Table 1
Mean ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure, number of melanoma cases diagnosed from 1992 through 2009 and hazard ratios for melanoma diagnosis, by selected characteristics, 1991 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort

Table 1
Mean ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure, number of melanoma cases diagnosed from 1992 through 2009 and hazard ratios for melanoma diagnosis, by selected characteristics, 1991 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort
Table summary
This table displays the results of Mean ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure. The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), Cohort members, UVR exposure (Joules per metres squared), Melanoma cases, Hazard ratio and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic	Cohort members	UVR exposure^{Table 1 Note ‡} (Joules per metres squared)		Melanoma cases^{Table 1 Note §}	Hazard ratio^{Table 1 Note ††}	95% confidence interval
Characteristic	Cohort members	Mean	Standard deviation	Melanoma cases^{Table 1 Note §}	Hazard ratio^{Table 1 Note ††}	from	to
Total	2,397,600	6,176	453	8,900	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Sex
Men	1,187,300	6,163	458	4,900	1.33^Note *	1.28	1.39
Women^{Table 1 Note †}	1,210,300	6,171	449	3,900	1.00	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Age group (years)
25 to 34^{Table 1 Note †}	664,900	6,135	492	1,400	1.00	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
35 to 44	620,200	6,145	471	2,000	1.62^Note *	1.51	1.73
45 to 54	411,100	6,170	446	1,900	2.40^Note *	2.24	2.57
55 to 64	315,500	6,207	414	1,800	3.26^Note *	3.04	3.49
65 to 74	249,300	6,222	383	1,300	3.81^Note *	3.53	4.11
75 to 84	115,700	6,220	372	400	3.70^Note *	3.29	4.16
85 to 89	20,800	6,224	364	<100	3.79^Note *	2.72	5.28
Immigrant status
Not immigrant^{Table 1 Note †}	2,071,700	6,138	461	7,400	1.00	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Immigrant	325,900	6,352	346	1,500	1.02	0.96	1.08
Marital status
Married or common-law^{Table 1 Note †}	1,774,100	6,166	460	7,100	1.00	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Separated, widowed, divorced	327,000	6,194	412	1,000	0.82^Note *	0.77	0.88
Single	296,500	6,145	455	700	0.83^Note *	0.77	0.90
Household income adequacy quintile
1^st (lowest)^{Table 1 Note †}	386,200	6,144	467	900	1.00	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
2^nd	453,100	6,163	456	1,400	1.23^Note *	1.13	1.34
3^rd	498,500	6,169	451	1,600	1.35^Note *	1.24	1.47
4^th	522,400	6,174	448	2,100	1.63^Note *	1.50	1.76
5^th	537,300	6,179	448	2,800	1.94^Note *	1.80	2.10
Educational attainment
Less than secondary completion^{Table 1 Note †}	847,700	6,136	478	2,500	1.00	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Secondary completion	879,200	6,170	448	3,200	1.41^Note *	1.34	1.49
Postsecondary non-university	369,300	6,189	437	1,500	1.68^Note *	1.58	1.80
University graduation	301,300	6,218	408	1,600	2.05^Note *	1.93	2.19
Occupational group
Management^{Table 1 Note †}	197,300	6,200	446	1,000	1.00	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Professional	266,300	6,182	451	1,300	1.04	0.96	1.13
Skilled, technical, supervisory	578,800	6,155	467	2,100	0.76^Note *	0.71	0.82
Semi-skilled	573,100	6,169	456	1,800	0.71^Note *	0.66	0.77
Unskilled	180,400	6,115	512	500	0.55^Note *	0.49	0.61
Not employed	601,700	6,175	418	2,200	0.61^Note *	0.56	0.67
Outdoor occupation
No^{Table 1 Note †}	2,187,600	6,175	446	8,200	1.00	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Yes	207,100	6,080	516	600	0.78^Note *	0.72	0.85
... not applicable Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note ‡ mean for June, July and August, 1980 through 1990 Return to note ‡ referrer Note § rounded to nearest hundred; may not add to totals because of rounding Return to note § referrer Note †† stratified by age (5-year age groups) and sex, except sex (stratified only by age) and age (stratified only by sex) Return to note †† referrer Source: 1991 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC) linked to UVR dataset.

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Mean ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure, number of melanoma cases diagnosed from 1992 through 2009 and hazard ratios for melanoma diagnosis, by selected characteristics, 1991 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort

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Mean ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure, number of melanoma cases diagnosed from 1992 through 2009 and hazard ratios for melanoma diagnosis, by selected characteristics, 1991 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort