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by 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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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.