U.S. skin cancer cases and costs on the rise from 2002-2011

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, yet most cases are preventable.
  
  New research shows that between the years of 2002 and 2011…
  
  • The number of people TREATED for skin cancer increased from 3.4 million to 4.9 million.
  
  • The average annual COST of skin cancer treatment increased from $3.6 billion to $8.1 billion.
  
  • The annual cost for all skin cancer treatments increased by 126%.
  
  Skin Cancer is a serious public health concern.
  
  Use sun protection strategies that work.
  
  Infographic associated with press released realing to: Guy GP, Machlin SR, Ekwueme UE, Yabroff, RY. Prevalence and costs of skin cancer treatment in the U.S., 2002−2006 and 2007−2011. Am J Prev Med. 2014 Nov;47(5):in press. Published Online: November 09, 2014.
  
  The report studied skin cancer data on adults between 2002 and 2011 using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. The researchers created two 5-year periods of data from 2002-2006 and 2007-2011 to allow for a comparison over time and to improve the precision of the estimates. The average annual number of adults treated for skin cancer increased from 3.4 million in 2002-2006 to 4.9 million in 2007-2011.
  
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• Subjects:
  Cost Of Illness Mortality Prevalence Skin Neoplasms
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 infographic
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fabd6ba86da1bb6aaef43febe6f7e7201bb013d27da58134cc09c1083c16bcfe
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25902/cdc_25902_DS1.pdf
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