Australia (and especially Northern Australia) seems to have more ultraviolet radiation. I don’t think it’s behavioral. Arizona does not have equal ultraviolet radiation.
That’s a really good point. The Nordics and South African Whites also have pretty high skin cancer rates, so maybe it’s “fair skin (especially gingers?) is bad”, “high UV bad inversely proportional to melanin”, and the result is “gingers in Australia will probaby get cancer”.
But also, obviously behavior has to play a role, since Solar UV hitting light skin is the direct cause of the vast majority of skin cancer, even in other races.
Australia (and especially Northern Australia) seems to have more ultraviolet radiation. I don’t think it’s behavioral. Arizona does not have equal ultraviolet radiation.
That’s a really good point. The Nordics and South African Whites also have pretty high skin cancer rates, so maybe it’s “fair skin (especially gingers?) is bad”, “high UV bad inversely proportional to melanin”, and the result is “gingers in Australia will probaby get cancer”.
But also, obviously behavior has to play a role, since Solar UV hitting light skin is the direct cause of the vast majority of skin cancer, even in other races.
For behavior to be the cause of why Australian have more skin cancer, they would need to behave differently.
I’m not aware of anyone having documented that Australian behave significantly differently.