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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 368 59 16.3 12.4-21.2 309 83.7 78.8-87.6
GENDER
Male 134 26 17.9 11.8-26.2 108 82.1 73.8-88.2
Female 234 33 14.8 10.4-20.8 201 85.2 79.2-89.6
RACE
White 227 50 21.7 16.3-28.1 177 78.3 71.9-83.7
Other 139 9 8.3 3.8-17.3 130 91.7 82.7-96.2
AGE
18-44 135 35 23.4 16.7-31.8 100 76.6 68.2-83.3
45+ 231 24 11.9 7.5-18.3 207 88.1 81.7-92.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 207 22 11.8 7.3-18.5 185 88.2 81.5-92.7
Some College + 160 37 22.1 15.9-30.0 123 77.9 70.0-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 27 13.2 8.5-19.9 179 86.8 80.1-91.5
$50,000+ 72 22 27.8 18.2-40.1 50 72.2 59.9-81.8

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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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