BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	367	71	22.0	17.4-27.3	296	78.0	72.7-82.6
GENDER
Male	141	35	26.6	19.3-35.4	106	73.4	64.6-80.7
Female	226	36	17.5	12.4-24.1	190	82.5	75.9-87.6
RACE
White	325	70	25.1	19.9-31.0	255	74.9	69.0-80.1
Other	40	1	2.1	0.3-13.4	39	97.9	86.6-99.7
AGE
18-44	135	48	36.4	27.9-45.9	87	63.6	54.1-72.1
45+	232	23	11.9	7.7-18.0	209	88.1	82.0-92.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	16	12.6	7.5-20.4	116	87.4	79.6-92.5
Some College +	235	55	27.5	21.3-34.7	180	72.5	65.3-78.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	39	20.9	15.1-28.1	170	79.1	71.9-84.9
$50,000+	89	24	29.0	19.8-40.3	65	71.0	59.7-80.2

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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
-Buncombe County	367	71	22.0	17.4-27.3	296	78.0	72.7-82.6
GENDER
Male	141	35	26.6	19.3-35.4	106	73.4	64.6-80.7
Female	226	36	17.5	12.4-24.1	190	82.5	75.9-87.6
RACE
White	325	70	25.1	19.9-31.0	255	74.9	69.0-80.1
Other	40	1	2.1	0.3-13.4	39	97.9	86.6-99.7
AGE
18-44	135	48	36.4	27.9-45.9	87	63.6	54.1-72.1
45+	232	23	11.9	7.7-18.0	209	88.1	82.0-92.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	16	12.6	7.5-20.4	116	87.4	79.6-92.5
Some College +	235	55	27.5	21.3-34.7	180	72.5	65.3-78.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	39	20.9	15.1-28.1	170	79.1	71.9-84.9
$50,000+	89	24	29.0	19.8-40.3	65	71.0	59.7-80.2

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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?