Melanoma mortality rate decreased from 2015, then increased again in 2021

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We have updated the melanoma mortality report using the latest available 2021 data. Key findings included:

In 2021, there were 333 deaths from melanoma in New Zealand, an increase from 294 deaths in 2020.
The age-standardised melanoma mortality rate was 3.5 deaths per 100,000 in 2021. This was statistically significantly lower than the 2011 peak (5.3 per 100,000).
Melanoma mortality increases with age, and in 2020–21, rates were at least twice as high for males aged 65+ years compared to females in the same age group.
Age-standardised melanoma mortality rates for 2012–21 were highest in the European/Other ethnic group (5.0 per 100,000), almost five times the rate for the next most affected group, Māori (1.1 per 100,000).
In 2017–21, Hawke’s Bay district had a high age-standardised melanoma