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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 57.2 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 reported sunburn in the past 12 months in 2017
Target: 52.2 percent
Numerator
Number of students in grades 9 through 12 who responded that they had one or more sunburns during the past 12 months.
Denominator
Number of students in grades 9 through 12.
Target-setting method
Percentage point improvement
Target-setting method details
Percentage point improvement from the baseline using Cohen's h effect size of 0.10.
Target-setting method justification
Trend data were not available for this objective. A percentage point improvement was calculated using Cohen's h effect size of 0.1. This method was used because the Healthy People 2030 Workgroup Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) took into consideration the stakeholder coalitions located throughout the country that have contributed to cancer control plans to help lower the number of people affected by cancer. Most cancer control plans include priorities related to skin cancer prevention. Therefore, the SMEs viewed the target as ambitious yet achievable.
Methodology
Methodology notes
Data include adolescents who reported a sunburn one or more times in the past 12 months.
History
Comparable HP2020 objective
Retained, which includes core objectives that are continuing from Healthy People 2020 with no change in measurement.
Revision History
Revised.
In 2024, the baseline race/ethnicity data were revised at the request of the data provider.
1. Effect size h=0.1 was chosen to correspond with 10% improvement from a baseline of 50%.
