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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Excess Sun Exposure-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,693 117 4.3 3.4- 5.3 2,576 95.7 94.7-96.6
GENDER
Male 893 33 3.2 2.1- 4.7 860 96.8 95.3-97.9
Female 1,800 84 5.1 3.9- 6.7 1,716 94.9 93.3-96.1
AGE
18-24 176 8 5.0 2.2-11.1 168 95.0 88.9-97.8
25-34 466 22 4.7 2.8- 7.6 444 95.3 92.4-97.2
35-44 531 20 3.3 2.0- 5.5 511 96.7 94.5-98.0
45-54 524 28 5.5 3.3- 8.9 496 94.5 91.1-96.7
55-64 428 17 4.5 2.5- 8.0 411 95.5 92.0-97.5
65-74 330 19 4.5 2.6- 7.6 311 95.5 92.4-97.4
75+ 222 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 219 99.0 96.5-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 605 19 2.8 1.6- 4.6 586 97.2 95.4-98.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 929 38 4.2 2.8- 6.4 891 95.8 93.6-97.2
Some Post-H.S. 658 27 4.0 2.5- 6.2 631 96.0 93.8-97.5
College Graduate 495 33 6.3 4.2- 9.6 462 93.7 90.4-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 533 24 4.4 2.7- 7.2 509 95.6 92.8-97.3
$15,000- 24,999 620 23 2.9 1.8- 4.7 597 97.1 95.3-98.2
$25,000- 34,999 344 15 5.2 2.5-10.3 329 94.8 89.7-97.5
$35,000- 49,999 302 20 6.0 3.7- 9.6 282 94.0 90.4-96.3
$50,000-74,999 192 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 190 99.1 96.2-99.8
$75,000+ 144 13 10.5 5.6-18.7 131 89.5 81.3-94.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 951 44 4.1 2.9- 5.8 907 95.9 94.2-97.1
No 1,636 71 4.5 3.4- 6.0 1,565 95.5 94.0-96.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 310 12 4.0 2.0- 7.6 298 96.0 92.4-98.0
Non-Veteran 2,338 100 4.2 3.3- 5.4 2,238 95.8 94.6-96.7
Currently Serving 38 5 11.7 4.7-26.4 33 88.3 73.6-95.3

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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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