0)

980 (2.3)

9 862 (23.1)

42 785 (69.1)

{67.6}

{18.5}

{10.1}

{3.8}

Place of residence

Eastern Germany

10 167 (41.9)

3 196 (13.2)

1 251 (5.2)

435 (1.8)

3 672 (15.1)

24 252 (39.2)

{67.6}

{21.2}

{8.3}

{2.9}

Western Germany

15 514 (41.2)

4 156 (11.0)

2 304 (6.1)

924 (2.5)

8 827 (23.4)

37 643 (60.8)

{67.8}

{18.2}

{10.1}

{4.0}