Skin cancer is the most common cancer in New Zealand.

Most skin cancers are treated by your GP or skin specialist. A much smaller number need treatment at hospital.

• It is estimated that over 90,000 Kiwis get non melanoma skin cancer each year.
• Each year more than 2,000 melanomas are diagnosed.
• The total cost of treating skin cancers is estimated to be as much as $180 million each year.

The following boxes summarise the latest figures (2018) from the Ministry of Health