ARE YOU AT RISK?

One out of five Americans will develop skin cancer sometime during their lives. Take this test to find out your risk level:
 

 
 

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Hair color
Blond/red = 4; Brown = 3; Black = 1
 

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Eye color
Blue/green = 4; Hazel = 3; Brown = 2
 

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When exposed to one hour of summer sun, you...
Burn, and sometimes blister = 4;
Burn, then tan = 3; Tan = 1
 

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Do you have freckles?
Many = 5; Some = 3; None = 1
 

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Where is your job?
Outdoors = 4; Mixed = 3; Indoors = 2
 

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Has anyone in your family had skin cancer?
Yes = 5; No = 1
 

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Where in the United States did you live most
before the age of 18?

South = 4; Midwest = 3; North = 2
 

 
 

Total points:
 

 
 

 

10 - 15: Below-average risk
16 - 22: Average risk

23 - 25: High risk
26 - 30: Very high risk