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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

Skin Cancer Prevention

In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan using a tanning lamp
or tanning machine, whether it was at a tanning salon, at your home, or elsewhere?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,632 1,127 7.3 6.8- 7.8 13,505 92.7 92.2-93.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 581 54 10.0 7.3-13.5 527 90.0 86.5-92.7
GENDER
Male 202 10 5.3 2.7-10.3 192 94.7 89.7-97.3
Female 379 44 14.0 10.0-19.2 335 86.0 80.8-90.0
RACE
White 488 49 10.6 7.7-14.5 439 89.4 85.5-92.3
Other 90 5 5.2 1.5-16.3 85 94.8 83.7-98.5
AGE
18-44 199 35 19.1 13.2-26.7 164 80.9 73.3-86.8
45+ 377 19 4.5 2.7- 7.4 358 95.5 92.6-97.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 273 23 8.2 5.1-13.0 250 91.8 87.0-94.9
Some College + 304 31 11.7 7.8-17.1 273 88.3 82.9-92.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 337 28 8.1 5.3-12.1 309 91.9 87.9-94.7
$50,000+ 119 20 18.0 10.9-28.2 99 82.0 71.8-89.1

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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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