More than 1 million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year.

There will be over 10,000 skin cancer deaths this year, almost 8,000 from melanoma and over 2,000 from other skin cancers.

There will be approximately 112,000 new cases of melanoma, the majority of which will be invasive. This represents a 9% increase in new cases compared to 2005.

At current rates one person out of every 32 will develop a melanoma during his or her lifetime.

Almost 8,000 people will die of melanoma this year. That is about one person every hour. About 5,000 will be men and 3,000 will be women.

From 1950 to 2001 the incidence of melanoma has increased almost 700% and the death rate has increased 165%.

One person in 5 will develop skin cancer during their life.

Five sunburns make it twice as likely you will develop skin cancer.

The total direct cost of treating melanoma in 2004 was $291,000,000 and the cost for non-melanoma skin cancers was $1,500,000,000.