Table 1. Reported Prevalence of SSEs and PSEs by Indoor Tanning Status and Demographic Variablesa.
| Variable | Use of Indoor Tanning Beds, Weighted Prevalence (SE), % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Users | Nonusers | |||
| SSE | PSE | SSE | PSE | |
| Overall | 75.3 (6.9) | 60.0 (8.5) | 55.4 (1.5) | 40.1 (1.4) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 62.0 (15.4) | 54.8 (15.1) | 48.7 (2.4) | 37.2 (2.2) |
| Female | 79.4 (7.0) | 61.6 (9.9) | 62.1 (1.7) | 42.9 (1.7) |
| Race | ||||
| White | 79.1 (6.9) | 59.0 (9.0) | 62.9 (1.8) | 47.1 (1.7) |
| Black or African American | 0 | 100 | 29.7 (3.5) | 16.9 (2.3) |
| Other | 37.0 (21.0) | 64.1 (19.0) | 33.8 (3.7) | 18.5 (2.6) |
| Educational level | ||||
| Less than high school | 76.5 (20.0) | 78.1 (19.7) | 30.1 (4.5) | 21.3 (4.3) |
| High school | 70.9 (12.6) | 44.6 (12.6) | 50.5 (2.6) | 33.9 (2.4) |
| Some college | 77.5 (10.9) | 69.6 (12.7) | 62.3 (3.9) | 44.0 (3.7) |
| College graduate or higher | 80.3 (7.1) | 71.1 (8.5) | 61.0 (2.0) | 47.2 (2.0) |
| Age, y | ||||
| 18-29 | 87.5 (9.5) | 62.8 (25.8) | 43.9 (5.5) | 22.4 (4.0) |
| 30-39 | 76.2 (11.4) | 51.9 (14.6) | 49.8 (4.1) | 30.5 (3.3) |
| 40-49 | 66.5 (20.7) | 50.3 (16.3) | 49.0 (3.5) | 38.2 (3.6) |
| 50-64 | 79.7 (10.3) | 75.2 (10.7) | 60.9 (2.4) | 43.4 (2.3) |
| 64-75 | 76.6 (12.8) | 57.1 (16.0) | 67.9 (2.4) | 56.5 (2.5) |
| ≥75 | 0 | 0 | 64.9 (3.4) | 59.6 (3.4) |
Abbreviations: PSE, professional skin cancer examination; SSE, skin cancer self-examination.
a
Data are weighted to be nationally representative.