Global Deaths From Melanoma Predicted to Increase 50% by 2040

Source: Dermatology Times, September 2023

Melanoma cases were almost 10 times higher in high Human Development Index countries than in low.

In a population-based study, global patterns of malignant melanoma in 2020 indicated approximately 325,000 cases worldwide.1 Researchers projected that if 2020 patterns continue, a 50% increase in melanoma cases will occur by 2040.

Using the GLOBOCAN 2020 database for worldwide epidemiological evaluation of new cases and deaths caused by invasive melanoma, Arnold et al found an estimated 325,000 individuals were diagnosed with melanoma, and approximately 57,000 died due to the disease. Of the newly diagnosed cases in 2020, the majority (79.7%) were in individuals over age 50, and of all the deaths due to melanoma, 87.7% were in individuals over age 50.
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