The following information was taken from the American Cancer Society:
5.4 MILLION(3.3 MILLION AMERICANS.) PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED WITH SKIN CANCER EACH YEAR. SKIN CANCER HAS BEEN INCREASING FOR MANY YEARS. ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE IN THE US DIE OF SKIN CANCER ALTHO THE RATE OF DEATHS OF HAS BEEN DROPPING. OLDER PEOPLE HAVE MORE LIKELY TO GET SKIN CANCER BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN MORE EXPOSED TO THE SUN. THE AVERAGE AGE TO GET DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA SKIN CANCER IS 63. ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS WILL DEVELOP SKIN CANCER BY THE AGE OF 70 MAKING IT ONE OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF CANCER.
5.4 MILLION(3.3 MILLION AMERICANS.) PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED WITH SKIN CANCER EACH YEAR. SKIN CANCER HAS BEEN INCREASING FOR MANY YEARS. ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE IN THE US DIE OF SKIN CANCER ALTHO THE RATE OF DEATHS OF HAS BEEN DROPPING. OLDER PEOPLE HAVE MORE LIKELY TO GET SKIN CANCER BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN MORE EXPOSED TO THE SUN. THE AVERAGE AGE TO GET DIAGNOSED WITH MELANOMA SKIN CANCER IS 63. ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS WILL DEVELOP SKIN CANCER BY THE AGE OF 70 MAKING IT ONE OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF CANCER.
This is an image of statistics on the Skin Cancer risk per gender.