MEN/WOMEN Melanoma facts
The majority of people diagnosed with melanoma are white men over age 50.
Skin cancer is the #1 cancer in men over age 50, ahead of prostate, lung and colon cancer.
Men over age 40 spend the most time outdoors and have the highest annual exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
Melanoma is the third most common cancer in women aged 20-39.
The percentage of women under age 40 with basal cell carcinoma has tripled in the last thirty years, while their rate of squamous cell cancer has increased four-fold.
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