Table 2:
Projected cohort outcomes of WA SunSmart program compared with no program over 20 years
| Outcomes | Mean per person | Mean per 100 000 persons |
Benefits (WA SunSmart versus no SunSmart) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA SunSmart | No SunSmart | WA SunSmart | No SunSmart | Per 100 000 population | Per WA population | |
| n | n | n | n | Avoided skin cancers (n) | ||
| KCs | 0.3218 | 0.4589 | 32 179 | 45 907 | 13 728 | 297 504 |
| In situ melanomas | 0.0043 | 0.0083 | 429 | 823 | 394 | 8544 |
| Stage I and II melanomas | 0.0024 | 0.0046 | 240 | 461 | 221 | 4790 |
| Stage III and IV melanomas | 0.0002 | 0.0004 | 22 | 42 | 20 | 440 |
| All melanomas | 0.0069 | 0.0133 | 691 | 1327 | 636 | 13 774 |
| Melanoma deaths avoided (n) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melanoma deaths | 0.0007 | 0.0012 | 69 | 115 | 46 | 998 |
| Life years saved (n) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life years | 19.174 | 19.172 | 1 917 440 | 1 917 189 | 251 | 5449 |
| Cost savings ($) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costs—societal | $2260 | $2289 | $226.0 million | $228.9 million | $2.95 million | $63.9 million |
| Costs—government | $1840 | $2143 | $184.0 million | $214.3 million | $30.4 million | $655.4 million |
| QALYs gained (n) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QALYs | 13.443 | 13.439 | 1 344 332 | 1 343 973 | 358 | 7765 |