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Figure 6.5.11: Wearing sunglasses by sex

Percent of population (18+) who reported wearing sunglasses, Middlesex-London, 2015 and 2017

Figure 6.5.11: Wearing sunglasses by sex
Source: 
Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS) [2015 & Sept-Dec, 2017], Extracted: Mar 27, 2019

A higher percent of females (71.3%) wore sunglasses always or often compared with males (61.5%). The difference was statistically significant.

Those in the youngest age group (18-24) had a significantly lower rate of use of sunglasses always or often (46.3%) compared to the other age groups (not shown).