Skin cancer statistics (source - Sunsmart Vic)

Over 380,000 Australians are treated for skin cancer each year – that’s over 1,000 people every day.
Over 1,600 Australians die from skin cancer each year
Skin cancer costs the health system around $300 million annually, the highest cost of all cancers
Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world. Skin cancers account for around 80% of all new cancers diagnosed each year in Australia. Each year Australians are four times more likely to develop a common skin cancer than any other form of cancer [1].
The melanoma incidence rates in Australia and New Zealand are around four times as high as those found in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom
Relative five-year survival rates for all melanoma are 90% for Australian males and 95% for Australian women. Survival rates have risen significantly since the early eighties as a result of early detection