Question

Consider the number of males who were diagnosed with melanoma in 2005. What quantity does this number represent?

In 2005, 27.99 percent of males were diagnosed with melanoma.
In 2005, 27.99 males out of 100 were diagnosed with melanoma.
In 2005, 27.99 cases of melanoma were diagnosed in males.
In 2005, 27.99 males out of every 100,000 were diagnosed with melanoma.

Answer 1

In 2005, 27.99 males out of every 100,000 were diagnosed with melanoma.

Answer 2

The right answer is In 2005, 27.99 males out of every 100,000 were diagnosed with melanoma.

Melanoma is a cancer of the skin or mucous membranes, developed at the expense of melanocytes (melanocytic tumor).

Its initial seat is the skin in the vast majority of cases. However, there are melanomas of the eye (choroidal melanoma), mucous membranes, and even more rarely internal organs.

In the title of the table, it is mentioned in parentheses the unit used which is "per 100,000". So when we read the table, we will read "27.99 males per 100,000", "18.30 females per 100,000"....