Residency Area as a Factor Contributing to Basalioma Incidence in Madura Island, Indonesia

Incidence of skin cancer increases with age. Data on skin cancer is generally difficult to obtain. This research was
conducted to know the description of skin cancer patients who were treated in Plastic Surgery Division Syarifah Ambami
Rato Ebhu Hospital Bangkalan Madura during January 2014 untill December 2016.
This is a retrospective cohort study. Whole population of plastics surgery patients are taken as sample, data are grouped by
histopatological of Basal Cell Carcinoma appearance, age, sex,geographic location of residence from 302 samples. Result
shows that there are significant correlation between Basal cell carcinoma incidence and age (p=0,001; r=0,226; 95% Cl
0,142-0,294), and between Basal cell carcinoma and residency area (p=0,007; r=0,153; 95% Cl 0,027-0,255) but no
significant correlation between Basal cell carcinoma incidence and gender (p=0,125; r=0,088) . Conclusion in our study, age
and residential areas were significant factors for Basal Cell Carcinoma in Bangkalan, Madura Island-Indonesia.