BRFSS 2004 - Gaston County: (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?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	15,014	2,730	19.8	19.0-20.7	12,284	80.2	79.3-81.0
-Gaston County	374	67	20.6	16.3-25.8	307	79.4	74.2-83.7
GENDER
Male	136	36	27.9	20.4-36.9	100	72.1	63.1-79.6
Female	238	31	14.6	10.2-20.6	207	85.4	79.4-89.8
RACE
White	311	64	24.4	19.2-30.4	247	75.6	69.6-80.8
Other	62	3	5.0	1.4-16.0	59	95.0	84.0-98.6
AGE
18-44	139	41	28.6	21.1-37.3	98	71.4	62.7-78.9
45+	231	26	15.2	10.3-21.9	205	84.8	78.1-89.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	202	29	16.5	11.4-23.3	173	83.5	76.7-88.6
Some College +	171	38	25.4	18.6-33.6	133	74.6	66.4-81.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	41	20.9	15.4-27.7	184	79.1	72.3-84.6
$50,000+	75	21	31.6	21.1-44.3	54	68.4	55.7-78.9

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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	15,014	2,730	19.8	19.0-20.7	12,284	80.2	79.3-81.0
-Gaston County	374	67	20.6	16.3-25.8	307	79.4	74.2-83.7
GENDER
Male	136	36	27.9	20.4-36.9	100	72.1	63.1-79.6
Female	238	31	14.6	10.2-20.6	207	85.4	79.4-89.8
RACE
White	311	64	24.4	19.2-30.4	247	75.6	69.6-80.8
Other	62	3	5.0	1.4-16.0	59	95.0	84.0-98.6
AGE
18-44	139	41	28.6	21.1-37.3	98	71.4	62.7-78.9
45+	231	26	15.2	10.3-21.9	205	84.8	78.1-89.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	202	29	16.5	11.4-23.3	173	83.5	76.7-88.6
Some College +	171	38	25.4	18.6-33.6	133	74.6	66.4-81.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	41	20.9	15.4-27.7	184	79.1	72.3-84.6
$50,000+	75	21	31.6	21.1-44.3	54	68.4	55.7-78.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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?