A Part Of Me
I am trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that’s not easy to do…so many roads, so many detours, so many choices, so many mistakes.Archive for January 19, 2008
Skin Cancer Statistics – The Facts
Did you know…
- One person dies every hour from skin cancer.
- One in five Americans will develop skin cancer.
- Skin cancer in women under 40 has tripled in the past 30 years.
- Five sunburns double a woman’s chance of getting skin cancer.
- UV exposure at tanning salons is just as risky as sunbathing outside.
- People with fair skin that burns rather than tans, people with red hair and people with blue eyes are at greater risk of developing skin cancer.
- People who have many (extensive) freckles on their upper back are at a greater risk of developing skin cancer.
- People who have a history of sunburns, especially during childhood, are at a greater risk.
- The depletion of the ozone layer may be significantly affecting the incidence of melanoma.
- Exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and exposure at high altitudes are the most dangerous times to be exposed to the sun.
- Those with an impaired immune system — especially those who have had an organ transplant, leukemia or lymphoma — are at a greater risk of melanoma.
- According to one study, the use of a sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher during the first 18 years of life would cut lifetime risk of melanoma by 78%.
