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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Skin Cancer Prevention-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,266 945 10.8 10.0-11.6 8,321 89.2 88.4-90.0
RACE
White 6,905 904 14.2 13.2-15.3 6,001 85.8 84.7-86.8
African American 1,750 10 0.5 0.2- 0.9 1,740 99.5 99.1-99.8
Asian 48 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 47 98.5 89.9-99.8
Native American 197 11 6.8 3.0-14.9 186 93.2 85.1-97.0
Other Minorities 311 15 4.3 2.4- 7.7 296 95.7 92.3-97.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 355 24 5.7 3.5- 9.2 331 94.3 90.8-96.5
-English Speaking 171 23 12.9 7.9-20.4 148 87.1 79.6-92.1
-Spanish Speaking 184 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 183 99.2 94.7-99.9
Non-Hispanic 8,900 921 11.1 10.3-11.9 7,979 88.9 88.1-89.7
AGE
18-24 491 123 25.3 20.8-30.4 368 74.7 69.6-79.2
25-34 1,465 259 16.9 14.8-19.3 1,206 83.1 80.7-85.2
35-44 1,687 267 15.6 13.5-18.0 1,420 84.4 82.0-86.5
45-54 1,704 190 10.3 8.7-12.2 1,514 89.7 87.8-91.3
55-64 1,531 76 4.7 3.6- 6.0 1,455 95.3 94.0-96.4
65-74 1,277 25 2.1 1.3- 3.3 1,252 97.9 96.7-98.7
75+ 1,058 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0 1,055 99.7 99.0-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,478 72 6.0 4.5- 7.8 1,406 94.0 92.2-95.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,753 310 11.4 10.0-12.9 2,443 88.6 87.1-90.0
Some Post-H.S. 2,421 309 13.7 12.0-15.7 2,112 86.3 84.3-88.0
College Graduate 2,601 254 10.1 8.7-11.6 2,347 89.9 88.4-91.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,200 53 4.8 3.5- 6.5 1,147 95.2 93.5-96.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,669 113 6.8 5.5- 8.5 1,556 93.2 91.5-94.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,043 132 13.0 10.7-15.8 911 87.0 84.2-89.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,124 163 13.5 11.4-16.0 961 86.5 84.0-88.6
$50,000-74,999 994 153 14.8 12.2-17.7 841 85.2 82.3-87.8
$75,000+ 1,110 168 15.8 13.3-18.7 942 84.2 81.3-86.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,098 185 7.4 6.2- 8.8 2,913 92.6 91.2-93.8
No 6,096 755 12.4 11.4-13.5 5,341 87.6 86.5-88.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 164 11 7.0 3.6-13.1 153 93.0 86.9-96.4
Non-Veteran 9,068 929 10.9 10.1-11.7 8,139 89.1 88.3-89.9
Currently Serving 34 5 13.6 4.2-36.2 29 86.4 63.8-95.8

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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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