BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	599	100	18.5	14.9-22.7	499	81.5	77.3-85.1
GENDER
Male	215	42	20.3	14.7-27.3	173	79.7	72.7-85.3
Female	384	58	16.8	12.5-22.3	326	83.2	77.7-87.5
RACE
White	504	88	20.3	16.3-25.0	416	79.7	75.0-83.7
Other	92	12	4.2	1.8- 9.8	80	95.8	90.2-98.2
AGE
18-44	202	78	36.8	29.0-45.3	124	63.2	54.7-71.0
45+	392	22	7.5	4.7-11.7	370	92.5	88.3-95.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	286	31	13.0	8.7-19.1	255	87.0	80.9-91.3
Some College +	309	68	23.5	18.1-29.8	241	76.5	70.2-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	344	60	19.3	14.5-25.2	284	80.7	74.8-85.5
$50,000+	123	31	27.2	18.7-37.7	92	72.8	62.3-81.3

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	599	100	18.5	14.9-22.7	499	81.5	77.3-85.1
GENDER
Male	215	42	20.3	14.7-27.3	173	79.7	72.7-85.3
Female	384	58	16.8	12.5-22.3	326	83.2	77.7-87.5
RACE
White	504	88	20.3	16.3-25.0	416	79.7	75.0-83.7
Other	92	12	4.2	1.8- 9.8	80	95.8	90.2-98.2
AGE
18-44	202	78	36.8	29.0-45.3	124	63.2	54.7-71.0
45+	392	22	7.5	4.7-11.7	370	92.5	88.3-95.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	286	31	13.0	8.7-19.1	255	87.0	80.9-91.3
Some College +	309	68	23.5	18.1-29.8	241	76.5	70.2-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	344	60	19.3	14.5-25.2	284	80.7	74.8-85.5
$50,000+	123	31	27.2	18.7-37.7	92	72.8	62.3-81.3

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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?