Table 2.

Among those who reported seeing a healthcare provider in the past 12 months, the prevalence of US workers who also reported a skin exam in the past year evaluated from 2000 and 2005 Cancer Control Modules of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

Occupational category	2000 Cancer control module				2005 Cancer control module
	Sample size	Prevalence of 12 month skin exam	95% Confidence Interval	Estimated number of workers not having a skin exam	Sample size	Prevalence of 12 month skin exam	95% Confidence Interval	Estimated number of workers not having a skin exam
All workers	13,381	8.0%	7.5–8.6%	107,124,395	11,537	8.5%	8.0–9.1%	104,891,709
NCHS
White Collar	8,690	9.7%	9.0–10.4%	61,377,587	7,375	10.3%	9.5–11.1%	56,297,961
Service	1,843	6.6%	5.5–8.0%	14,478,824	2,050	6.1%	5.1–7.3%	18,384,555
Farm Worker	240	5.8%	3.1–10.6%	2,650,816	59	1.6%	0.0–10.5%	875,289
Blue Collar	2,608	3.9%	3.1–4.8%	28,248,168	2,053	4.9%	3.9–6.1%	25,856,684
NIOSH NORA
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing	250	4.2%	2.0–8.6%	2,888,469	116	13.6%	7.7–23.0%	1,460,679
Construction	584	5.2%	3.6–7.3%	7,584,447	590	5.6%	4.0–7.7%	8,771,279
Healthcare and Social Assistance	2,112	10.2%	8.8–11.9%	13,605,211	1,759	9.4%	8.0–11.0%	12,172,973
Manufacturing	1,783	5.4%	4.3–6.8%	16,309,666	1,270	7.8%	6.3–9.5%	12,376,201
Mining	40*	6.0%	1.5–21.9%	404,861	32*	17.8%	7.0–38.3%	322,017
Services	5,287	9.7%	8.9–10.7%	37,438,554	5,684	9.2%	8.3–10.1%	46,290,544
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	924	8.1%	6.2–10.5%	7,727,977	560	9.2%	6.8–12.3%	5,247,303
Wholesale and Retail Trade	2,336	5.6%	4.6–6.7%	20,769,672	1,538	6.6%	5.3–8.2%	14,954,065

^*Sample sizes less than 45 participants should be considered unstable.

NCHS= the National Center for Health Statistics occupational categories; NIOSH NORA= the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) at the National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

The prevalence rates presented were not adjusted for age to communicate the actual burden of disease in the population.