To determine the quantity related to the number of males diagnosed with melanoma in 2005, we need to start by focusing on the appropriate data from the table and understand what it represents.
1. Identify the Year and Gender: The question specifically asks about males in the year 2005.
2. Locate the Diagnosis Rate: Look at the row corresponding to the year 2005 and the column for males.
- Rate of melanoma diagnosis for males in 2005: 27.99 per 100,000 people.
3. Interpret the Rate: This rate means that for every 100,000 males in the population, 27.99 were diagnosed with melanoma in that year.
4. Understand the Quantity: The figure 27.99 itself represents the number of male melanoma diagnoses per 100,000 males in the population for the year 2005. It doesn't give the absolute number of diagnoses but a rate that can be used to estimate the number if we knew the total population of males.
Therefore, the quantity related to the number of males who were diagnosed with melanoma in 2005 is an incidence rate of 27.99 per 100,000 males.
