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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 92 19 17.4 10.9-26.6 73 82.6 73.4-89.1
GENDER
Male 30 5 13.5 5.4-29.6 25 86.5 70.4-94.6
Female 62 14 20.4 11.9-32.8 48 79.6 67.2-88.1
RACE
White 54 17 26.7 16.5-40.2 37 73.3 59.8-83.5
Other 38 2 4.9 1.1-18.8 36 95.1 81.2-98.9
AGE
18-44 78 17 19.8 12.2-30.5 61 80.2 69.5-87.8
45+ 14 2 6.0 1.3-23.2 12 94.0 76.8-98.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 9 14.1 6.9-26.7 42 85.9 73.3-93.1
Some College + 41 10 21.9 11.7-37.3 31 78.1 62.7-88.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 50 9 14.2 7.0-26.8 41 85.8 73.2-93.0
$50,000+ 22 4 12.3 4.4-29.8 18 87.7 70.2-95.6

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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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