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Skin cancer in Australia kills over 2,000 each year, with more than 750,000 diagnosed and treated. [1] Tanning became embedded in Australian culture and proved to be a controversial issue because of its popularity among teens and solarium users, [ 2 ] despite correlations between tanning and an increased risk of developing melanoma .
This is a list of countries by cancer frequency, as measured by the number of new cancer cases per 100,000 population among countries, based on the 2018 GLOBOCAN statistics and including all cancer types (some earlier statistics excluded non-melanoma skin cancer).
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer, globally accounting for at least 40% of cancer cases. [5] [20] The most common type is nonmelanoma skin cancer, which occurs in at least 2–3 million people per year. [6] [21] This is a rough estimate; good statistics are not kept. [1]
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. [2] Globally, in 2012, it newly occurred in 232,000 people. [2] In 2015, 3.1 million people had active disease, which resulted in 59,800 deaths. [5] [6] Australia and New Zealand have the highest rates of melanoma in the world. [2]
Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. At least two in three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer by the age of 70 [2] and more than 1,800 Australians die from skin cancer each year. [3] SunSmart's investment in prevention brings considerable human and economic benefits across Australia.
Australia and New Zealand have relatively high rates of both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer, thought to be due to combinations of fair-skinned population, temperate to subtropical locations and outdoor lifestyle with high sun exposure. [7]
Australia's life expectancy of 83 years (81 years for males and 85 years for females) [328] is the fifth-highest in the world. It has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world, [329] while cigarette smoking is the largest preventable cause of
Deaths from cancer in the Australian Capital Territory (31 P) N. Deaths from cancer in New South Wales (208 P) Q. Deaths from cancer in Queensland (52 P) S.