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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties

Skin Cancer Prevention

Has the youngest child in your household had a sunburn within the past 12 months?,
By sunburn, I mean reddening of the skin that lasted at least 12 hours.

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,825 645 15.8 14.5-17.3 3,180 84.2 82.7-85.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 110 26 20.6 13.7-29.7 84 79.4 70.3-86.3
GENDER
Male 43 10 17.6 9.0-31.5 33 82.4 68.5-91.0
Female 67 16 24.0 14.5-36.9 51 76.0 63.1-85.5
RACE
White 89 26 25.4 17.0-36.1 63 74.6 63.9-83.0
Other 21 0 0.0 . - . 21 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 99 23 19.8 12.8-29.3 76 80.2 70.7-87.2
45+ 11 3 26.9 8.1-60.5 8 73.1 39.5-91.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 50 10 17.3 8.8-31.1 40 82.7 68.9-91.2
Some College + 59 15 22.7 13.3-35.9 44 77.3 64.1-86.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 61 15 22.5 13.2-35.6 46 77.5 64.4-86.8
$50,000+ 33 8 19.1 9.0-36.2 25 80.9 63.8-91.0

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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 (MAHEC): 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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