Melanoma skin cancer statistics
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To provide the most current cancer statistics, statistical methods are used to estimate the number of new cancer cases and deaths until actual data become available.
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Incidence is the total number of new cases of cancer. Mortality is the number of deaths due to cancer.
It is estimated that in 2022:
- 9,000 Canadians will be diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer.
- 1,200 Canadians will die from melanoma skin cancer.
- 4,900 men will be diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer and 770 will die from it.
- 4,000 women will be diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer and 440 will die from it.
For more information about cancer statistics, go to Canadian Cancer Statistics.