DEFINITION
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
- Malignant melanoma of skin
- Malignant melanoma of lip
- Malignant melanoma of eyelid, including canthus
- Malignant melanoma of ear and external auricular c Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
New Zealand: |
62.7014 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 2
|
Australia: |
53.4594 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 3
|
Norway: |
49.423 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 4
|
Sweden: |
42.8794 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 5
|
Slovenia: |
41.7703 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 6
|
Denmark: |
40.3166 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 7
|
Czech Republic: |
35.4458 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 8
|
Austria: |
33.7202 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 9
|
Hungary: |
32.7771 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 10
|
Croatia: |
31.5836 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 11
|
Finland: |
30.0594 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 12
|
Netherlands: |
28.6463 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 13
|
Slovakia: |
28.5399 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 14
|
Luxembourg: |
27.7439 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 15
|
Estonia: |
27.0068 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 16
|
Germany: |
26.8952 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 17
|
United States: |
25.0901 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 18
|
Lithuania: |
23.6308 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 19
|
Poland: |
23.4971 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 20
|
Canada: |
21.6126 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 21
|
Israel: |
21.0292 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 22
|
Latvia: |
20.524 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 23
|
Spain: |
17.3769 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 24
|
Romania: |
16.2114 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 25
|
Uruguay: |
16.1007 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 26
|
Malta: |
12.546 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 27
|
Moldova: |
11.6723 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 28
|
Georgia: |
11.5459 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 29
|
Argentina: |
10.6986 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 30
|
Chile: |
8.38496 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 31
|
Costa Rica: |
7.71912 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 32
|
Iceland: |
6.73997 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 33
|
Puerto Rico: |
5.62516 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 34
|
South Africa: |
5.59264 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 35
|
Brazil: |
5.52353 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 36
|
Cuba: |
5.11148 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 37
|
Panama: |
4.77707 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 38
|
Mexico: |
3.54039 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 39
|
Japan: |
3.51601 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 40
|
Peru: |
3.33023 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 41
|
Bahamas, The: |
3.31356 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 42
|
Colombia: |
3.16618 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 43
|
Venezuela: |
2.83744 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 44
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
2.72056 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 45
|
United Kingdom: |
2.39903 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 46
|
Ecuador: |
2.31966 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 47
|
Korea, South: |
1.97364 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 48
|
Bahrain: |
1.45276 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 49
|
Nicaragua: |
1.28088 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 50
|
Qatar: |
1.15868 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 51
|
Kuwait: |
0.856164 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 52
|
Dominican Republic: |
0.662983 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 53
|
Paraguay: |
0.63012 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 54
|
El Salvador: |
0.149142 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 55
|
Egypt: |
0.0387067 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
16.5 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
- Malignant melanoma of skin
- Malignant melanoma of lip
- Malignant melanoma of eyelid, including canthus
- Malignant melanoma of ear and external auricular c Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.