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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 413 68 17.0 13.2-21.7 345 83.0 78.3-86.8
GENDER
Male 168 29 18.1 12.5-25.5 139 81.9 74.5-87.5
Female 245 39 15.9 11.3-22.0 206 84.1 78.0-88.7
RACE
White 287 65 24.0 18.8-30.2 222 76.0 69.8-81.2
Other 124 3 3.2 0.8-11.8 121 96.8 88.2-99.2
AGE
18-44 142 44 27.7 20.3-36.6 98 72.3 63.4-79.7
45+ 267 23 10.3 6.6-15.8 244 89.7 84.2-93.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 14 12.2 6.8-20.9 125 87.8 79.1-93.2
Some College + 273 54 19.7 14.9-25.6 219 80.3 74.4-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 189 17 9.9 5.7-16.6 172 90.1 83.4-94.3
$50,000+ 139 37 26.2 19.0-34.9 102 73.8 65.1-81.0

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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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