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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western 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%)
North Carolina 9,428 1,783 21.9 20.5-23.3 7,645 78.1 76.7-79.5
-Western NC 2,076 476 24.2 21.4-27.2 1,600 75.8 72.8-78.6
GENDER
Male 777 209 26.3 21.8-31.2 568 73.7 68.8-78.2
Female 1,299 267 22.2 18.9-26.0 1,032 77.8 74.0-81.1
RACE
White 1,889 451 25.4 22.5-28.6 1,438 74.6 71.4-77.5
African American 74 6 15.0 4.0-42.5 68 85.0 57.5-96.0
Other Minorities 104 17 10.6 3.3-29.4 87 89.4 70.6-96.7
AGE
18-24 136 55 42.5 31.2-54.6 81 57.5 45.4-68.8
25-34 282 131 39.0 29.6-49.4 151 61.0 50.6-70.4
35-44 341 109 29.9 23.5-37.2 232 70.1 62.8-76.5
45-54 383 99 22.9 17.4-29.6 284 77.1 70.4-82.6
55-64 353 45 14.6 9.5-22.0 308 85.4 78.0-90.5
65-74 344 25 6.8 4.3-10.6 319 93.2 89.4-95.7
75+ 220 8 2.8 1.2- 6.2 212 97.2 93.8-98.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 352 51 12.1 7.8-18.4 301 87.9 81.6-92.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 642 133 23.9 19.1-29.4 509 76.1 70.6-80.9
Some Post-H.S. 547 136 26.1 20.5-32.6 411 73.9 67.4-79.5
College Graduate 528 154 31.8 26.4-37.7 374 68.2 62.3-73.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 272 44 14.6 10.0-20.8 228 85.4 79.2-90.0
$15,000- 24,999 408 90 25.1 18.3-33.4 318 74.9 66.6-81.7
$25,000- 34,999 254 62 28.6 20.4-38.5 192 71.4 61.5-79.6
$35,000- 49,999 270 72 27.2 20.2-35.6 198 72.8 64.4-79.8
$50,000-74,999 205 68 33.3 24.5-43.3 137 66.7 56.7-75.5
$75,000+ 205 67 32.7 24.4-42.1 138 67.3 57.9-75.6
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

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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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