Table 3 Site-specific incidence rate ratios of first primary basal carcinoma in the Federal State of Saarland, 1995–1999

Overall

1960

43.7

1.17

1977

31.7

1.06

1.38

1.27–1.50

Surface (%)

Lip (173.0)

0.1

26

0.56

0.13

5.60

41

0.57

0.13

5.70

0.98

0.52–1.86

Eye lid (173.1)

0.3

137

3.06

0.31

10.20

174

2.82

0.32

9.40

1.09

0.81–1.46

Ear (173.2)

0.5

113

2.42

0.25

4.84

32

1.15

0.20

2.30

2.10

1.46–3.04

Face (173.3)

2.3

900

20.0

0.78

8.70

961

14.5

0.69

6.30

1.38

1.22–1.55

Scalp/neck (173.4)

6.1

170

3.8

0.34

0.62

160

2.3

0.28

0.38

1.65

1.24–2.21

Trunk (173.5)

32.0

256

5.8

0.45

0.18

234

4.9

0.47

0.15

1.18

0.93–1.50

Arms (173.6)

16.5

117

2.8

0.32

0.17

78

1.3

0.22

0.08

2.15

1.46–3.18

Legs (173.7)

40.0

57

1.2

0.19

0.03

91

1.6

0.24

0.04

0.75

0.49–1.15

Overlapping (173.8)

1

1

Unspecified (173.9)

183

4.1

0.36

205

3.3

0.34

1.24

0.95–1.62

WSR=age-standardised rate (World Standard Population), cases per 100 000; s.e.=standard error of the rate; RSA=age-standardised incidence rate divided by the proportion of surface area of the body site; BCC=basal cell carcinoma.