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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014 Apr 24;71(2):249–255. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.03.032

Table 2.

Demographics of White and Ethnic Minority participants.

White
(N=777)
Ethnic Minority
(N=263)
P-values

Gender
    Male 343 (44.1%) 95 (36.0%) p=0.3
    Female 434 (55.9%) 168 (63.6%)

Age
    • Mean 54.8 years 43.6 years p<0.01
    • Median 56 years 40 years
    • Range 18 to over 89 years 18 to over 89 years

Education (% completing college) 579/775 (74.7%) 176/262 (67.1%) p=0.02

Positive history of skin cancer 312/757 (41.2%) 9/260 (3.5%) p<0.01

Family/friend history of skin cancer 413/777 (57.4%) 39/262 (16.5%) p<0.01

Skin type:
    • Always burn, never tan 83/772 (10.8%) 13/260 (5.0%) p<0.01
    • Usually burn, rarely tan 142/772 (18.4%) 12/260 (4.6%)
    • Sometimes burn, sometimes tan 397/772 (51.4%) 102/260 (39.2%)
    • Rarely burn, usually tan 122/772 (15.8%) 95/260 (36.5%)
    • Never burn, always tan 28/772 (3.6%) 38/260 (14.6%)