An estimated 54,200 Americans will develop invasive melanoma and another 37,700 will develop noninvasive melanoma this year - an increase of 4 percent from 2002.

More than 7,600 Americans - 4,700 men and 2,900 women - are expected to die from melanoma in 2003.

In 2003, one in 67 Americans has a lifetime risk of developing invasive melanoma - a 2,000 percent increase from 1930. Incidence of melanoma tripled from 1980 to 2000.

Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in men and seventh most common in women, excluding basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas.

Melanoma is more common than any non-skin cancer among women ages 25 to 29.

Sources: The American Cancer Society; the American Academy of Dermatology.