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. 2013 Jul 3;10(7):2778–2798. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10072778

Table 2.

Prevalence of sunscreen use on different body areas by season (% users).

C + A (F/M) AD (F/M)
Summer and autumn
Whole body 95.9 (96.7/95.1) 86.3 (86.6/85.9)
Head, upper and/or lower limbs 94.3 (94.9/93.7) 95.0 (95.6/93.9)
Head only 73.4 (73.0/73.8) 82.1 (83.4/79.9)
Winter and spring
Whole body 26.0 (26.8/25.3) 37.4 (36.8/38.3)
Head, upper and/or lower limbs 49.3 (50.0/48.6) 60.4 (61.4/58.8)
Head only 87.4 (87.2/87.6) 84.6 (85.3/83.6)

C + A (Children and adolescents); AD (Adults); F (Female); M (Male).