New Information:

• Melanoma is most common in young adults ages 25-29 years in age.
• Half of all new cancers are skin cancers.
• About 41,600 new cases of malignant melanoma were predicted in 1998.
• About one million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States each year.
• The incidence of malignant melanoma doubled among white people between 1973 and 1991.
• About 7,300 deaths were attributed to malignant melanoma in 1998. Of these deaths, 4,600 were men, and 2,700 women. Older caucasian males have the highest death rate.