QuickStats: Percentage of Teens Aged 14--17 Years Who Had a Sunburn* During the Preceding 12 Months,† by Race/Ethnicity§ --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2010¶

QuickStats: Percentage of Teens Aged 14--17 Years Who Had a Sunburn* During the Preceding 12 Months,† by Race/Ethnicity§ --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2010¶
Weekly
August 5, 2011 / 60(30);1028

* Sunburn is defined as even a small part of the skin turning red or hurting for ≥12 hours. Burns from sunlamps and other indoor tanning devices are included.

† Based on an affirmative response to the question, "During the past 12 months, has [child] had a sunburn?"

§ Persons of Hispanic ethnicity might be of any race or combination of races. Non-Hispanic persons of a single race other than those shown or of multiple races are not shown separately because of small sample sizes but are included in the total.

¶ Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population and are derived from the National Health Interview Survey sample child component.

** 95% confidence interval.

In 2010, approximately one third of U.S. teens aged 14--17 years had a sunburn during the preceding 12 months. One half of non-Hispanic white teens had a sunburn during the preceding 12 months and were more than twice as likely as Hispanic (22%) and non-Hispanic Asian teens (18%) and approximately seven times as likely as non-Hispanic black teens (7%) to have had a sunburn during that period.

Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2010 data. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.

Alternate Text: The figure above shows the percentage of teens aged 14-17 years who had sunburn during the preceding 12 months, by race/ethnicity in the United States in 2010, according to the National Health Interview Survey. In 2010, approximately one third of U.S. teens aged 14-17 years had a sunburn during the preceding 12 months. One half of non-Hispanic white teens had a sunburn during the preceding 12 months and were more than twice as likely as Hispanic (22%) and non-Hispanic Asian teens (18%) and approximately seven times as likely as non-Hispanic black teens (7%) to have had a sunburn during that period.


QuickStats: Percentage of Teens Aged 14--17 Years Who Had a Sunburn* During the Preceding 12 Months,† by Race/Ethnicity§ --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2010¶