New findings show diagnoses are on the rise; Cape Cod rates are double the national average
Diagnoses of skin cancers are higher in Massachusetts than the national average and are even higher on Cape Cod, which has the third highest rate of diagnosis in the nation. Skin cancers are diagnosed at a rate of 4.3 percent nationally. In Massachusetts, the rate of diagnosis is 5 percent - tied for sixth highest in the country. In the Barnstable-Yarmouth Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) the rate of diagnosis is 8.6 percent - double the national average. The data comes from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's (BCBSA) Health of America Report and is for 2016 (see charts below). ... |