Nevada's accidental death rate is about twice the national average.
Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer among men.
The mortality rate from all cancers dropped 3 percent during the same period. Heart disease, cancer, and stroke together account for 62 percent of deaths nationally, but only 58.5 Percent in Nevada. Americans are being tanned to death. The risk of developing malignant melanoma has increased from 1 in 1500 in 1935 to 1 in 87 this year. More deaths occur in January than in any other month.