Hierarchy of hair loss stigma: media portrayals of cancer, alopecia areata, and ringworm in Israeli newspapers

Table 1 Prevalence of media coverage for different disease types

Coverage	Ringworm	AA	Cancer	α	χ² Value	LB 95% CI	UB 95% CI
References to disease/patients	11.9%^a	55.3%^b	3.2%^c	0.94	102.07***	.0001	.0001
Distribution
Newspaper, national	60.6%^a	68.4%^a	87.5%^b		67.49***	.0001	.0001
Newspaper, local	10.1%^a	0.0%^b	0.4%^b
Online news	20.2%^a	31.6%^b	11.4%^c
Religious newspapers	9.2%^a	0.0%^b	0.7%^b
Story type
News	75.2%^a	57.9%^b	80.4%^a	0.79	19.40***	.001	.002
Opinion	11.9%^a	7.9%^b	3.6%^b
Magazine	12.8%^a	34.2%^b	16.1%^a

AA alopecia areata, α Krippendorff’s Alpha, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, LB lower bound value, UB upper bound value
Different superscript letters indicate significantly different prevalence. ***p < .001

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