Table 1 Anatomical site by gender and by health system
From: Malignant melanoma in Chile: different site distribution between private and state patients
Public health system (LSS) | Private health system (HSS) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anatomical site | Female | v Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | n | % | n | % | n | |
Forehead | 8 | 2.2 | 3 | 1.4 | 11 | 6 | 1.8 | 7 | 2.9 | 13 |
Cheeks | 63 | 17.4 | 17 | 7.9 | 80 | 23 | 7.0 | 9 | 3.7 | 32 |
Middle face | 10 | 2.8 | 4 | 1.9 | 14 | 11 | 3.3 | 14 | 5.7 | 25 |
Chin | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.9 | 3 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Ears | 3 | 0.8 | 9 | 4.2 | 12 | 3 | 0.9 | 8 | 3.3 | 11 |
Scalp | 2 | 0.6 | 5 | 2.3 | 7 | 1 | 0.3 | 7 | 2.9 | 8 |
Eye area | 11 | 3.1 | 8 | 3.7 | 19 | 3 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 4 |
Face/NS | 9 | 2.5 | 3 | 1.4 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Neck | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 1.4 | 6 | 3 | 0.9 | 7 | 2.9 | 10 |
Trunk | 37 | 10.2 | 31 | 14.4 | 68 | 57 | 17.4 | 76 | 31.1 | 133 |
Abdomen | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 1.4 | 4 | 4 | 1.2 | 5 | 2.0 | 9 |
Genital area | 5 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 |
Buttock | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Legs | 73 | 20.2 | 21 | 9.8 | 94 | 90 | 27.5 | 28 | 11.5 | 118 |
Arms | 25 | 6.9 | 6 | 2.8 | 31 | 40 | 12.2 | 23 | 9.4 | 63 |
Palms | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Dorsal hands | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.4 | 3 | 5 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.8 | 7 |
Hands, NS | 11 | 3.1 | 6 | 2.8 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Soles | 28 | 7.8 | 27 | 12.6 | 55 | 3 | 0.9 | 6 | 2.5 | 9 |
Foot, NS | 20 | 5.6 | 19 | 8.8 | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Dorsal foot | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.4 | 3 | 9 | 2.7 | 3 | 1.2 | 12 |
Body NS | 6 | 1.7 | 5 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Location NS | 41 | 11.4 | 35 | 16.2 | 76 | 61 | 18.5 | 48 | 19.7 | 109 |
Total | 360 | 100.0 | 215 | 100.0 | 575 | 329 | 100.0 | 244 | 100.0 | 573 |