[Malignant skin melanoma in Estonia: incidence and survival]

The paper discusses changes in age-standardized indexes of incidence of skin malignant melanoma in male and female population of Estonia observed within 1963-1982. In 1968-1982, the average annual increase in the tumor incidence was 6.0% for males and 7.2% for females, being the highest for melanoma of the lower limbs. The 1, 5, 10 and 14-year relative survival rates in patients with skin malignant melanoma diagnosed within 1968-1982 were 71.6, 33.2, 35.3 and 16.4% for males and 84.2, 55.6, 43.2 and 42.0% for female patients, respectively.