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Table 3 Estimates of national costs of skin cancer (2014/15 ZAR, $US)

From: Modelling the healthcare costs of skin cancer in South Africa

 

Melanoma

BCC and SCC

Total

Mean costs per suspected case

ZAR 3566 $605

ZAR 2154 $366

-

Mean costs per diagnosed case

ZAR 4197 $712

ZAR 2767 $470

-

<1 mm ZAR 2931 $497

>1 mm ZAR 7149 $1213

Incidence per 100,000a

4.77

54.6

59.4

 

million

million

million

Total costs

ZAR 10.80 $1.8

ZAR 81.60 $13.8

ZAR 92.40 $15.7

By racial group

   

 Blacks

ZAR 2.09 $0.4

ZAR 5.76 $1.0

ZAR 7.84 $1.3

 Asians/indians

ZAR 0.05 $0.0

ZAR 0.38 $0.1

ZAR 0.44 $0.1

 Coloureds

ZAR 1.04 $0.2

ZAR 8.66 $1.5

ZAR 9.69 $1.6

 Whites

ZAR 3.67 $0.6

ZAR 26.82 $4.6

ZAR 30.49 $5.2

 Unknown race

ZAR 3.96 $0.7

ZAR 40.06 $6.8

ZAR 44.02 $7.5

By Gender

   

 Men

ZAR 6.10 $1.0

ZAR 54.71 $9.3

ZAR 60.81 $10.3

 Women

ZAR 4.70 $0.8

ZAR 26.96 $4.6

ZAR 31.67 $5.4

  1. SCC squamous cell carcinoma, BCC basal cell carcinoma, ZAR South African Rand
  2. aNorval 2014 [1] - Adjusted by 1.04 for under-reporting as per Singh 2015 [8]