90% survival rate Stage 1 68% Survival rate Stage 2 59% survival rate Stage 3 5% If spread to brain Stage 4 Ages 0 to 19 is 0.7% Ages 20 to 34 is 7.1% Ages 34 to 44 is 11.2% Ages 45 to 54 is 18.6% Ages 55 to 64 is 20.9% Ages 65 + is 41.5% Incident rates by age As the age of a victim goes, the chance of death goes. One person dies from melanoma every hour 123,590 new cases of melanoma in U.S. this YEAR Approximately.03% of the U.S population have been diagnosed with melanoma this year

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