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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 90 23 23.6 15.5-34.2 67 76.4 65.8-84.5
GENDER
Male 29 6 20.3 8.8-40.2 23 79.7 59.8-91.2
Female 61 17 26.1 16.2-39.0 44 73.9 61.0-83.8
RACE
White 65 18 25.6 16.1-38.3 47 74.4 61.7-83.9
Other 25 5 18.9 7.0-41.8 20 81.1 58.2-93.0
AGE
18-44 72 17 21.5 13.1-33.2 55 78.5 66.8-86.9
45+ 18 6 31.5 13.7-57.2 12 68.5 42.8-86.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 9 20.7 10.5-36.7 33 79.3 63.3-89.5
Some College + 47 14 26.6 15.4-42.0 33 73.4 58.0-84.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 56 14 24.5 14.2-38.9 42 75.5 61.1-85.8
$50,000+ 21 5 22.0 9.0-44.7 16 78.0 55.3-91.0

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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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