1. SKIN CANCER FACTS
1 IN 5 AMERICANS
WILL DEVELOP SKIN CANCER
IN THE COURSE OF A LIFETIME
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ESTIMATES THAT
PEOPLE WILL DIE FROM
SKIN CANCER IN 2013
X2
1 AMERICAN DIES
EVERY HOUR
FROM SKIN CANCER
THE NUMBER OF WOMEN UNDER
THE AGE OF 40 DIAGNOSED WITH
BASAL CELL CARCINOMA HAS
MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE LAST
30 YEARS
WHETHER FROM THE SUN
OR AN ARTIFICIAL SOURCE,
ULTRA VIOLET RADIATION
IS A PROVEN HUMAN CARCINOGEN
Source:
http://www.skincancerprevention.org/sites/default/files/publications/materials/dfd-skin-cancer-facts-statistics-2013.pdf