Table 1 Number of contacts per year / 1,000 patients (raw number of consultations in the database)
From: Skin lesions suspected of malignancy: an increasing burden on general practice
S77 (Malignant neoplasm of skin) | S79 (Benign neoplasm of skin, other) | S80 (Unspecified neoplasm of skin, other) | S82 (Naevus/mole) | S99 (Skin disease, other) | S26; S81; S83 (Fear of cancer of skin, Haemangioma/lymphangioma and Congenital skin anomaly, other) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | 3.3 (73) | 20.9 (465) | 3.6 (81) | 22.9 (510) | 8.7 (194) | 1.1 (25) | 60.6 |
2002 | 4.0 (88) | 19.4 (427) | 2.5 (55) | 19.3 (425) | 5.0 (110) | 1.1 (24) | 51.4 |
2003 | 4.8 (107) | 19.8 (438) | 1.7 (38) | 22.1 (488) | 9.5 (211) | 1.4 (31) | 59.4 |
2004 | 3.6 (81) | 20.5 (461) | 1.9 (42) | 20.1 (452) | 11.1 (249) | 0.7 (15) | 57.9 |
2005 | 6.7 (153) | 22.7 (520) | 0.9 (21) | 19.9 (456) | 13.4 (307) | 0.7 (17) | 64.4 |
2006 | 9.1 (199) | 26.1 (574) | 2.2 (48) | 20.6 (452) | 14.2 (311) | 1.4 (31) | 73.6 |
2007 | 10.4 (232) | 24.5 (547) | 4.0 (89) | 28.1 (626) | 16.7 (372) | 1.2 (27) | 85.0 |
2008 | 7.2 (161) | 29.7 (667) | 4.8 (109) | 30.5 (685) | 16.5 (372) | 1.6 (36) | 90.3 |
2009 | 7.6 (172) | 26.2 (592) | 5.4 (121) | 33.0 (745) | 20.8 (470) | 1.2 (27) | 94.3 |
2010 | 8.4 (189) | 27.6 (621) | 5.2 (116) | 29.2 (657) | 22.4 (504) | 0.9 (21) | 93.8 |