Table 9.
Six Cities Study: frequency of sunbed use by city, age, and sex* (weighted baseline=673)
| Overall No | At least once/week | At least once/month | Every 2-6 months | Once/year or less | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | % (95% CI) | No | % (95% CI) | No | % (95% CI) | No | % (95% CI) | |||||
| Liverpool | 207 | 88 | 42.6 (35.8 to 39.3) | 56 | 27.2 (21.1 to 33.3) | 23 | 11.3 (6.9 to 15.6) | 33 | 16.0 (11.0 to 21.0) | |||
| Stoke/Stafford | 70 | 23 | 32.4 (21.5 to 43.4) | 8 | 11.8 (4.3 to 19.4) | 10 | 13.9 (5.8 to 22.0) | 27 | 39.0 (27.5 to 50.4) | |||
| Sunderland | 186 | 115 | 61.6 (54.6 to 68.6) | 33 | 17.5 (12.0 to 22.9) | 16 | 8.4 (4.4 to 12.4) | 18 | 9.4 (5.2 to 13.6) | |||
| Bath/Gloucester | 69 | 14 | 19.9 (10.4 to 29.3) | 7 | 10.2 (3.0 to 17.3) | 11 | 16.8 (7.9 to 25.6) | 34 | 49.8 (38.0 to 61.6) | |||
| Oxford/Cambridge | 78 | 10 | 12.3 (5.0 to 19.6) | 9 | 11.0 (4.0 to 18.0) | 27 | 34.7 (24.1 to 45.3) | 27 | 35.0 (24.4 to 45.6) | |||
| Southampton | 64 | 10 | 15.4 (6.6 to 24.3) | 10 | 15.9 (7.0 to 24.9) | 11 | 17.8 (8.5 to 27.2) | 30 | 47.4 (35.2 to 59.6) | |||
| Age group (years): | ||||||||||||
| 11-14 | 153 | 33 | 21.9 (15.4 to 28.5) | 25 | 16.2 (10.3 to 22.0) | 37 | 24.1 (17.3 to 30.9) | 47 | 30.8 (23.4 to 28.1) | |||
| 15-17 | 520 | 225 | 43.2 (39.0 to 47.5) | 98 | 18.8 (15.5 to 22.2) | 62 | 11.9 (9.1 to 14.6) | 122 | 23.5 (19.9 to 27.2) | |||
| Sex: | ||||||||||||
| Boys | 227 | 81 | 35.6 (29.3 to 41.8) | 39 | 17.2 (12.3 to 22.1) | 25 | 10.8 (6.8 to 14.9) | 74 | 32.7 (26.6 to 38.8) | |||
| Girls | 446 | 178 | 39.8 (35.3 to 44.4) | 84 | 18.8 (15.1 to 22.4) | 74 | 16.6 (13.1 to 20.0) | 95 | 21.4 (17.5 to 25.2) | |||
*Weighted numbers are rounded and thus marginal totals might not add up; 24 respondents (after weighting) said they “did not know” how often they used sunbed.