Global Burden and Trends of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma in the Elderly Population: Analysis of Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Zhong Du, Xianglong Li, Wen Tan, Chenxi Wang, Guoxu Wang, Haokai Wei, Yujue Pan, Shuang Wu, Qingyu Zhou, Haiyu Lin · 2025
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Skin melanoma in older adults is rising in case numbers even as death rates ease, and Zhong Du and co-authors charted the global pattern from 1990 to 2021. Pulling the Global Burden of Disease database for people aged sixty and over in 204 countries, they tracked incidence, prevalence, deaths, and healthy years lost, standardised for age.
Incidence and prevalence climbed steadily, while mortality and disability burden declined, a sign of better detection and treatment. High-income North America carried the highest prevalence but the slowest growth; the Middle East and North Africa grew fastest. Men outpaced women on growth, which the authors link to behaviour. Burden ran high in sunnier, lower-latitude regions and in Australia beyond model expectations. They call for prevention strategies tuned region by region.
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| CREATOR | Zhong Du, Xianglong Li, Wen Tan, Chenxi Wang, Guoxu Wang, Haokai Wei, Yujue Pan, Shuang Wu, Qingyu Zhou, Haiyu Lin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |