Table 2.
Frequency (%) of skin care product use in the five different user groups (n = 114 202). The NOWAC study, 2003–2011, Tromsø, Norway
| Use of skin care products | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Light | Moderate | Frequent | Heavy | |
| Body surface creamed/daya (%) | 0 | 0.001–34.99 | 35–64.99 | 65–114.99 | 115–200 |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Total | 2131 (1.9) | 43239 (37.9) | 28455 (24.9) | 38037 (33.3) | 2340 (2.1) |
| Body lotion | |||||
| Never/seldom | 2027 (100) | 13588 (33.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1–3/month | 0 | 11947 (29.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1/week | 0 | 14602 (36.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2–4/week | 0 | 0 | 28455 (100) | 0 | 0 |
| 5–6/week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10694 (28.1) | 0 |
| 1/day | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27343 (71.9) | 0 |
| ≥2/day | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2340 (100) |
| Hand cream | |||||
| Never/seldom | 2033 (100) | 6593 (15.9) | 2022 (7.3) | 1938 (5.3) | 85 (3.8) |
| 1–3/month | 0 | 6064 (14.7) | 1460 (5.3) | 1164 (3.2) | 35 (1.6) |
| 1/week | 0 | 4552 (11.0) | 1776 (6.4) | 1272 (3.5) | 40 (1.8) |
| 2–4/week | 0 | 6974 (16.9) | 5324 (19.2) | 3328 (9.0) | 81 (3.6) |
| 5–6/week | 0 | 2785 (6.7) | 2507 (9.1) | 2640 (7.2) | 51 (2.3) |
| 1/day | 0 | 7507 (18.1) | 6456 (23.3) | 11489 (31.1) | 228 (10.1) |
| ≥2/day | 0 | 6902 (16.7) | 8138 (29.4) | 15062 (40.8) | 1738 (77.0) |
| Face cream | |||||
| Never/seldom | 2057 (100) | 3532 (8.3) | 606 (2.1) | 582 (1.5) | 39 (1.7) |
| 1–3/month | 0 | 2172 (5.1) | 237 (0.8) | 144 (0.4) | 2 (0.1) |
| 1/week | 0 | 1383 (3.2) | 270 (1.0) | 140 (0.4) | 4 (0.2) |
| 2–4/week | 0 | 2942 (6.9) | 1325 (4.7) | 319 (0.9) | 12 (0.5) |
| 5–6/week | 0 | 1878 (4.4) | 909 (3.2) | 748 (2.0) | 12 (0.5) |
| 1/day | 0 | 24424 (57.1) | 17482 (61.9) | 23105 (61.3) | 259 (11.3) |
| ≥2/day | 0 | 6461 (15.1) | 7428 (26.3) | 12649 (33.6) | 1970 (85.7) |
aMore than a 100% body surface creamed corresponds to creaming the body more than once a day (see text)