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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 455 66 16.0 12.3-20.5 389 84.0 79.5-87.7
GENDER
Male 181 28 16.8 11.5-23.9 153 83.2 76.1-88.5
Female 274 38 15.1 10.6-20.9 236 84.9 79.1-89.4
RACE
White 362 60 18.5 14.3-23.7 302 81.5 76.3-85.7
Other 91 6 9.5 4.1-20.5 85 90.5 79.5-95.9
AGE
18-44 152 38 22.4 15.9-30.7 114 77.6 69.3-84.1
45+ 300 27 10.7 7.1-15.8 273 89.3 84.2-92.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 20 13.7 8.5-21.4 167 86.3 78.6-91.5
Some College + 267 46 17.9 13.2-23.8 221 82.1 76.2-86.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 29 12.7 8.2-19.0 204 87.3 81.0-91.8
$50,000+ 120 27 24.4 16.9-33.9 93 75.6 66.1-83.1

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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 (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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