How many people die from skin cancer yearly?

I%26#039;m doing a biology project on skin cancer, and I%26#039;m making a brochure. I%26#039;m focusing on basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma, but I just need this bit of information in general. So I just need to know how many people die of skin cancer in general, just an approximation. Thankss.|||Melanoma is the least common skin cancer but it is potentially the most serious: there are over 8,000 new cases each year in the UK and 1,800 deaths.


Over one million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the US yearly. About 80% are basal cell carcinoma, 16% are squamous cell carcinoma, and 4% are melanoma.


The incidence of both non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancers has been increasing over the past decades. Currently, between 2 and 3 million non-melanoma skin cancers and 132,000 melanoma skin cancers occur globally each year. One in every three cancers diagnosed is a skin cancer and, according to Skin Cancer Foundation Statistics, one in every five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime.





As ozone levels are depleted, the atmosphere loses more and more of its protective filter function and more solar UV radiation reaches the Earth%26#039;s surface. It is estimated that a 10 per cent decrease in ozone levels will result in an additional 300,000 non-melanoma and 4,500 melanoma skin cancer cases. The global incidence of melanoma continues to increase 鈥?however, the main factors that predispose to the development of melanoma seem to be connected with recreational exposure to the sun and a history of sunburn. These factors lie within each individual%26#039;s own responsibility.|||Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. More than one million skin cancers are diagnosed annually.





Each year there are more new cases of skin cancer than the combined incidence of cancers of the breast, prostate, lung and colon.





One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime.





Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common form of skin cancer; about one million of the cases diagnosed annually are BCCs. BCCs are rarely fatal, but can be highly disfiguring.





Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer. More than 250,000 cases are diagnosed each year, resulting in approximately 2,500 deaths.





BCC and SCC are the two major forms of non-melanoma skin cancer. Between 40 and 50 percent of Americans who live to age 65 will have either skin cancer at least once.





In 2004, the total direct cost associated with the treatment for non-melanoma skin cancers was more than $1 billion.





About 90 percent of non-melanoma skin cancers are associated with exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun.





Up to 90 percent of the visible changes commonly attributed to aging are caused by the sun.





Contrary to popular belief, 80 percent of a person%26#039;s lifetime sun exposure is not acquired before age 18; only about 23 percent of lifetime exposure occurs by age 18. -