Table 3.
Use of prevention measures.
| Geographic region | Personal prevention measures (2011)a n (% within region) |
Yard-based pesticides (2009) n (% within region) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use repellent | Shower | Do tick checks | Other steps | Do nothing | Currently use | Would not use | |
| Overall | 826 (21.1) | 589 (15.7) | 1316 (30.6) | 312 (7.6) | 2066 (51.2) | 558 (10.7) | 446 (10.2) |
| New England | 53 (25.6) | 32 (15.1) | 103 (43.2) | 25 (13.1) | 64 (35.9) | 15 (7.2) | 21 (14.1) |
| Mid-Atlantic | 127 (26.1) | 92 (19.2) | 182 (30.7) | 49 (9.5) | 247 (45.4) | 58 (6.8) | 76 (10.5) |
| East North Central | 152 (23.7) | 81 (12.1) | 219 (29.0) | 44 (6.5) | 336 (51.9) | 60 (7.1) | 83 (10.1) |
| West North Central | 101 (30.3) | 65 (20.5) | 182 (47.9) | 31 (11.1) | 118 (32.2) | 39 (9.2) | 35 (10.8) |
| South Atlantic | 167 (21.3) | 147 (21.4) | 287 (38.0) | 50 (5.8) | 339 (44.8) | 136 (13.0) | 75 (9.2) |
| East South Central | 54 (27.6) | 49 (26.6) | 86 (43.7) | 25 (14.1) | 63 (34.2) | 50 (15.6) | 25 (7.0) |
| West South Central | 100 (26.5) | 69 (16.9) | 112 (26.5) | 37 (7.4) | 224 (52.6) | 113 (22.8) | 24 (5.9) |
| Mountain | 34 (12.2) | 18 (6.1) | 64 (23.3) | 14 (5.0) | 216 (64.8) | 24 (5.8) | 33 (9.8) |
| Pacific | 38 (5.9) | 36 (6.6) | 81 (12.0) | 37 (5.2) | 459 (76.1) | 63 (10.3) | 74 (14.6) |
a
Respondents could choose more than one response.