Spatial clusters and temporal trends of cutaneous malignant melanoma mortality in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse time trends in mortality due to cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) in Spain between 1980 and 2020, and to identify possible spatial clusters of provinces with an excess risk of CMM mortality during the period 2011-2020.

Methods

Joinpoint regression models were used to assess temporal trends in data from the Spanish National Institute of Statistics. Crude rates, standardized mortality ratio (SMR), smoothed relative risk (RR), and posterior probabilities (PP) of RR >1 during the period 2011-2020 were calculated. The Global Moran I index was used to assess global spatial autocorrelation.

Results

Two time-periods were detected in women: a significant increase during 1980-1994 (annual percent change [APC], 6.5% per year) and rate stabilization during 1

SUBMITTER: Cayuela L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11831644 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature