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PARIS (AFP) – Skin cancer deaths among men and women in the United States since 1985, with a rate of decline, reported to medical conference in Glasgow on Sunday (Nov 4).
Reasons for the discrepancy between the sexes are unclear, "Dorothy Yang, a doctor at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, told AFP .
More than 90 per cent of melanoma cancers are caused by skin cells caused by ultraviolet (UV) radiation such as tanning beds, according to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
In eight of 18 countries examined, men's skin cancer death rates are at least 50 per cent.
In two nations – Ireland and Croatia – it is almost doubled.
Also see a sharp jump were Spain and Britain (70 per cent), The Netherlands (60 per cent), and France (50 per cent).
In the United States, which was not included in the study, male melanoma mortality went up by about 25 percent, according to CDC statistics.
But the nations with the biggest rise in skin cancer were often not at the most elevated mortality rates, the new research showed.
OZONE HOLE SILVER LINING
In Australia, for example, nearly six of every 100,000 men succumbed to the disease in 2013-15. That's twice the second-highest death rate (Finland), but only has 10 per cent increase compared to 30 years earlier.
"Australia has been an early implementer of public health media campaigns since the 1970s to promote 'sun-smart' behavior," Dr Yang told AFP by phone before presenting her data at the 2018 UK National Cancer Research Institute Conference.
While debate continues to be of importance to Australia in the stratosphere, 30 years of public health campaigns have no doubt made Australians acutely aware of the dangers.
The so-called "ozone hole" was especially big over Australia when the effort kicked off.
Skin cancer deaths among women in 1985 in the United States, reported by Dr. Yang and three colleagues reported.
Other countries where female mortality occurred in the United Kingdom (nine per cent), the Czech Republic (16 per cent), and Israel (23 per cent).
In several other nations – Romania, Sweden and Britain – there were slight increases.
In some other sun-loving nations, however, women do not know how to jump from a race in the United States (58 per cent), Ireland (49 per cent), Belgium (67 per cent) and Spain (74 per cent).
Japan, at 0.24 and 0.18 per 100,000, respectively.
Scientists are investigating biological or genetic factors may also play a role in skin cancer, but findings are inconclusive, Dr. Yang said.
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