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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Excess Sun Exposure

The next question is about sunburns, including any time that even a small part of your skin was red for more than 12 hours.Have you had a sunburn within the past 12 months?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,428 1,783 21.9 20.5-23.3 7,645 78.1 76.7-79.5
GENDER
Male 3,465 771 25.2 22.9-27.6 2,694 74.8 72.4-77.1
Female 5,963 1,012 18.8 17.2-20.4 4,951 81.2 79.6-82.8
RACE
White 6,914 1,604 26.9 25.2-28.6 5,310 73.1 71.4-74.8
African American 1,871 84 4.5 3.2- 6.3 1,787 95.5 93.7-96.8
Asian 51 7 17.7 6.6-39.7 44 82.3 60.3-93.4
Native American 230 37 21.3 11.2-36.7 193 78.7 63.3-88.8
Other Minorities 325 41 15.1 9.6-23.0 284 84.9 77.0-90.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 338 56 18.2 12.3-26.1 282 81.8 73.9-87.7
-English Speaking 137 27 27.4 15.1-44.4 110 72.6 55.6-84.9
-Spanish Speaking 201 29 15.1 9.0-24.0 172 84.9 76.0-91.0
Non-Hispanic 9,080 1,724 22.1 20.7-23.6 7,356 77.9 76.4-79.3
AGE
18-24 581 200 35.0 29.2-41.3 381 65.0 58.7-70.8
25-34 1,414 466 30.2 26.8-33.9 948 69.8 66.1-73.2
35-44 1,783 492 28.7 25.8-31.9 1,291 71.3 68.1-74.2
45-54 1,841 341 19.7 16.9-23.0 1,500 80.3 77.0-83.1
55-64 1,528 164 9.9 7.8-12.4 1,364 90.1 87.6-92.2
65-74 1,275 79 7.8 5.7-10.6 1,196 92.2 89.4-94.3
75+ 936 28 2.9 1.7- 4.7 908 97.1 95.3-98.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,602 171 11.2 8.7-14.3 1,431 88.8 85.7-91.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,826 465 20.2 17.7-23.0 2,361 79.8 77.0-82.3
Some Post-H.S. 2,343 483 23.8 21.0-26.8 1,860 76.2 73.2-79.0
College Graduate 2,629 661 28.7 26.1-31.5 1,968 71.3 68.5-73.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,105 139 14.0 10.4-18.5 966 86.0 81.5-89.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,729 273 18.0 15.1-21.3 1,456 82.0 78.7-84.9
$25,000- 34,999 1,035 212 23.7 19.6-28.5 823 76.3 71.5-80.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,238 265 23.9 20.4-27.7 973 76.1 72.3-79.6
$50,000-74,999 1,009 280 31.1 26.8-35.7 729 68.9 64.3-73.2
$75,000+ 1,154 343 29.6 25.9-33.6 811 70.4 66.4-74.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 96 24.8 19.9-30.3 358 75.2 69.7-80.1
Guilford 443 71 18.3 14.2-23.4 372 81.7 76.6-85.8
Mecklenburg 448 82 22.5 17.2-28.7 366 77.5 71.3-82.8
Orange 450 105 29.8 23.3-37.2 345 70.2 62.8-76.7
Wake 452 100 24.5 19.7-30.0 352 75.5 70.0-80.3
Chatham/Lee 400 58 16.7 12.5-22.0 342 83.3 78.0-87.5
Nash/Wilson 379 48 15.1 10.7-20.9 331 84.9 79.1-89.3
Craven/Pamlico 455 92 22.5 18.0-27.6 363 77.5 72.4-82.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 438 107 26.2 21.4-31.7 331 73.8 68.3-78.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 455 113 27.4 22.2-33.3 342 72.6 66.7-77.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 477 72 13.9 10.3-18.3 405 86.1 81.7-89.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 101 24.2 18.1-31.7 325 75.8 68.3-81.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 476 61 15.7 11.8-20.6 415 84.3 79.4-88.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 418 66 18.7 14.0-24.5 352 81.3 75.5-86.0
Northeast NC I 460 66 17.2 13.2-22.0 394 82.8 78.0-86.8
Northeast NC II 511 96 23.0 18.4-28.2 415 77.0 71.8-81.6
Northeastern Partnership 971 162 20.9 17.6-24.7 809 79.1 75.3-82.4
Mountain AHEC 1,305 277 22.0 18.9-25.4 1,028 78.0 74.6-81.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,312 552 20.9 18.5-23.6 2,760 79.1 76.4-81.5
Piedmont 4,040 755 21.9 19.9-23.9 3,285 78.1 76.1-80.1
Western NC 2,076 476 24.2 21.4-27.2 1,600 75.8 72.8-78.6

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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