number 16_136). CPRD collects deidentified patient data from a network of general practitioner practices across the UK. Primary care data are linked to a range of other health-related data to provide a longitudinal, representative UK population health dataset. The data encompass 50 million patients, including 14 million currently registered patients. Additional methods and results are available upon direct request. In our cohort there were 12 057, 17 614 and 80 854 patients in the whole of the UK living with MM, SCC or BCC, respectively. The prevalence of MM was 0Á3%, SCC had a prevalence of 0Á4%, and BCC had the highest prevalence at 1Á8%. Over the 10-year study period, there was a 36% increase in the age-adjusted incidence of MM, a 34% increase in SCC and a 21% increase of BCC. Sex-stratified incidence per 100 000 person years (PYs) was age-adjusted (SEM) for 2004 and then 2014 [for MM, 15Á8 (0Á9) to 26Á4 (1Á0) for men and 22Á4 (1Á1) to 25Á5 (1Á0) for women; for SCC, 48Á2 (1Á4) to 66Á0 (1Á6) for men and 25Á4 (1Á2) to 32Á6 (1Á2) for women; and for BCC, 161Á2 (2Á6) to 201Á1 (2Á7) for men and 124Á0 (2Á5) to 143Á8 (2Á5) for women].