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14/06/2012
Skin Cancer Rates Growing In NI
More than 8,000 people a year are diagnosed with new cancers in Northern Ireland.
Annual detection rates have risen since the 1993-1996 average of 6,228.
And skin cancer (malignant melanoma) was the fastest-growing kind of cancer, with a 2.7% a year rise in men and a 1.9% a year rise in women, highlighting the need for people to avoid sunbeds and be careful in the sun.
The warning came at a poignant time, just following the recent spell of good weather in Northern Ireland which tanned and burned a lot of the population.
Dr Anna Gavin of Queens, who was behind the compilation of the statistics, said sunburn was to be avoided.
She said: "The rapid rise in melanomas which is increasing in men, faster than women and is more common in residents of more affluent areas, is related to changing dress and sunbathing behaviour in the sun, and the use of sunbeds. The population should be advised to avoid sunbed use completely and to enjoy the sun but avoid sunburn especially among children."
Cancers were more common in the poorest 20% of Northern Ireland’s population, with a large proportion of the difference down to lung cancers caused by higher levels of tobacco use.
The figures, published in a report by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, showed more work is needed to reduce smoking especially among women.
But rates of lung cancer reduced for men in 2006-2010, as compared to earlier periods.
The full report is available to view www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/
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Annual detection rates have risen since the 1993-1996 average of 6,228.
And skin cancer (malignant melanoma) was the fastest-growing kind of cancer, with a 2.7% a year rise in men and a 1.9% a year rise in women, highlighting the need for people to avoid sunbeds and be careful in the sun.
The warning came at a poignant time, just following the recent spell of good weather in Northern Ireland which tanned and burned a lot of the population.
Dr Anna Gavin of Queens, who was behind the compilation of the statistics, said sunburn was to be avoided.
She said: "The rapid rise in melanomas which is increasing in men, faster than women and is more common in residents of more affluent areas, is related to changing dress and sunbathing behaviour in the sun, and the use of sunbeds. The population should be advised to avoid sunbed use completely and to enjoy the sun but avoid sunburn especially among children."
Cancers were more common in the poorest 20% of Northern Ireland’s population, with a large proportion of the difference down to lung cancers caused by higher levels of tobacco use.
The figures, published in a report by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, showed more work is needed to reduce smoking especially among women.
But rates of lung cancer reduced for men in 2006-2010, as compared to earlier periods.
The full report is available to view www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/
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