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    1. DillyDillySzn on

      I doubt the Central African Republic has the same robust cancer detection resources as Australia

    2. I would assume that in many countries a good few cases go unreported where there isn’t great access to medical services

    3. Marshall_BraveStar on

      Australia – sun

      France – 1000 nuclear reactors

      USA – their food

    4. BlakeNotBleak on

      Damn, that Australian sun

      And I’m assuming Saudi is yellower than its neighbours cause they generally smoke less

      But also, not drinking alcohol or eating pork plays a role as well

    5. 7LeagueBoots on

      I work in Vietnam and the data for Vietnam in this map looks very off. Lots of cancer here, lots of stomach cancer.

    6. Ok-Limit-9726 on

      ‘Reported cancer rates’

      Australia 🇦🇺 has thousands of dedicated ‘skin cancer clinics’

      I started going at 50, and started bowl cancer stool samples same time 💩🚽 (skin cancer subsidised, around $80 aud/$50 usd user pay, and free bowl screening)i have had 1 ‘hole’ punch biopsy last year, negative 🥰

      My Boomer Parents in 70’s been doing it for decades also, none found yet, in laws (one silent generation) covered in skin cancer scars, father in law looked like Kiss lead singer with scars down both eyes/cheeks a few months ago, they do inspections/biopsies every 3-6months.

      Edit my parents not big ‘beach people’(more hippy/artistic)

      In laws lived on the beach, shirt off at work, no hat 👒 or sunscreen 🧴

      Australian’s 🇦🇺now live 4.8 years longer than US 🇺🇸 citizens

    7. ThenDevelopment7022 on

      Australia has the highest rates of skin cancer in the world.  

    8. buckleyschance on

      Part of the story here is age distribution of people under 50, presumably. Many of the yellow-shaded regions skew younger than many of the red-shaded regions, even after you ignore everyone 50+.

    9. Maps a bit disingenuous for us in aus, we have really high screening rates because kits are so common and cheap.

    10. AGrandNewAdventure on

      Australia really is out here trying to kill everybody in every possible way.

    11. proroygamer on

      Doctor from Australia here. We have a population of 28 million. Australia wide, we cut out 200,000 – 300,000 non melanomas skin cancer per year. In my home state of Queensland, we have ~4000 melanomas per year for a population of 5 million (we are the skin capital of the world).

      That said, I think this chart is a bit meaningless. Average age of death from cancer night be a bit more meaningful. For example, the vast majority of skin cancers are survivable – these days this also includes advanced melanoma.

    12. SevereReflection8989 on

      Of course Australia’s levels of cancer are high😭 The UV levels are some of the highest in the world especially during Summer. Sun Safety is a must here in Australia.

    13. Green-Choice-565 on

      In Australia a lot of it is skin cancer from UV radiation from the sun.

      The sun is absolutely brutal in Australia. You don’t know this unless you live here or have been here. 15 mins in the sun in summer without sunscreen and I am burning. Compare to summer in the UK or USA and I can go without sunscreen for a couple of hours no problems at all.

    14. Skin cancer rates lines up pretty closely with States that ethnically cleanesed away the native population and is currently inhabited by colonizers and their descendants, like Australian, the US, Israel, etc.

    15. Bonbonnibles on

      *Based on cancer diagnoses, which people are more likely to get in developed countries*

    16. A big part of this is how old the people under 50 are. In Africa, the average person under 50 is a teenager. In the developed world, they’re probably closer to 30.

    17. Australia has the highest skin cancer rates in the world that would skew the data and people get checked regularly.

      Would be interesting to see the rates for other cancers if skin cancer wasn’t included.

    18. Now do cancer DEATHS. Lots of Australians get carcinomas, caused by being fair-skinned and living in a sunny location. Those carcinomas are almost all non-fatal. So yes, there is a lot of skin cancer, but is the rate of death from cancer in Australia that different from the rate in other countries?

    19. MagicOrpheus310 on

      Its funny because Australia just finished doing a huge cancer awareness campaign for people over 50 and even sent free home testing kits to people over 55 for like the last 5 or so years…

      It’s worked… However people under 50 were somewhat ignored or given the false idea they didn’t need to worry about it until their 50s and so their cancer rate went up as the over 50s went down…

      Well, actually that’s not funny at all, I think the word I was looking for was ironic?

    20. WhlteMlrror on

      Also Australia has universal healthcare.
      So combine that with a large number of people with European ancestry living in a place with blistering sun and good healthcare and you’ve got people getting them moles checked.

      A lot of workplaces also get free mole checks done annually. They literally bring people in to have a look at any moles anyone’s worried about, so it’s just too easy.

    21. ProfeQuiroga on

      Now do an honest comparison between 2019 and 2026, once the numbers are out.

    22. PandoraKin564 on

      NZ and AUS were in the shockwaves and fallout of French, Indian, and American nuclear testing in the South Pacific. Not to mention the areosole damage in the South Sea and North Antarctica. It really hit us hard, skin cancer, bowl cancer, Throat and Lung cancer (that is smoking mostly).

      Cancers are super common for 50 and over as a result.

      Edit: Skin and blood also common but that can be screening rates and how easy they are.

    23. Inevitable_Space_568 on

      high diagnosis rate of skin cancer in Aus but detected and treated very early

    24. SuperSpiral on

      See, I worry that if stupid politicians get in here in Australia they’ll see this and think „we should spend less on cancer detection so our numbers look more normal“

    25. ProfessorKnow1tA11 on

      Australia and New Zealand. A majority population of people with white skins living less than five kilometres from the surface of the sun! 🥵🥵

    26. Your headline is wrong. What you’re seeing there is cancer screening effectiveness.

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