BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	641	145	23.2	19.7-27.0	496	76.8	73.0-80.3
GENDER
Male	248	70	28.3	22.6-34.8	178	71.7	65.2-77.4
Female	393	75	18.2	14.5-22.8	318	81.8	77.2-85.5
RACE
White	441	131	31.6	26.9-36.7	310	68.4	63.3-73.1
Other	195	14	6.9	3.8-12.4	181	93.1	87.6-96.2
AGE
18-44	320	103	31.4	26.1-37.3	217	68.6	62.7-73.9
45+	319	41	13.5	9.8-18.4	278	86.5	81.6-90.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	183	23	13.9	8.7-21.5	160	86.1	78.5-91.3
Some College +	457	122	27.5	23.2-32.2	335	72.5	67.8-76.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	266	48	17.2	12.6-22.9	218	82.8	77.1-87.4
$50,000+	244	78	32.3	26.2-39.1	166	67.7	60.9-73.8

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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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	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
-Mecklenburg County	641	145	23.2	19.7-27.0	496	76.8	73.0-80.3
GENDER
Male	248	70	28.3	22.6-34.8	178	71.7	65.2-77.4
Female	393	75	18.2	14.5-22.8	318	81.8	77.2-85.5
RACE
White	441	131	31.6	26.9-36.7	310	68.4	63.3-73.1
Other	195	14	6.9	3.8-12.4	181	93.1	87.6-96.2
AGE
18-44	320	103	31.4	26.1-37.3	217	68.6	62.7-73.9
45+	319	41	13.5	9.8-18.4	278	86.5	81.6-90.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	183	23	13.9	8.7-21.5	160	86.1	78.5-91.3
Some College +	457	122	27.5	23.2-32.2	335	72.5	67.8-76.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	266	48	17.2	12.6-22.9	218	82.8	77.1-87.4
$50,000+	244	78	32.3	26.2-39.1	166	67.7	60.9-73.8

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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?