nothing outweighs melanoma...nothing
theres ALWAYS going to be a sun
It is estimated that 68,130 men and women (38,870 men and 29,260 women) will be diagnosed with and 8,700 men and women will die of melanoma of the skin in 2010. Approximately 0.8% were diagnosed under age 20; 7.5% between 20 and 34; 11.8% between 35 and 44; 18.7% between 45 and 54; 20.4% between 55 and 64; 17.8% between 65 and 74; 17.0% between 75 and 84; and 6.0% 85+ years of age.
Source: National Cancer InstituteIt seems that in the US, with a population of 300,000,000, 0.02% of its population will develop melanoma this year, and 8.3% of that population who get melanoma, are under the age of 35. That seems like a very small fraction of the population. Even if we claim that only whites get melanoma, they account for 80% of the US population, (
source: CIA world factbook) or 240,000,000 people, that would equate to only 0.03% of the white population in the USA per year, 91.7% of whom are over the age of 35 and would not really be a relevant demographic to look at in the distant past when average life expectancy was under 30. A child was probably more likely to die of rickets due to a combination of poor diet and vitamin d deficiency, than would die of skin cancer before they managed to reproduce.