Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers in the world today. Its incidences are more than lung, colorectal, prostate and breast cancer, if combined for all countries. The regrettable issue is that it’s highly preventable if properly taken treatment for, yet a large number of innocent people become victim of this ruthless killer on this planet. Important figures are given here:
The facts show melanoma is more fatal than non melanoma form. Below is given a table that gives more specific and detailed numbers of deaths in 2007. The states are grouped according to similar rate per hundred thousand (0.1 million).
Note: These are taken considering the population of year 2000. Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. From United States Cancer Statistics: 1999-2007 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, (Atlanta, Georgia). National Cancer Institute (CRI).
As you can see, the rate is the highest in states mentioned in the row number 4. Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas…Wyoming. The capital Washington is also in this list.
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- Skin cancer causes 2,300 deaths in UK and 9,500 new cases arise there each year.
- According to United States Public Health Service statistics, the mortality rate from skin cancer is 1.65 per cent to 1.75 per cent in the state of California and the cases observed in Visible Tumor Clinic at The University of California are 2,122 over a period of twenty years.
- Majority of deaths occurred from skin cancer (about 75%) are due to melanoma, the most threatening and dangerous of all types, found to be present in all individuals everywhere on earth.
- A report of WHO (World Health Organization) states that melanoma is responsible for causing 48,000 deaths all over the world, on annual basis.
- In 2010, an estimated 8,700 deaths occurred in United States and 68,130 new cases were observed there, collectively in all of its parts.
- Whereas from non melanoma skin cancer less than 1,000 deaths were noticed from more than 1000,000 new cases in U.S during last year (2010).
- Skin cancer is diagnosed in women more than men but the rate of mortality is higher in men and women somehow survive this life-threatening disease.
- In men the rate of death from skin cancer has been doubled in past thirty years. There is a drastic increase in deaths from malignant melanoma especially among elderly men. This finding is released by Cancer Research UK.
- In 1970s less than 400 men died of melanoma that is 105 per 100,000. But today the figure is more than 3.1 per 100,000. This rise is really alarming.
- During the last three decades, the rate has increased from 65 deaths in men over the age of 65, 4.5 per 100,000 to 15.2 per 100,000. This is almost four times increase in the span of time mentioned.
- In women as well, the death rate has risen from 1.5 to 2.2 per 100,000.
The facts show melanoma is more fatal than non melanoma form. Below is given a table that gives more specific and detailed numbers of deaths in 2007. The states are grouped according to similar rate per hundred thousand (0.1 million).
| Deaths per 100,000 | State affected |
1.5 to 2.6 | California, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin |
2.7 to 2.8 | Arkansas, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, Oregon, and Pennsylvania |
2.9 to 3 | Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia |
3.1 to 3.9 | Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming |
| Less than 16 cases | Alaska, District of Columbia, and North Dakota |
Note: These are taken considering the population of year 2000. Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. From United States Cancer Statistics: 1999-2007 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, (Atlanta, Georgia). National Cancer Institute (CRI).
As you can see, the rate is the highest in states mentioned in the row number 4. Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas…Wyoming. The capital Washington is also in this list.
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