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0 pointstremon3y ago0 comments

kills surprisingly few people: less than 3 per 100,000

Yet the impact on quality of life is huge. Using the same US numbers [0], comparing directly-attributable deaths against life years lost (disability-adjusted life years):

- melanoma: 2.2 vs 64.8

- squamous cell carcinoma: 0.8 vs 26.6

- basal cell carcinoma: 0.2 vs 51.2

[0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33852922/

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arbol3y ago

Fair cancer impact comparisons. But the point was that increased sunshine can reduce cardiovascular issues so you'd need to look at incidents and impact for heart attack, stroke, etc.

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