New study finds New Zealand has highest melanoma death rate in world

Source: Newshub, March 2022

A new study has found the concerning statistics that New Zealand has the highest melanoma death rate in the world in 2020.

The new study by JAMA Dermatology, which investigated the burden of cutaneous melanoma around the world, found there was an estimated worldwide total of 325,000 new melanoma cases and 57,000 deaths in 2020.

The rates were highest in New Zealand followed by Australia, Western Europe, North America and Northern Europe while melanoma was rare in most African and Asian countries, the scientists say.

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