BRFSS 2004 - Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne Counties: (In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan from the sun?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,627	2,623	18.2	17.4-19.0	12,004	81.8	81.0-82.6
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	452	81	17.7	14.1-22.1	371	82.3	77.9-85.9
GENDER
Male	159	28	15.5	10.4-22.4	131	84.5	77.6-89.6
Female	293	53	19.8	15.0-25.7	240	80.2	74.3-85.0
RACE
White	300	73	25.3	20.0-31.4	227	74.7	68.6-80.0
Other	149	8	4.7	2.2- 9.5	141	95.3	90.5-97.8
AGE
18-44	195	53	24.5	18.4-31.9	142	75.5	68.1-81.6
45+	257	28	11.4	7.7-16.7	229	88.6	83.3-92.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	266	30	11.2	7.5-16.6	236	88.8	83.4-92.5
Some College +	185	51	28.8	22.1-36.7	134	71.2	63.3-77.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	275	42	14.6	10.4-20.1	233	85.4	79.9-89.6
$50,000+	86	32	34.9	25.1-46.3	54	65.1	53.7-74.9

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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	14,627	2,623	18.2	17.4-19.0	12,004	81.8	81.0-82.6
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	452	81	17.7	14.1-22.1	371	82.3	77.9-85.9
GENDER
Male	159	28	15.5	10.4-22.4	131	84.5	77.6-89.6
Female	293	53	19.8	15.0-25.7	240	80.2	74.3-85.0
RACE
White	300	73	25.3	20.0-31.4	227	74.7	68.6-80.0
Other	149	8	4.7	2.2- 9.5	141	95.3	90.5-97.8
AGE
18-44	195	53	24.5	18.4-31.9	142	75.5	68.1-81.6
45+	257	28	11.4	7.7-16.7	229	88.6	83.3-92.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	266	30	11.2	7.5-16.6	236	88.8	83.4-92.5
Some College +	185	51	28.8	22.1-36.7	134	71.2	63.3-77.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	275	42	14.6	10.4-20.1	233	85.4	79.9-89.6
$50,000+	86	32	34.9	25.1-46.3	54	65.1	53.7-74.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne Counties

Skin Cancer Prevention

In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan from the sun?