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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Excess Sun Exposure

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,428 1,783 21.9 20.5-23.3 7,645 78.1 76.7-79.5
-Piedmont NC 4,040 755 21.9 19.9-23.9 3,285 78.1 76.1-80.1
GENDER
Male 1,525 327 24.9 21.8-28.4 1,198 75.1 71.6-78.2
Female 2,515 428 19.0 16.8-21.3 2,087 81.0 78.7-83.2
RACE
White 2,960 686 27.0 24.6-29.5 2,274 73.0 70.5-75.4
African American 817 27 2.7 1.6- 4.7 790 97.3 95.3-98.4
Other Minorities 203 30 18.2 11.1-28.5 173 81.8 71.5-88.9
AGE
18-24 243 81 32.4 24.4-41.4 162 67.6 58.6-75.6
25-34 638 199 30.6 26.0-35.7 439 69.4 64.3-74.0
35-44 845 229 28.4 24.5-32.8 616 71.6 67.2-75.5
45-54 813 145 19.7 15.8-24.2 668 80.3 75.8-84.2
55-64 610 57 9.1 6.2-13.1 553 90.9 86.9-93.8
65-74 469 29 8.3 5.3-12.7 440 91.7 87.3-94.7
75+ 390 9 2.9 1.3- 5.9 381 97.1 94.1-98.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 590 58 12.3 8.4-17.7 532 87.7 82.3-91.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,072 167 20.2 16.4-24.6 905 79.8 75.4-83.6
Some Post-H.S. 949 184 22.4 18.7-26.7 765 77.6 73.3-81.3
College Graduate 1,413 345 27.9 24.7-31.4 1,068 72.1 68.6-75.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 363 43 11.8 7.1-18.9 320 88.2 81.1-92.9
$15,000- 24,999 662 96 17.2 13.1-22.3 566 82.8 77.7-86.9
$25,000- 34,999 400 76 24.4 18.2-31.8 324 75.6 68.2-81.8
$35,000- 49,999 545 104 23.0 18.2-28.7 441 77.0 71.3-81.8
$50,000-74,999 471 121 27.1 22.0-32.9 350 72.9 67.1-78.0
$75,000+ 660 195 29.2 24.8-34.1 465 70.8 65.9-75.2
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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