BRFSS 2004 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties: (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?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	15,014	2,730	19.8	19.0-20.7	12,284	80.2	79.3-81.0
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	427	82	20.7	16.5-25.7	345	79.3	74.3-83.5
GENDER
Male	175	43	23.4	17.2-31.0	132	76.6	69.0-82.8
Female	252	39	17.9	12.7-24.7	213	82.1	75.3-87.3
RACE
White	373	81	23.3	18.6-28.7	292	76.7	71.3-81.4
Other	54	1	1.0	0.1- 7.1	53	99.0	92.9-99.9
AGE
18-44	176	57	32.9	25.4-41.4	119	67.1	58.6-74.6
45+	251	25	10.5	6.9-15.7	226	89.5	84.3-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	222	34	16.1	11.2-22.6	188	83.9	77.4-88.8
Some College +	204	48	25.8	19.3-33.6	156	74.2	66.4-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	239	43	19.2	14.0-25.8	196	80.8	74.2-86.0
$50,000+	97	24	21.5	14.1-31.3	73	78.5	68.7-85.9

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	15,014	2,730	19.8	19.0-20.7	12,284	80.2	79.3-81.0
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	427	82	20.7	16.5-25.7	345	79.3	74.3-83.5
GENDER
Male	175	43	23.4	17.2-31.0	132	76.6	69.0-82.8
Female	252	39	17.9	12.7-24.7	213	82.1	75.3-87.3
RACE
White	373	81	23.3	18.6-28.7	292	76.7	71.3-81.4
Other	54	1	1.0	0.1- 7.1	53	99.0	92.9-99.9
AGE
18-44	176	57	32.9	25.4-41.4	119	67.1	58.6-74.6
45+	251	25	10.5	6.9-15.7	226	89.5	84.3-93.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	222	34	16.1	11.2-22.6	188	83.9	77.4-88.8
Some College +	204	48	25.8	19.3-33.6	156	74.2	66.4-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	239	43	19.2	14.0-25.8	196	80.8	74.2-86.0
$50,000+	97	24	21.5	14.1-31.3	73	78.5	68.7-85.9

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

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?