Skin Cancer Facts & Statistics
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Started by metmike - April 30, 2019, 12:47 a.m.

Amazing stats of all sorts at the link below:


https://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/skin-cancer-facts


General

  • More than 5.4 million cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer were treated in over 3.3 million people in the U.S. in 2012, the most recent year new statistics were available.1

  • More people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the U.S. than all other cancers combined.2

  • One in five Americans will develop skin cancer by the age of 70.3

  • Actinic keratosis is the most common precancer; it affects more than 58 million Americans.4

  • The annual cost of treating skin cancers in the U.S. is estimated at $8.1 billion: about $4.8 billion for nonmelanoma skin cancers and $3.3 billion for melanoma.5

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