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Sun Exposure
Including times when even a small part of your skin was red for more than 12 hours, how many sunburns have you had within the past 12 months?
Denominator excludes respondents reporting not having a sunburn in the past 12 months, respondents not knowing or refusing to answer if they had a sunburn in the past 12 months, respondents with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
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|
Total # of Respondents
|
One burn
|
C.I.
|
Two burns
|
C.I.
|
Three burns
|
C.I.
|
Four burns
|
C.I.
|
Five burns
|
C.I.
|
Six or more burns
|
C.I.
|
All Adults |
3192 |
35.3 |
33.3-37.2 |
28.9 |
27.0-30.8 |
15.4 |
13.9-16.9 |
5.5 |
4.53-6.45 |
4.9 |
3.97-5.77 |
10.0 |
8.62-11.4 |
Sunburns by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
One burn
|
C.I.
|
Two burns
|
C.I.
|
Three burns
|
C.I.
|
Four burns
|
C.I.
|
Five burns
|
C.I.
|
Six or more burns
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
252 |
25.0 |
19.1-30.9 |
28.3 |
22.3-34.2 |
17.8 |
12.3-23.2 |
6.6 |
3.38-9.76 |
6.8 |
3.58-10.1 |
15.6 |
10.4-20.8 |
25-34 |
634 |
34.2 |
30.1-38.4 |
29.8 |
25.8-33.9 |
13.3 |
10.6-15.9 |
6.8 |
4.48-9.22 |
5.9 |
3.73-8.01 |
10.0 |
7.02-12.9 |
35-44 |
952 |
35.3 |
31.9-38.7 |
28.9 |
25.7-32.1 |
18.5 |
15.7-21.3 |
5.1 |
3.63-6.65 |
4.3 |
2.82-5.68 |
7.9 |
5.85-10.0 |
45-54 |
769 |
41.0 |
37.0-45.1 |
31.1 |
27.4-34.9 |
13.9 |
11.1-16.7 |
3.8 |
2.28-5.26 |
2.8 |
1.52-4.10 |
7.3 |
4.89-9.71 |
55-64 |
350 |
36.8 |
31.3-42.4 |
26.5 |
21.3-31.7 |
12.9 |
9.00-16.8 |
7.1 |
3.84-10.5 |
5.5 |
2.97-7.95 |
11.1 |
7.60-14.6 |
65+ |
211 |
49.3 |
41.7-56.9 |
23.5 |
17.4-29.6 |
11.5 |
7.27-15.8 |
1.6 |
0.06-3.16 |
3.5 |
1.05-5.99 |
10.5 |
5.84-15.2 |
Sunburns by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
One burn
|
C.I.
|
Two burns
|
C.I.
|
Three burns
|
C.I.
|
Four burns
|
C.I.
|
Five burns
|
C.I.
|
Six or more burns
|
C.I.
|
Male |
1447 |
32.7 |
30.0-35.5 |
29.2 |
26.5-31.9 |
15.8 |
13.6-18.0 |
6.3 |
4.72-7.78 |
4.4 |
3.25-5.65 |
11.6 |
9.53-13.7 |
Female |
1745 |
38.1 |
35.4-40.9 |
28.6 |
26.1-31.1 |
15.0 |
13.0-17.0 |
4.6 |
3.54-5.74 |
5.3 |
3.98-6.72 |
8.2 |
6.44-10.0 |
Sunburns by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
One burn
|
C.I.
|
Two burns
|
C.I.
|
Three burns
|
C.I.
|
Four burns
|
C.I.
|
Five burns
|
C.I.
|
Six or more burns
|
C.I.
|
< $15,000 |
84 |
30.4 |
17.9-42.9 |
32.3 |
19.2-45.5 |
19.6 |
10.1-29.0 |
6.8 |
-.56-14.1 |
3.3 |
-.05-6.57 |
7.6 |
-.99-16.3 |
$15,000-24,999 |
214 |
35.9 |
28.3-43.6 |
23.5 |
16.7-30.4 |
14.7 |
8.46-21.0 |
5.9 |
1.14-10.7 |
8.8 |
3.71-13.8 |
11.1 |
5.09-17.0 |
$25,000-34,999 |
226 |
35.2 |
28.0-42.5 |
29.1 |
22.0-36.2 |
13.8 |
8.36-19.1 |
5.2 |
1.81-8.67 |
2.7 |
0.84-4.56 |
14.0 |
6.77-21.2 |
$35,000-49,999 |
393 |
40.1 |
34.1-46.2 |
29.1 |
23.8-34.4 |
13.4 |
9.32-17.4 |
2.8 |
1.23-4.29 |
3.4 |
1.24-5.66 |
11.1 |
7.20-15.1 |
$50,000-74,999 |
563 |
41.2 |
36.4-45.9 |
27.9 |
23.7-32.2 |
13.3 |
10.1-16.6 |
4.9 |
2.74-6.98 |
3.8 |
1.87-5.75 |
8.9 |
6.01-11.8 |
$75,000+ |
1381 |
31.6 |
28.8-34.4 |
29.8 |
27.0-32.6 |
17.4 |
15.1-19.8 |
6.1 |
4.68-7.50 |
5.5 |
4.08-6.86 |
9.6 |
7.64-11.5 |
Sunburns by Education
|
Education Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
One burn
|
C.I.
|
Two burns
|
C.I.
|
Three burns
|
C.I.
|
Four burns
|
C.I.
|
Five burns
|
C.I.
|
Six or more burns
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
115 |
29.7 |
20.8-38.5 |
31.0 |
20.9-41.2 |
14.1 |
7.23-21.0 |
5.8 |
1.24-10.3 |
3.6 |
0.47-6.71 |
15.8 |
6.78-24.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
736 |
39.6 |
35.3-43.8 |
25.3 |
21.7-28.9 |
13.8 |
10.9-16.7 |
4.6 |
2.59-6.59 |
5.4 |
3.32-7.40 |
11.4 |
8.31-14.5 |
Some Post-H.S. |
781 |
32.2 |
28.3-36.1 |
31.0 |
27.0-35.0 |
15.5 |
12.3-18.6 |
5.8 |
3.87-7.71 |
5.9 |
3.74-7.98 |
9.7 |
7.07-12.4 |
College Graduate |
1553 |
35.5 |
32.8-38.2 |
29.4 |
26.8-31.9 |
16.5 |
14.3-18.7 |
5.8 |
4.37-7.15 |
4.2 |
3.05-5.33 |
8.7 |
6.91-10.5 |
Sunburns by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial/
Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
One burn
|
C.I.
|
Two burns
|
C.I.
|
Three burns
|
C.I.
|
Four burns
|
C.I.
|
Five burns
|
C.I.
|
Six or more burns
|
C.I.
|
White/Non-Hispanic |
2859 |
34.1 |
32.1-36.2 |
29.6 |
27.6-31.5 |
15.9 |
14.3-17.5 |
5.7 |
4.69-6.73 |
4.6 |
3.76-5.52 |
10.0 |
8.54-11.4 |
Black or African American/Non-Hispanic |
54 |
48.2 |
33.1-63.3 |
26.4 |
13.0-39.9 |
12.4 |
4.68-20.1 |
|
- |
6.6 |
-1.9-15.1 |
6.4 |
-1.6-14.4 |
Other Race/Non-Hispanic |
66 |
46.1 |
33.5-58.8 |
27.2 |
16.1-38.2 |
8.5 |
2.03-15.0 |
6.5 |
-.51-13.4 |
5.3 |
-.31-10.9 |
6.4 |
0.43-12.4 |
Multiracial/Non-Hispanic |
20 |
36.5 |
12.1-61.0 |
18.6 |
-2.7-39.9 |
36.6 |
10.8-62.5 |
|
- |
|
- |
8.2 |
-3.1-19.5 |
Hispanic |
166 |
37.5 |
29.3-45.7 |
26.7 |
18.8-34.7 |
13.1 |
7.13-19.1 |
4.0 |
0.16-7.84 |
5.7 |
1.17-10.1 |
13.0 |
6.24-19.8 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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