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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Skin Cancer Prevention

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,627 2,623 18.2 17.4-19.0 12,004 81.8 81.0-82.6
-Durham County 403 70 16.8 12.9-21.5 333 83.2 78.5-87.1
GENDER
Male 148 19 12.0 7.0-19.6 129 88.0 80.4-93.0
Female 255 51 21.4 16.1-27.8 204 78.6 72.2-83.9
RACE
White 228 60 25.3 19.7-31.8 168 74.7 68.2-80.3
Other 169 10 7.8 3.5-16.6 159 92.2 83.4-96.5
AGE
18-44 195 44 20.6 14.7-28.1 151 79.4 71.9-85.3
45+ 206 26 12.6 8.3-18.6 180 87.4 81.4-91.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 11 10.9 5.3-21.0 100 89.1 79.0-94.7
Some College + 292 59 19.6 14.9-25.3 233 80.4 74.7-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 25 14.4 8.7-22.8 157 85.6 77.2-91.3
$50,000+ 142 35 23.8 17.1-32.0 107 76.2 68.0-82.9

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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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