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Estimates New Diagnosed cases of Melanoma in 2007 |
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59,940 |
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Men: 33,910 |
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Women:
26,030 |
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Deaths to Melanoma Est. 2007 |
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8,110 |
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Men: 5,220 |
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Women:
2,890 |
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Since
the 1940’s the incidence of melanoma has doubled every
year! |
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Since
1981 the incidence of melanoma has increased an average
of 7 percent per year. |
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Melanoma
is the most common cancer among people 25 to 29 years
of age. |
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Melanoma
is now the most common cancer in young women aged 25-29,
and second only to breast cancer in women aged 30-34. |
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More
then 80% of skin cancer deaths are from melanoma.
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Melanoma
is the fifth most common cancer in men and the sixth
most common in women. |
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Melanoma
discovered in Stage III-Lymph Node involvement has a
5 year survival rate of 30 to 40 %. |
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Melanoma
discovered spread to distant organs Stage IV (liver,
bones, brain, lung, etc) the 5 year survival rate is
less then 16% |
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Sunbathers
have a two-fold increase in melanoma risk. |
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The
average person’s chances of being diagnosed with melanoma
in their lifetime are: 1 in 52 for men; 1 in 77 for
women. |
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However,
if you live in a “sunbelt state”, such as California,
Florida, Texas, etc. your chances increase to:
1 in 45 people. |
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One
person dies from melanoma in the United States every
hour! |
Estimated New Melanoma Cases by State, U.S., 2006 |
| ©
2007, American Cancer Society, Inc.,
Surveillance Research
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| Ranking |
State |
Cases |
| 1 |
California |
6860
|
| 2 |
Florida |
4380 |
| 3 |
Texas |
3860
|
| 4 |
Pennsylvania
|
3120
|
| 5 |
New York
|
3070
|
| 6 |
Ohio |
2390
|
| 7 |
New Jersey
|
2210
|
| 8 |
Michigan
|
2080
|
| 9 |
Illinois
|
2050
|
| 10
|
Massachusetts |
1820
|
| 11
|
North Carolina |
1630
|
| 11
|
Washington |
1630
|
| 12
|
Virginia |
1510
|
| 13
|
Georgia |
1460
|
| 14
|
Arizona
|
1300
|
| 15
|
Indiana
|
1220
|
| 16
|
Colorado |
1210
|
| 17
|
Maryland |
1150
|
| 18
|
Minnesota |
1130
|
| 19
|
Connecticut |
1120
|
| 20
|
Wisconsin
|
1070
|
| 21 |
Kentucky |
1050
|
| 22
|
Oregon |
990
|
| 23 |
Tennessee |
980
|
| 24
|
Missouri
|
870
|
| 24
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South Carolina |
870
|
| 25
|
Alabama |
740
|
| 26
|
Oklahoma |
720
|
| 27
|
Iowa |
690
|
| 28
|
Louisiana |
670
|
| 29 |
Arkansas |
550 |
| 30
|
Utah |
500
|
| 31
|
Kansas |
430
|
| 32
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New Mexico |
420
|
| 33
|
Maine |
410
|
| 33
|
West Virginia |
410
|
| 34
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Nevada |
390 |
| 35
|
New Hampshire |
370
|
| 36 |
Idaho |
350
|
| 37
|
Nebraska |
340
|
| 38
|
Mississippi |
320
|
| 39
|
Rhode Island |
300
|
| 40
|
Hawaii |
270
|
| 41
|
Delaware |
190
|
| 41
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Montana |
190
|
| 42
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South Dakota |
160 |
| 43
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Vermont
|
150
|
| 44
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North Dakota
|
120
|
45
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Wyoming
|
100
|
46
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Alaska
|
80
|
| 47
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Dist. of Columbia
|
60
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