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Table 3 Epidemiology of skin cancer in New South Wales, 2010

From: Estimating the economic costs of skin cancer in New South Wales, Australia

 

Melanoma

NMSC

 

Males

Females

Males

Females

Incidence

    

 Incident cases

2295

1502

86,812a

61,798a

 Incidence rate per 100,000

65

42

2449

1716

Morbidity

    

 Total years lived with disease

19,332

7089

9933

2533

 Average healthy years of life lost due to disease

3.66

1.77

0.05

0.02

Mortality

    

 Deaths (2010)

359

155

104

41

 Total years of life lost

3353

1571

566

104

 Average years of life lost

9.34

10.14

5.44

2.53

Mortality before the age of 65 years

    

 Average years of productive life lost

4.52

5.14

2.07

0.88

  1. aNMSC is estimated from a 2002 NCCI report - the incident rate is assumed steady for 2010 and has not risen