UTopiAH. This is Part of a series for comparing census based life expectancy and death rate tables, ranking states by how long we live, from 1960 to 2015. Included are medical conditions rating Utah’s #1 health rankings. Since 2012 state rankings are now correlated to voting in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections, with blue states on top, and red states at the bottom. Utopia is Sir Thomas More’s (1516) perfect place to live, and with a slight variation in spelling, perfectly describes Utah.

Part Fourteen. How does skin cancer rank for Utah? Part One noted the state of Utah had the lowest Cancer death rate of all cancers.

Luke 17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

Utah ranks best (as of 2017) in many health categories according to United Health foundation, US Census, CDC (until 2012), other major foundations that rank the 50 states – lowest smoking, lowest smoking among youth, lowest smoking among seniors, lowest deaths from cancer all types, lowest lung cancer, lowest diabetes, lowest hypertension, highest birth rate, lowest divorce rate, largest family, lowest DUI fatalities, lowest alcohol addiction, lowest drug addiction, lowest gambling addiction , best income advancement possibilities for poor from bottom quintile to top quintile (gini index), etc.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/states-with-the-most-skin-cancer/ss-AAxnQBr?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout#image=51

States With the Most Skin Cancer [DIAGNOSES] Thomas C. Frohlich

These rates are AGE-ADJUSTED Population rates.. Which made Utah worse off in the rankings.

  1. Utah> Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 42.3 per 100,000 residents> Annual skin cancer death rate: 3.5 per 100,000 residents (2nd highest)> White population: 76.7% (19th highest)
  2. Vermont> Annual skin cancer diagnoses:35.7 per 100,000 residents
    > Annual skin cancer death rate:2.6 per 100,000 residents (19th lowest)
    > White population: 93.7% (the highest)
  3. New Hampshire> Annual skin cancer diagnoses:32.5 per 100,000 residents> Annual skin cancer death rate:2.9 per 100,000 residents (14th highest)> White population: 90.7% (4th highest)

4. Minnesota> Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 29.9 per 100,000 residents > Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.6 per 100,000 residents (18th lowest) > White population: 80.3% (13th highest)

5. Delaware> Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 29.7 per 100,000 residents> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.9 per 100,000 residents (16th highest)> White population: 62.3% (16th lowest)

6. Georgia > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 27.4 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.5 per 100,000 residents (14th lowest)
> White population: 53.0% (7th lowest)

7. Kentucky > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 27.1 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 3.3 per 100,000 residents (4th highest)
> White population: 84.9% (7th highest)

8. Montana > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 26.9 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.9 per 100,000 residents (20th highest)
> White population: 85.2% (6th highest)

9. Rhode Island> Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 26.7 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.5 per 100,000 residents (13th lowest)
> White population: 73.9% (23rd highest)

10. Idaho > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 26.6 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 3.5 per 100,000 residents (the highest)
> White population: 80.6% (12th highest)

11. Wyoming > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 26.6 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 3.0 per 100,000 residents (11th highest)
> White population: 84.0% (8th highest)

12. Washington > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 25.9 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.9 per 100,000 residents (21st highest)
> White population: 68.3% (23rd lowest)

13. Pennsylvania > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 25.8 per 100,000 residents> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.8 per 100,000 residents (24th highest) > White population: 77.7% (18th highest)

14. South Dakota > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 25.8 per 100,000 residents > Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.5 per 100,000 residents (16th lowest)> White population: 81.5% (11th highest)

15. Maine > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 25.1 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.9 per 100,000 residents (15th highest)
> White population: 93.6% (2nd highest)

16. Iowa> Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 24.9 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.8 per 100,000 residents (22nd highest)
> White population: 86.2% (5th highest)

17. Oregon > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 24.6 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 3.0 per 100,000 residents (10th highest)
> White population: 74.9% (22nd highest)

18. Kansas > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 24.3 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 3.1 per 100,000 residents (5th highest)
> White population: 76.6% (20th highest)

19. North Carolina > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 24.3 per 100,000 residents> Annual skin                 cancer death rate: 2.7 per 100,000 residents (22nd lowest) > White population: 62.7% (19th lowest)

20. Wisconsin> Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 23.8 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.6 per 100,000 residents (20th lowest)
> White population: 81.8% (10th highest)

21. Nebraska > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 23.5 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 3.0 per 100,000 residents (8th highest)
> White population: 79.2% (17th highest)

22. Florida > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 23.2 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.9 per 100,000 residents (17th highest)
> White population: 53.8% (8th lowest)

23. Ohio > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 23.1 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.8 per 100,000 residents (23rd highest)
> White population: 79.8% (14th highest)

24. California > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 23.0 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.4 per 100,000 residents (10th lowest)
> White population: 37.8% (2nd lowest)

25. New Jersey > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 21.9 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.4 per 100,000 residents (8th lowest)
> White population: 56.5% (11th lowest)

26. Connecticut > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 21.9 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.3 per 100,000 residents (5th lowest)
> White population: 68.9% (24th lowest)

27. Maryland > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 21.9 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.4 per 100,000 residents (8th lowest)
> White population: 52.0% (6th lowest)

28. Oklahoma > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 21.8 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 3.0 per 100,000 residents (7th highest)
> White population: 66.1% (21st lowest)

29. Colorado > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 21.4 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 3.0 per 100,000 residents (8th highest)
> White population: 66.7% (22nd lowest)

30. North Dakota > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 21.3 per 100,000 residents > Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.3 per 100,000 residents (6th lowest) > White population: 83.9% (9th highest)

31. South Carolina > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 20.7 per 100,000 residents> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.7 per 100,000 residents (22nd lowest) > White population: 62.2% (15th lowest)

32. Arizona > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 20.6 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.9 per 100,000 residents (17th highest)
> White population: 54.5% (9th lowest)

33. Hawaii > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 20.3 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 1.6 per 100,000 residents (the lowest)
> White population: 22.1% (the lowest)

34. West Virginia > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 20.0 per 100,000 residents > Annual skin cancer death rate: 3.3 per 100,000 residents (3rd highest) > White population: 93.2% (3rd highest)

35. Arkansas > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 20.0 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.7 per 100,000 residents (25th lowest)
> White population: 72.9% (25th lowest)

36. Indiana > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 19.8 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.9 per 100,000 residents (17th highest)
> White population: 79.7% (15th highest)

37. Virginia > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 19.7 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.7 per 100,000 residents (24th lowest)
> White population: 62.4% (17th lowest)

38. Missouri > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 19.1 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.9 per 100,000 residents (12th highest)
> White population: 79.6% (16th highest)

39. Alabama > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 19.0 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.7 per 100,000 residents (23rd lowest)
> White population: 65.9% (20th lowest)

40. Tennessee > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 18.8 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 3.1 per 100,000 residents (6th highest)
> White population: 73.4% (24th highest)

41. Illinois > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 18.7 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.5 per 100,000 residents (13th lowest)
> White population: 62.5% (18th lowest)

42. Michigan > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 18.7 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.5 per 100,000 residents (13th lowest)
> White population: 75.6% (21st highest)

43. Massachusetts > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 18.4 per 100,000 residents> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.8 per 100,000 residents (25th highest) > White population: 73.0% (25th highest)

44. New York > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 17.7 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.1 per 100,000 residents (2nd lowest)
> White population: 56.3% (10th lowest)

45. Louisiana > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 17.3 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.1 per 100,000 residents (3rd lowest)
> White population: 58.8% (13th lowest)

46. Mississippi > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 17.1 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.4 per 100,000 residents (9th lowest)
> White population: 57.2% (12th lowest)

47. Nevada > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 15.1 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.9 per 100,000 residents (13th highest)
> White population: 49.5% (5th lowest)

48. Alaska > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 14.9 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.5 per 100,000 residents (17th lowest)
> White population: 61.5% (14th lowest)

49. New Mexico > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 14.6 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.5 per 100,000 residents (15th lowest)
> White population: 38.7% (3rd lowest)

50. Texas, > Annual skin cancer diagnoses: 12.6 per 100,000 residents
> Annual skin cancer death rate: 2.2 per 100,000 residents (4th lowest)
> White population: 42.0% (4th lowest)

 

Skin cancer [diagnosis] is the most common form of cancer [diagnosis] in the United States. While death rates from melanoma have been stable or falling because of advancements in treatment and diagnosis, the number of new cases of skin cancer has been rising steadily for decades. https://gis.cdc.gov/Cancer/USCS/DataViz.html

 

Table 6. Number of deaths from selected causes, by age: United States, 2015 [Only selected causes of deaths are shown; therefore, subcategories do not add to totals; see Technical Notes]. The cause of death for 2015, of malignant melanoma of skin was 8,885, all ages. The total cause of death, all ages for Malignant neoplasms was 595,930, with a fourth of those be lung cancer, one twelfth breast cancer, one eleventh colon cancer. Of 19 cancers, Skin cancer ranked 18th in frequency as cause of death.

 

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