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Prevention - Sun Protection

Sun Protection
Measure
Percent of adults very likely to protect themselves from the sun if outside for more than 1 hour (ages 18 and older)
Period
1992 and 1998
Trend
Falling
Desired
Direction
Most Recent
Estimate
1998: 47% of adults were very likely to protect themselves from the sun.
Target From
Healthy People
2010 Report
75%
Progress Relative to Healthy People 2010 Target

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