‼ Just ahead of national Skin Cancer Awareness Month - 2019 figures analysed by NHS Digital and the British Association of Dermatologists reveals that skin cancer cases have hit a record high in England.
Data suggests there has been a 26% rise in recorded cases, from 177,677 in 2013 to 224,092 in 2019.
The latest stats are:
• 224,000 skin cancers recorded in England in 2019 and more than 1.4 million between 2013 and 2019
• 15,332 melanomas in 2019, up from 12,885 in 2013.
• 47,977 cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas in 2019, up from 34,672 in 2013.
• 158,934 basal cell carcinomas in 2019, up from 128,406 in 2013.
• 1,849 rare skin cancers in 2019, up from 1,714 in 2013.
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