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One | Two | Three | Four or more burns | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 2,662 | 1,209 | 44.0 | 41.7-46.4 | 769 | 29.4 | 27.2-31.6 | 355 | 14.0 | 12.4-15.8 | 329 | 12.6 | 11.1-14.3 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 60 | 34 | 56.5 | 42.6-69.5 | 12 | 18.6 | 10.4-31.1 | 9 | 16.1 | 7.9-30.1 | 5 | 8.7 | 3.6-19.6 |
Buncombe | 66 | 26 | 38.1 | 26.2-51.7 | 16 | 22.7 | 13.6-35.4 | 14 | 19.8 | 11.4-32.2 | 10 | 19.4 | 10.2-33.8 |
Cabarrus | 83 | 48 | 57.3 | 45.4-68.4 | 17 | 20.4 | 12.5-31.4 | 7 | 8.3 | 3.9-16.8 | 11 | 14.0 | 7.4-24.8 |
Catawba | 74 | 40 | 58.6 | 45.9-70.2 | 18 | 21.8 | 13.3-33.7 | 9 | 11.6 | 5.7-22.3 | 7 | 8.0 | 3.6-16.8 |
Cumberland | 81 | 35 | 44.6 | 32.8-57.1 | 20 | 25.0 | 14.9-38.7 | 12 | 15.7 | 8.7-26.8 | 14 | 14.7 | 8.4-24.4 |
Davidson | 70 | 31 | 32.6 | 21.6-45.9 | 21 | 40.5 | 25.8-57.0 | 10 | 16.2 | 8.2-29.4 | 8 | 10.8 | 5.0-21.7 |
Durham | 68 | 34 | 53.5 | 39.3-67.2 | 27 | 36.0 | 23.9-50.2 | 6 | 8.7 | 3.5-20.1 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-11.5 |
Forsyth | 73 | 37 | 47.7 | 35.4-60.3 | 23 | 33.6 | 22.6-46.8 | 5 | 5.3 | 2.0-13.1 | 8 | 13.4 | 6.3-26.1 |
Gaston | 65 | 33 | 55.8 | 42.7-68.1 | 19 | 25.0 | 15.6-37.4 | 10 | 14.7 | 7.7-26.1 | 3 | 4.6 | 1.5-13.6 |
Guilford | 62 | 28 | 44.7 | 31.2-59.1 | 21 | 30.0 | 19.1-43.8 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.0-11.7 | 10 | 21.7 | 11.0-38.2 |
Iredell | 93 | 43 | 44.3 | 32.5-56.7 | 23 | 22.5 | 14.5-33.1 | 18 | 15.8 | 9.5-25.1 | 9 | 17.5 | 7.0-37.2 |
Johnston | 90 | 45 | 52.4 | 39.6-64.9 | 24 | 26.0 | 16.5-38.4 | 10 | 10.2 | 4.6-21.1 | 11 | 11.5 | 6.0-20.9 |
Mecklenburg | 141 | 53 | 36.1 | 27.9-45.2 | 48 | 34.1 | 26.0-43.3 | 22 | 16.9 | 10.6-26.0 | 18 | 12.9 | 7.8-20.4 |
New Hanover | 88 | 38 | 45.9 | 34.4-57.9 | 29 | 34.9 | 24.2-47.3 | 10 | 9.5 | 4.9-17.6 | 11 | 9.7 | 5.2-17.5 |
Onslow | 91 | 40 | 46.3 | 35.2-57.8 | 23 | 20.6 | 13.2-30.8 | 12 | 14.9 | 8.4-25.0 | 16 | 18.2 | 11.0-28.5 |
Orange | 80 | 30 | 37.5 | 26.5-50.0 | 27 | 31.1 | 21.1-43.2 | 13 | 19.0 | 10.6-31.7 | 10 | 12.4 | 6.3-22.8 |
Pitt | 70 | 35 | 46.5 | 33.6-60.0 | 20 | 28.1 | 18.0-41.1 | 10 | 18.4 | 9.7-32.0 | 5 | 7.0 | 2.8-16.2 |
Randolph | 63 | 33 | 52.0 | 38.2-65.6 | 17 | 27.9 | 17.4-41.5 | 6 | 7.4 | 3.1-16.8 | 7 | 12.6 | 5.6-26.0 |
Robeson | 51 | 31 | 60.2 | 45.1-73.5 | 9 | 20.4 | 10.6-35.5 | 5 | 8.3 | 3.2-19.7 | 6 | 11.2 | 4.9-23.3 |
Rowan | 72 | 30 | 40.8 | 29.3-53.4 | 26 | 35.0 | 24.3-47.5 | 7 | 8.4 | 3.7-17.9 | 9 | 15.8 | 8.1-28.4 |
Union | 96 | 37 | 36.3 | 25.6-48.5 | 36 | 37.2 | 26.4-49.5 | 8 | 7.9 | 3.7-15.9 | 15 | 18.7 | 9.4-33.6 |
Wake | 131 | 58 | 45.5 | 35.7-55.7 | 38 | 27.9 | 20.0-37.4 | 22 | 17.3 | 11.1-26.0 | 13 | 9.3 | 5.1-16.2 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 66 | 27 | 43.3 | 30.6-57.0 | 15 | 20.5 | 12.2-32.4 | 8 | 15.7 | 7.9-28.7 | 16 | 20.5 | 11.7-33.4 |
Northeast Partnership II | 52 | 22 | 35.8 | 23.3-50.5 | 19 | 38.5 | 25.2-53.9 | 5 | 13.6 | 5.5-29.8 | 6 | 12.1 | 5.2-25.7 |
Northeast Partnership I | 45 | 20 | 43.5 | 27.4-61.1 | 9 | 15.0 | 7.2-28.6 | 7 | 22.3 | 10.1-42.1 | 9 | 19.3 | 9.3-35.7 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 58 | 27 | 47.0 | 33.1-61.5 | 13 | 25.0 | 14.4-39.7 | 7 | 12.0 | 5.6-23.9 | 11 | 16.0 | 8.3-28.4 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 82 | 35 | 40.1 | 29.1-52.2 | 22 | 29.9 | 19.8-42.3 | 14 | 16.2 | 9.0-27.4 | 11 | 13.8 | 7.3-24.5 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 82 | 41 | 46.5 | 35.4-58.0 | 17 | 24.6 | 15.6-36.5 | 13 | 14.0 | 7.8-23.9 | 11 | 14.9 | 8.3-25.3 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 62 | 30 | 45.6 | 32.5-59.3 | 18 | 31.7 | 20.2-45.9 | 7 | 13.1 | 5.9-26.6 | 7 | 9.7 | 4.3-20.5 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 65 | 26 | 36.8 | 24.8-50.6 | 23 | 36.5 | 24.4-50.5 | 9 | 16.3 | 7.8-31.0 | 7 | 10.5 | 4.9-20.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 63 | 30 | 48.9 | 35.1-62.8 | 17 | 26.2 | 15.8-40.0 | 10 | 14.5 | 7.5-26.3 | 6 | 10.5 | 3.9-25.1 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 68 | 29 | 39.2 | 27.8-51.9 | 24 | 36.0 | 24.8-49.1 | 8 | 11.7 | 5.7-22.5 | 7 | 13.1 | 6.1-25.7 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 70 | 27 | 36.6 | 24.9-50.2 | 25 | 38.1 | 25.7-52.2 | 8 | 8.4 | 3.9-17.1 | 10 | 16.9 | 8.8-30.0 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 82 | 36 | 44.4 | 32.7-56.8 | 22 | 27.9 | 17.6-41.3 | 12 | 14.1 | 7.7-24.6 | 12 | 13.5 | 7.3-23.6 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 99 | 40 | 40.8 | 30.0-52.6 | 31 | 32.7 | 22.3-45.2 | 19 | 20.7 | 12.7-31.7 | 9 | 5.8 | 2.5-12.7 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 126 | 56 | 43.3 | 33.6-53.5 | 32 | 22.8 | 15.9-31.7 | 18 | 20.6 | 13.0-31.1 | 20 | 13.2 | 8.2-20.5 |
No | 2,536 | 1,153 | 44.0 | 41.6-46.5 | 737 | 29.7 | 27.5-32.0 | 337 | 13.7 | 12.1-15.5 | 309 | 12.6 | 11.0-14.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 862 | 402 | 45.8 | 41.9-49.8 | 221 | 26.0 | 22.6-29.7 | 114 | 14.1 | 11.5-17.1 | 125 | 14.2 | 11.7-17.1 |
Piedmont | 1,505 | 683 | 43.9 | 40.7-47.1 | 460 | 30.8 | 27.9-33.9 | 192 | 13.2 | 11.1-15.6 | 170 | 12.1 | 10.1-14.5 |
Western NC | 295 | 124 | 41.2 | 34.7-48.0 | 88 | 30.4 | 24.2-37.3 | 49 | 16.9 | 12.4-22.7 | 34 | 11.5 | 7.9-16.5 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 160 | 63 | 39.2 | 30.6-48.5 | 46 | 30.2 | 22.0-40.0 | 32 | 20.1 | 13.7-28.5 | 19 | 10.5 | 6.2-17.0 |
Northwest | 547 | 251 | 44.1 | 39.2-49.2 | 165 | 30.9 | 26.3-36.0 | 70 | 11.6 | 8.8-15.1 | 61 | 13.4 | 10.0-17.6 |
Charlotte | 437 | 195 | 41.7 | 36.2-47.4 | 131 | 30.9 | 25.7-36.7 | 53 | 13.8 | 10.0-18.9 | 58 | 13.6 | 10.0-18.1 |
Greensboro | 309 | 142 | 45.1 | 37.9-52.4 | 93 | 30.3 | 24.1-37.2 | 35 | 8.9 | 6.0-13.0 | 39 | 15.7 | 10.4-23.2 |
Southern Regional | 242 | 116 | 46.3 | 39.0-53.7 | 59 | 25.7 | 19.4-33.1 | 35 | 13.0 | 9.0-18.4 | 32 | 15.1 | 10.3-21.5 |
Coastal | 168 | 78 | 46.7 | 38.5-55.1 | 46 | 29.3 | 22.1-37.7 | 22 | 11.8 | 7.5-18.1 | 22 | 12.1 | 7.9-18.2 |
Wake | 376 | 176 | 46.9 | 40.3-53.5 | 117 | 30.3 | 24.7-36.5 | 48 | 14.6 | 10.5-20.0 | 35 | 8.2 | 5.4-12.2 |
Area L | 71 | 39 | 55.4 | 42.0-68.0 | 11 | 15.9 | 8.4-28.1 | 8 | 11.5 | 5.6-22.3 | 13 | 17.2 | 9.5-29.0 |
Eastern | 332 | 142 | 40.5 | 34.3-47.1 | 96 | 28.1 | 22.6-34.3 | 45 | 17.7 | 12.9-23.8 | 49 | 13.7 | 9.9-18.5 |
*Asked only of respondents who reported ever having a sunburn
^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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
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