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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Excess Sun Exposure

Including times when even a small part of your skin was red for more than 12 hours, how many sunburns have you had within the past 12 months?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 One Two Three Four or more burns
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 81,855 27,767 33.0 32.4-33.7 23,086 27.4 26.8-27.9 12,748 15.8 15.3-16.3 18,254 23.8 23.2-24.3
Alabama 882 268 27.9 24.7-31.4 241 25.8 22.7-29.3 160 20.2 17.2-23.7 213 26.0 22.6-29.7
Alaska 743 302 39.9 34.9-45.0 190 24.0 20.1-28.3 107 13.4 10.4-17.1 144 22.8 18.6-27.5
Arizona 937 270 29.9 25.8-34.4 249 25.9 22.1-30.1 152 17.1 13.9-20.9 266 27.1 23.3-31.2
Arkansas 1,269 390 31.0 28.1-34.1 382 30.2 27.4-33.2 198 15.4 13.3-17.9 299 23.4 20.8-26.1
California 1,507 510 34.6 31.8-37.6 414 27.3 24.7-30.0 225 14.2 12.3-16.3 358 23.9 21.5-26.5
Colorado 1,686 441 25.3 23.1-27.6 487 28.7 26.3-31.2 312 18.5 16.5-20.6 446 27.6 25.2-30.1
Connecticut 1,690 611 35.6 33.0-38.3 484 27.9 25.5-30.4 259 15.7 13.7-17.8 336 20.9 18.7-23.3
Delaware 990 377 39.7 35.6-44.0 259 26.8 23.2-30.9 146 15.1 12.3-18.4 208 18.4 15.6-21.5
District of Columbia 502 177 35.7 30.2-41.6 156 31.3 25.9-37.2 70 12.8 9.6-16.8 99 20.3 16.1-25.2
Florida 1,293 417 29.9 26.3-33.7 355 26.6 23.2-30.2 199 14.7 12.2-17.7 322 28.8 25.2-32.7
Georgia 1,977 709 34.9 32.0-37.8 540 26.4 23.9-29.0 279 14.9 12.6-17.7 449 23.8 21.4-26.4
Hawaii 1,566 609 40.0 37.0-43.0 340 21.0 18.6-23.5 216 13.9 11.9-16.2 401 25.1 22.6-27.9
Idaho 2,168 621 26.6 24.4-28.9 642 29.7 27.4-32.1 341 15.7 13.9-17.6 564 28.0 25.7-30.5
Illinois 876 303 31.9 27.8-36.3 235 29.6 25.6-33.9 133 15.3 12.4-18.8 205 23.2 19.7-27.1
Indiana 2,070 634 30.3 28.1-32.6 545 25.9 23.9-28.1 373 18.1 16.3-20.1 518 25.7 23.6-27.8
Iowa 1,725 656 36.7 34.0-39.5 528 30.2 27.7-32.9 249 14.4 12.5-16.6 292 18.7 16.4-21.2
Kansas 1,538 541 34.1 31.4-37.0 430 27.1 24.6-29.8 260 16.8 14.7-19.1 307 21.9 19.5-24.6
Kentucky 1,577 731 43.9 40.2-47.6 422 27.4 24.1-31.0 195 12.1 9.8-14.8 229 16.7 13.8-19.9
Louisiana 986 363 35.2 31.9-38.7 296 30.6 27.4-34.0 120 12.8 10.5-15.5 207 21.4 18.6-24.5
Maine 861 290 33.9 30.2-37.7 261 30.1 26.6-33.8 139 14.9 12.4-17.7 171 21.2 18.1-24.6
Maryland 1,356 458 35.3 32.2-38.5 387 27.7 24.8-30.8 216 15.5 13.3-18.1 295 21.5 18.9-24.3
Massachusetts 2,428 864 33.6 31.2-36.0 697 28.0 25.8-30.3 355 16.4 14.5-18.5 512 22.1 20.0-24.3
Michigan 1,310 454 33.6 30.7-36.6 363 28.0 25.3-30.8 209 16.2 14.0-18.6 284 22.3 19.8-25.0
Minnesota 1,612 523 31.4 28.9-34.1 482 28.9 26.5-31.5 243 15.7 13.8-17.9 364 23.9 21.6-26.4
Mississippi 1,068 340 30.9 27.7-34.4 297 28.0 24.9-31.3 165 14.9 12.6-17.5 266 26.1 23.1-29.4
Missouri 1,558 467 28.0 25.2-31.0 464 29.4 26.5-32.4 263 17.6 15.2-20.3 364 25.0 22.1-28.2
Montana 1,548 464 26.5 23.7-29.6 463 30.5 27.4-33.7 254 19.0 16.3-21.9 367 24.0 21.2-27.1
Nebraska 1,801 613 32.5 30.1-35.0 577 31.3 28.9-33.7 272 15.1 13.3-17.1 339 21.1 18.9-23.6
Nevada 1,129 312 31.2 27.3-35.4 302 26.0 22.5-29.7 187 14.9 12.3-17.9 328 27.9 24.3-31.8
New Hampshire 1,823 629 33.3 30.8-35.9 546 28.8 26.4-31.2 283 15.3 13.5-17.3 365 22.6 20.3-25.1
New Jersey 3,192 1,184 35.3 33.3-37.3 937 28.9 27.1-30.8 488 15.4 14.0-17.0 583 20.4 18.6-22.2
New Mexico 1,665 496 29.6 27.0-32.3 486 28.6 26.1-31.3 249 15.0 13.0-17.2 434 26.8 24.3-29.4
New York 1,640 597 36.6 33.9-39.4 487 28.4 25.9-31.0 237 14.6 12.8-16.6 319 20.4 18.2-22.8
North Carolina 1,739 819 45.4 41.7-49.2 442 23.1 20.4-26.2 210 14.2 11.6-17.4 268 17.2 14.4-20.3
North Dakota 1,133 355 28.9 26.1-31.9 322 26.8 24.1-29.8 189 17.7 15.2-20.6 267 26.5 23.5-29.7
Ohio 1,260 395 30.1 27.0-33.3 379 30.0 26.9-33.2 201 16.2 13.8-18.8 285 23.8 21.0-26.9
Oklahoma 2,403 795 30.9 28.8-33.0 690 28.0 25.9-30.1 376 16.1 14.5-17.9 542 25.1 23.0-27.3
Oregon 1,456 482 32.1 29.4-34.8 425 29.0 26.4-31.6 236 16.7 14.6-19.1 313 22.3 19.9-24.9
Pennsylvania 1,252 429 34.2 31.2-37.2 346 26.4 23.8-29.3 218 17.4 15.2-20.0 259 22.0 19.4-24.7
Rhode Island 1,208 460 38.3 34.9-41.7 330 24.8 22.0-27.8 163 14.8 12.4-17.7 255 22.1 19.3-25.2
South Carolina 1,731 569 32.1 29.6-34.8 480 25.6 23.4-28.0 292 17.8 15.8-20.1 390 24.4 22.0-27.1
South Dakota 1,960 652 31.5 29.0-34.0 580 29.4 27.1-31.9 282 15.4 13.6-17.5 446 23.6 21.4-26.0
Tennessee 570 243 43.3 38.6-48.1 165 28.4 24.3-32.8 82 14.3 11.4-17.9 80 14.0 11.1-17.6
Texas 1,751 544 30.4 28.0-33.0 455 24.5 22.3-26.9 283 16.7 14.7-18.8 469 28.3 25.9-30.9
Utah 1,890 466 23.5 21.1-26.0 511 27.2 24.6-29.9 348 18.7 16.3-21.3 565 30.7 28.0-33.6
Vermont 1,672 515 30.3 27.7-32.9 491 28.4 26.0-31.0 298 18.4 16.3-20.8 368 22.9 20.6-25.4
Virginia 1,572 581 36.3 33.2-39.5 411 25.2 22.4-28.2 230 14.0 12.0-16.3 350 24.5 21.8-27.4
Washington 5,865 2,185 36.8 35.3-38.4 1,703 29.3 27.8-30.8 889 14.4 13.3-15.5 1,088 19.5 18.2-20.9
West Virginia 1,090 442 40.8 37.5-44.3 305 28.3 25.3-31.5 150 13.0 11.0-15.3 193 17.9 15.5-20.5
Wisconsin 1,589 429 25.0 22.6-27.6 435 25.9 23.5-28.5 296 19.9 17.5-22.6 429 29.2 26.4-32.1
Wyoming 1,731 462 25.8 23.6-28.2 450 25.3 23.1-27.7 305 16.9 15.0-19.0 514 31.9 29.4-34.6
Guam 267 70 25.4 20.0-31.8 72 25.8 20.4-32.0 32 12.8 8.8-18.3 93 35.9 29.7-42.7
Puerto Rico 401 146 36.4 30.6-42.7 64 14.7 10.7-19.9 73 17.1 12.8-22.5 118 31.8 26.1-38.1
Virgin Islands 342 107 31.7 25.3-38.8 86 23.4 18.2-29.4 41 12.5 8.1-18.9 108 32.5 26.2-39.5

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Asked only of respondents who reported ever having a sunburn

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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