Indoor tanning facility density in eighty U.S. cities.
The purpose of this study was to examine the number of tanning facilities in select U.S. cities. The twenty most populated cities from each of 4 U.S. regions were selected for the sample. For each city, data on the number of tanning facilities, climate, and general demographic profile were collected. Data for state tanning facility legislation also were collected. A tanning facility density variable was created by dividing the city's number of facilities by its population size. The 80 cities had an average of 50 facilities each. Results of linear regression analysis indicated that higher density was significantly associated with colder climate, lower median income, and higher proportion of Whites. These data indicate that indoor tanning facilities are prevalent in the environments of U.S. urban-dwellers. Cities having the higher density profile may be logical targets for interventions promoting less or safer use of these facilities.
Palmer
Richard C
RC
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, CA 92183-4162, USA.
Mayer
Joni A
JA
Woodruff
Susan I
SI
Eckhardt
Laura
L
Sallis
James F
JF
D001505:Beauty Culture / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019352:Censuses; D002947:Cities / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003132:Commerce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006294:Health Resorts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006370:Heliotherapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014887:Weather; D044465:White People