Incidental sun exposures as a source of sunburn among rural compared to urban residents in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Melanoma incidence is higher in rural than in urban areas in the United States, possibly due to greater incidental sun exposures from rural outdoor-focused lifestyles and occupational patterns. Our aim was to compare activities at the time of a sunburn between rural and urban residents.

Methods

Utilizing the nationally representative 2019 cross-sectional Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), we report odds ratios (OR) and confidence intervals (CI) from logistic regression models comparing self-reported activities at most recent sunburn among rural versus urban adults.

Findings

About one-third of participants (37.2%) reported a sunburn in the past year, higher in urban (38.0%) than in rural populations (32.5%). At the time of most recent sunburn, s

SUBMITTER: Jewett PI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10024641 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature