Table 2
Incidence of iris melanoma in various countries
| Country |
Incidence, all excised iris tumours (tumours/ 100 000/year) |
Incidence, malignant iris tumours (tumours/ 100 000/year) |
Total number of tumours reported (excised) | Reference |
| Denmark | 0.07 | 0.06 | 80 | 3 |
| Finland | 0.02 | ? | 11 | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | 0.04 | 0.03 | 9 | 2 |
| Iceland | 0.08 | 0.08 | 4 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 0.13 | 0.09 | 16 | this report |
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↵For calculations of the incidence of malignant iris tumours the following histological diagnoses were included in malignant groups: Jensen: spindle, epithelioid, mixed; Raivio: not possible to determine; McGalliard and Johnston: spindle B, mixed; Gislason et al : spindle B, epithelioid; this report: spindle B, mixed, epithelioid.
