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by arbol 1417 days ago
"...skin cancer kills surprisingly few people: less than 3 per 100,000 in the U.S. each year. For every person who dies of skin cancer, more than 100 die from cardiovascular diseases."

Personally, I'm from the UK and don't worry about skin cancer. If I was in Australia or some climate I'm not adapted for then I'd be concerned.
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tremon 1417 days ago
kills surprisingly few people: less than 3 per 100,000

Yet the impact on quality of life is huge. Using the same US numbers [0], comparing directly-attributable deaths against life years lost (disability-adjusted life years):

- melanoma: 2.2 vs 64.8

- squamous cell carcinoma: 0.8 vs 26.6

- basal cell carcinoma: 0.2 vs 51.2

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33852922/

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arbol 1417 days ago
Fair cancer impact comparisons. But the point was that increased sunshine can reduce cardiovascular issues so you'd need to look at incidents and impact for heart attack, stroke, etc.
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