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Background:There have been suggestions that mortality from cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) is starting to level off in the European Union.Objectives:To analyse changes in CMM mortality trends in Spain during 1975-2001 using join-point regression models. Methods Mortality data were obtained from the National Statistics Institute. For each gender, age group-specific and standardized (overall and truncated) rates were calculated by the direct method (using the world standard population). The joinpoint analysis was used to identify the best-fitting points where a statistically significant change in the trend occurred. Results:In women, there was a marked increase from 1975 to 1994 inage-adjusted(overall and truncated)CMM mortality rates estimated annual percentage change (EAPC)6.6%and 7.0%, respectively; P < 0.05 , followed by a levelling off (EAPC-0.3%and-1.3%, respectively; not significant). In men, age-adjusted (35-64 years) mortality rates increased steadily from 1975 to 1991 (EAPC 9.1%, P < 0.05) and then levelled off. Conclusions:We confirmed that CMM mortality rates in Spain rose dramatically from the mid-1970s to the beginning of the 1990s, but we also found that mortality rates are now levelling offin middle-aged adults(35-64years),following a similar tendency to that observed in other countries.
Background: There have been suggestions that mortality from cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) is starting to level off in the European Union. Objectives: To analyze changes in CMM mortality trends in Spain during 1975-2001 using join-point regression models. Methods Mortality data were obtained from the National Statistics Institute. For each gender, age group-specific and standardized (overall and truncated) rates were calculated by the direct method (using the world standard population). The joinpoint analysis was used to identify the best-fitting points Results: In women, there was a marked increase from 1975 to 1994 inage-adjusted (overall and truncated) CMM mortality estimates under annual percentage change (EAPC) 6.6% and 7.0% respectively; In men, age-adjusted (35-64 years) mortality rates increased steadily from 1975 to 1991 (EAPC-0.3% and-1.3%, respectively; respectively; 9.1%, P <0.05) and then levelled off. Conclusions: We confirmed that CMM mortality rates in Spain rose dramatically from the mid-1970s to the beginning of the 1990s, but we also found that mortality rates are now levelling offin middle-aged adults (35-64years), following a similar tendency to that observed in other countries.