BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Including times when even a small part of your skin was red for more than 12 hours, how many sunburns have you had within the past 12 months?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Excess Sun Exposure-WHITES

Including times when even a small part of your skin was red for more than 12 hours, how many sunburns have you had within the past 12 months?*

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	Total Respond.^	One	Two	Three	Four or more burns
TOTAL	1,574	735	46.7	42.8-50.6	402	23.2	20.3-26.3	190	13.1	10.5-16.1	247	17.1	14.3-20.3
GENDER
Male	676	289	44.8	39.2-50.6	166	20.8	17.1-25.2	75	12.5	8.9-17.4	146	21.9	17.4-27.0
Female	898	446	49.0	44.0-54.0	236	26.0	22.0-30.6	115	13.7	10.6-17.6	101	11.2	8.5-14.6
AGE
18-24	175	73	46.7	35.2-58.5	48	20.4	13.7-29.2	22	15.6	8.1-28.1	32	17.3	10.1-28.0
25-34	415	181	44.0	37.3-51.0	117	25.0	19.6-31.3	56	14.2	10.0-19.7	61	16.8	12.2-22.6
35-44	458	201	45.5	39.1-52.0	120	23.0	18.4-28.4	57	12.3	8.7-17.2	80	19.2	14.4-25.1
45-54	298	146	48.3	39.4-57.4	72	22.7	16.4-30.6	36	12.9	8.2-19.6	44	16.1	9.7-25.5
55-64	132	80	59.9	46.0-72.4	24	21.4	11.4-36.4	14	9.5	4.0-20.7	14	9.2	4.7-17.5
65-74	65	37	52.8	36.1-68.9	17	33.0	18.7-51.2	4	4.0	1.4-11.1	7	10.2	3.5-26.3
75+	23	13	49.2	23.9-74.9	3	19.1	3.6-59.4	0	0.0	. - .	7	31.8	12.9-59.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	116	52	49.1	34.6-63.7	26	22.1	12.3-36.4	14	10.1	3.3-26.6	24	18.8	9.2-34.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	401	194	50.8	42.9-58.7	99	22.1	16.7-28.6	45	11.9	6.6-20.3	63	15.2	10.4-21.7
Some Post-H.S.	432	202	44.0	36.6-51.6	113	24.7	19.4-30.9	53	14.2	9.8-20.1	64	17.1	12.0-24.0
College Graduate	623	286	45.7	40.0-51.6	164	23.0	18.8-27.8	77	13.1	9.8-17.4	96	18.1	13.9-23.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	92	38	36.1	22.9-51.8	23	29.0	17.1-44.6	12	12.2	5.4-25.6	19	22.7	12.6-37.4
$15,000- 24,999	227	113	50.6	40.2-61.0	55	25.0	17.2-35.0	25	10.4	5.0-20.4	34	13.9	7.7-23.8
$25,000- 34,999	183	82	54.0	43.0-64.6	50	22.3	15.1-31.8	24	10.3	5.3-19.3	27	13.3	7.4-23.0
$35,000- 49,999	252	119	46.0	37.3-54.9	66	24.8	18.2-32.8	35	13.5	8.5-20.6	32	15.8	9.8-24.5
$50,000-74,999	265	118	42.6	33.8-52.0	76	23.6	17.4-31.2	35	14.9	9.6-22.5	36	18.8	13.0-26.5
$75,000+	330	145	42.1	34.7-49.9	84	23.1	17.6-29.7	37	13.2	8.8-19.2	64	21.7	15.4-29.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	89	42	43.9	31.8-56.8	25	27.1	17.2-40.1	12	11.2	5.8-20.4	10	17.8	8.5-33.6
Guilford	64	27	43.0	29.3-57.8	18	21.3	12.6-33.5	7	10.5	4.8-21.5	12	25.2	13.2-42.8
Mecklenburg	70	34	52.4	36.0-68.3	20	22.4	13.4-35.0	6	5.4	2.3-12.2	10	19.7	8.2-40.2
Orange	98	42	42.4	28.3-57.8	29	29.1	18.7-42.3	12	9.4	4.8-17.4	15	19.2	9.8-34.1
Wake	89	47	54.1	42.0-65.6	15	17.0	9.7-27.9	15	16.5	9.6-26.8	12	12.5	6.7-21.9
Chatham/Lee	49	27	55.8	38.8-71.5	10	22.4	11.1-40.2	3	3.8	1.2-12.1	9	17.9	8.1-35.1
Nash/Wilson	39	19	47.3	28.1-67.4	9	14.1	6.6-27.6	9	34.5	15.8-59.7	2	4.0	0.9-16.1
Craven/Pamlico	83	43	47.5	34.9-60.5	20	23.8	14.7-36.2	3	3.2	1.0- 9.8	17	25.5	15.4-39.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	101	39	41.5	30.4-53.5	33	30.8	21.3-42.3	12	10.0	5.3-18.0	17	17.7	10.9-27.4
Appalachian/Wilkes	112	57	45.0	34.4-56.0	24	26.3	17.0-38.5	13	14.3	7.4-26.1	18	14.3	8.4-23.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance	63	29	42.1	28.6-56.9	19	31.6	19.7-46.6	8	15.9	7.3-31.1	7	10.4	4.8-20.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	87	44	46.0	33.4-59.2	17	20.9	11.4-35.2	18	25.1	13.9-40.9	8	8.0	3.9-15.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	43	21	48.6	31.9-65.7	16	33.9	20.2-51.0	4	7.3	2.6-18.8	2	10.1	2.2-36.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	49	20	39.6	24.6-56.8	14	29.4	16.1-47.4	5	8.6	3.0-22.3	10	22.4	11.4-39.4
Northeast NC I	46	20	43.1	27.9-59.7	8	18.0	8.7-33.6	5	6.8	2.6-17.0	13	32.1	18.5-49.6
Northeast NC II	83	40	54.3	41.4-66.7	17	16.1	9.7-25.8	8	10.0	4.6-20.5	18	19.5	11.9-30.2
Northeastern Partnership	129	60	51.4	40.8-61.9	25	16.6	10.9-24.5	13	9.2	4.8-17.0	31	22.7	15.6-31.8
Mountain AHEC	254	125	44.7	36.8-52.9	64	29.8	22.5-38.3	35	9.6	6.2-14.6	30	15.9	10.2-23.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	456	217	50.4	42.8-57.9	110	20.7	15.7-26.7	49	11.7	7.8-17.3	80	17.2	12.2-23.7
Piedmont	672	302	45.1	39.8-50.6	181	23.2	19.2-27.6	82	13.9	10.2-18.6	107	17.8	13.8-22.6
Western NC	446	216	45.9	39.3-52.7	111	27.3	21.8-33.5	59	12.3	8.1-18.3	60	14.5	10.5-19.6

Total
Respond.^

One

Two

Three

Four or more burns

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,574

735

46.7

42.8-50.6

402

23.2

20.3-26.3

190

13.1

10.5-16.1

247

17.1

14.3-20.3

GENDER

Male

676

289

44.8

39.2-50.6

166

20.8

17.1-25.2

12.5

8.9-17.4

146

21.9

17.4-27.0

Female

898

446

49.0

44.0-54.0

236

26.0

22.0-30.6

115

13.7

10.6-17.6

101

11.2

8.5-14.6

AGE

18-24

175

46.7

35.2-58.5

20.4

13.7-29.2

15.6

8.1-28.1

17.3

10.1-28.0

25-34

415

181

44.0

37.3-51.0

117

25.0

19.6-31.3

14.2

10.0-19.7

16.8

12.2-22.6

35-44

458

201

45.5

39.1-52.0

120

23.0

18.4-28.4

12.3

8.7-17.2

19.2

14.4-25.1

45-54

298

146

48.3

39.4-57.4

22.7

16.4-30.6

12.9

8.2-19.6

16.1

9.7-25.5

55-64

132

59.9

46.0-72.4

21.4

11.4-36.4

9.5

4.0-20.7

9.2

4.7-17.5

65-74

52.8

36.1-68.9

33.0

18.7-51.2

4.0

1.4-11.1

10.2

3.5-26.3

75+

49.2

23.9-74.9

19.1

3.6-59.4

0.0

. - .

31.8

12.9-59.4

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

116

49.1

34.6-63.7

22.1

12.3-36.4

10.1

3.3-26.6

18.8

9.2-34.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

401

194

50.8

42.9-58.7

22.1

16.7-28.6

11.9

6.6-20.3

15.2

10.4-21.7

Some Post-H.S.

432

202

44.0

36.6-51.6

113

24.7

19.4-30.9

14.2

9.8-20.1

17.1

12.0-24.0

College Graduate

623

286

45.7

40.0-51.6

164

23.0

18.8-27.8

13.1

9.8-17.4

18.1

13.9-23.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

36.1

22.9-51.8

29.0

17.1-44.6

12.2

5.4-25.6

22.7

12.6-37.4

$15,000- 24,999

227

113

50.6

40.2-61.0

25.0

17.2-35.0

10.4

5.0-20.4

13.9

7.7-23.8

$25,000- 34,999

183

54.0

43.0-64.6

22.3

15.1-31.8

10.3

5.3-19.3

13.3

7.4-23.0

$35,000- 49,999

252

119

46.0

37.3-54.9

24.8

18.2-32.8

13.5

8.5-20.6

15.8

9.8-24.5

$50,000-74,999

265

118

42.6

33.8-52.0

23.6

17.4-31.2

14.9

9.6-22.5

18.8

13.0-26.5

$75,000+

330

145

42.1

34.7-49.9

23.1

17.6-29.7

13.2

8.8-19.2

21.7

15.4-29.6

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

43.9

31.8-56.8

27.1

17.2-40.1

11.2

5.8-20.4

17.8

8.5-33.6

Guilford

43.0

29.3-57.8

21.3

12.6-33.5

10.5

4.8-21.5

25.2

13.2-42.8

Mecklenburg

52.4

36.0-68.3

22.4

13.4-35.0

5.4

2.3-12.2

19.7

8.2-40.2

Orange

42.4

28.3-57.8

29.1

18.7-42.3

9.4

4.8-17.4

19.2

9.8-34.1

Wake

54.1

42.0-65.6

17.0

9.7-27.9

16.5

9.6-26.8

12.5

6.7-21.9

Chatham/Lee

55.8

38.8-71.5

22.4

11.1-40.2

3.8

1.2-12.1

17.9

8.1-35.1

Nash/Wilson

47.3

28.1-67.4

14.1

6.6-27.6

34.5

15.8-59.7

4.0

0.9-16.1

Craven/Pamlico

47.5

34.9-60.5

23.8

14.7-36.2

3.2

1.0- 9.8

25.5

15.4-39.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

101

41.5

30.4-53.5

30.8

21.3-42.3

10.0

5.3-18.0

17.7

10.9-27.4

Appalachian/Wilkes

112

45.0

34.4-56.0

26.3

17.0-38.5

14.3

7.4-26.1

14.3

8.4-23.3

Franklin/Gran./Vance

42.1

28.6-56.9

31.6

19.7-46.6

15.9

7.3-31.1

10.4

4.8-20.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

46.0

33.4-59.2

20.9

11.4-35.2

25.1

13.9-40.9

8.0

3.9-15.7

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

48.6

31.9-65.7

33.9

20.2-51.0

7.3

2.6-18.8

10.1

2.2-36.1

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

39.6

24.6-56.8

29.4

16.1-47.4

8.6

3.0-22.3

22.4

11.4-39.4

Northeast NC I

43.1

27.9-59.7

18.0

8.7-33.6

6.8

2.6-17.0

32.1

18.5-49.6

Northeast NC II

54.3

41.4-66.7

16.1

9.7-25.8

10.0

4.6-20.5

19.5

11.9-30.2

Northeastern Partnership

129

51.4

40.8-61.9

16.6

10.9-24.5

9.2

4.8-17.0

22.7

15.6-31.8

Mountain AHEC

254

125

44.7

36.8-52.9

29.8

22.5-38.3

9.6

6.2-14.6

15.9

10.2-23.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

456

217

50.4

42.8-57.9

110

20.7

15.7-26.7

11.7

7.8-17.3

17.2

12.2-23.7

Piedmont

672

302

45.1

39.8-50.6

181

23.2

19.2-27.6

13.9

10.2-18.6

107

17.8

13.8-22.6

Western NC

446

216

45.9

39.3-52.7

111

27.3

21.8-33.5

12.3

8.1-18.3

14.5

10.5-19.6

Back to Excess Sun Exposure.

*Asked only of respondents who reported ever having a sunburn

^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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