2019 Skin Cancer Prevention Progress Report 23 Figure 4 Percentage of U S Adults Who Use Sun Protection Always or Most of the Time When Outdoors on a Warm Sunny Day for More Than 1 Hour, 2015 31.9 23.4 43.6 66.7 46.0 43.6 33.4 74.8 0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 Shade Sunscreen with SPF 15+ Protective clothing One or more sun protection measures Percentage Men Women Source: National Health Interview Survey.20 Note: Data are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population. Indoor Tanning Data from the national YRBS and NHIS show that indoor tanning has decreased among high school students21 (Figure 5) and adults22 (Table 4). An estimated 900,000 U.S. high school students reported using an indoor tanning device in 2017, a notable reduction from the estimated 1.2 million in 2015 and 2.5 million in 2009. Decreases among high school students may be caused, in part, to increased state restrictions on the use of indoor tanning among minors.2,23 Among adults, the number of indoor tanners dropped from an estimated 11.7 million in 2010 to an estimated 7.8 million in 2015.22 Indoor tanning remains highest among young, non-Hispanic white females.21,22 Figure 5 Percentage of U S High School Students Who Used an Indoor Tanning Device in the Past Year, by Sex, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Percentage Both Sexes Males Females Healthy People 2020 Target Source: National High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey.21 Note: Indoor tanning is defined as using an indoor tanning device (such as a sunlamp, sunbed, or tanning booth) one or more times during the 12 months before the survey. It does not include getting a spray-on tan.
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