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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Skin Cancer Prevention-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Has the youngest child in your household had a sunburn within the past 12 months?,
By sunburn, I mean reddening of the skin that lasted at least 12 hours.

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 775 38 3.9 2.7- 5.6 737 96.1 94.4-97.3
GENDER
Male 206 5 1.9 0.7- 5.1 201 98.1 94.9-99.3
Female 569 33 5.0 3.4- 7.4 536 95.0 92.6-96.6
AGE
18-24 74 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 73 99.0 93.4-99.9
25-34 297 12 3.0 1.6- 5.6 285 97.0 94.4-98.4
35-44 242 16 5.5 3.1- 9.5 226 94.5 90.5-96.9
45-54 99 5 3.5 1.1-10.3 94 96.5 89.7-98.9
55-64 43 2 2.8 0.7-11.3 41 97.2 88.7-99.3
65-74 15 0 0.0 . - . 15 100 . - .
75+ 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 97 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 96 99.5 96.8-99.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 282 15 4.3 2.4- 7.6 267 95.7 92.4-97.6
Some Post-H.S. 233 12 4.0 2.1- 7.4 221 96.0 92.6-97.9
College Graduate 163 10 4.9 2.3-10.3 153 95.1 89.7-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 130 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 129 99.8 98.6- 100
$15,000- 24,999 199 12 4.5 2.4- 8.3 187 95.5 91.7-97.6
$25,000- 34,999 131 10 6.0 3.0-11.9 121 94.0 88.1-97.0
$35,000- 49,999 99 5 4.3 1.6-10.9 94 95.7 89.1-98.4
$50,000-74,999 71 0 0.0 . - . 71 100 . - .
$75,000+ 61 3 4.4 1.0-17.4 58 95.6 82.6-99.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 181 9 3.8 1.9- 7.8 172 96.2 92.2-98.1
No 587 29 3.9 2.5- 6.0 558 96.1 94.0-97.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 73 5 2.9 1.1- 7.5 68 97.1 92.5-98.9
Non-Veteran 678 31 4.0 2.7- 6.0 647 96.0 94.0-97.3
Currently Serving 24 2 2.9 0.6-12.3 22 97.1 87.7-99.4

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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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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