SCREEN
74%
Did
You
Know…
Skin Cancer
FACTS
30%
1990
2000
2010
80%
While skin cancer is the most common
form of cancer in the U.S., only about
30 percent of us apply sunscreen
every day
before even minimal
sun exposure.
Apply sunscreen
to all exposed areas of your body
at least 30 minutes before you
go outside — regardless of
the weather forecast.
Indoor ultraviolet (UV)
tanners are
74 percent more
likely to develop melanoma
than those who have never
tanned indoors.
Sustaining
5 or more sunburns
in your youth increases your
lifetime melanoma risk by
80 percent.
Women
aged 39 and
younger
have a higher probability
of developing melanoma
than any other cancer
except breast cancer.
Over the past three decades,
more people have had
skin cancer than all other
cancers combined.
Summer 2015 Healthy Directions 4
