BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Including times when even a small part of your skin was red for more than 12 hours, how many sunburns have you had within the past 12 months?*)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Excess Sun Exposure

Including times when even a small part of your skin was red for more than 12 hours, how many sunburns have you had within the past 12 months?*

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	Total Respond.^	One	Two	Three	Four or more burns
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

Total
Respond.^

One

Two

Three

Four or more burns

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

56.5

42.6-69.5

18.6

10.4-31.1

16.1

7.9-30.1

8.7

3.6-19.6

Buncombe

38.1

26.2-51.7

22.7

13.6-35.4

19.8

11.4-32.2

19.4

10.2-33.8

Cabarrus

57.3

45.4-68.4

20.4

12.5-31.4

8.3

3.9-16.8

14.0

7.4-24.8

Catawba

58.6

45.9-70.2

21.8

13.3-33.7

11.6

5.7-22.3

8.0

3.6-16.8

Cumberland

44.6

32.8-57.1

25.0

14.9-38.7

15.7

8.7-26.8

14.7

8.4-24.4

Davidson

32.6

21.6-45.9

40.5

25.8-57.0

16.2

8.2-29.4

10.8

5.0-21.7

Durham

53.5

39.3-67.2

36.0

23.9-50.2

8.7

3.5-20.1

1.8

0.2-11.5

Forsyth

47.7

35.4-60.3

33.6

22.6-46.8

5.3

2.0-13.1

13.4

6.3-26.1

Gaston

55.8

42.7-68.1

25.0

15.6-37.4

14.7

7.7-26.1

4.6

1.5-13.6

Guilford

44.7

31.2-59.1

30.0

19.1-43.8

3.5

1.0-11.7

21.7

11.0-38.2

Iredell

44.3

32.5-56.7

22.5

14.5-33.1

15.8

9.5-25.1

17.5

7.0-37.2

Johnston

52.4

39.6-64.9

26.0

16.5-38.4

10.2

4.6-21.1

11.5

6.0-20.9

Mecklenburg

141

36.1

27.9-45.2

34.1

26.0-43.3

16.9

10.6-26.0

12.9

7.8-20.4

New Hanover

45.9

34.4-57.9

34.9

24.2-47.3

9.5

4.9-17.6

9.7

5.2-17.5

Onslow

46.3

35.2-57.8

20.6

13.2-30.8

14.9

8.4-25.0

18.2

11.0-28.5

Orange

37.5

26.5-50.0

31.1

21.1-43.2

19.0

10.6-31.7

12.4

6.3-22.8

Pitt

46.5

33.6-60.0

28.1

18.0-41.1

18.4

9.7-32.0

7.0

2.8-16.2

Randolph

52.0

38.2-65.6

27.9

17.4-41.5

7.4

3.1-16.8

12.6

5.6-26.0

Robeson

60.2

45.1-73.5

20.4

10.6-35.5

8.3

3.2-19.7

11.2

4.9-23.3

Rowan

40.8

29.3-53.4

35.0

24.3-47.5

8.4

3.7-17.9

15.8

8.1-28.4

Union

36.3

25.6-48.5

37.2

26.4-49.5

7.9

3.7-15.9

18.7

9.4-33.6

Wake

131

45.5

35.7-55.7

27.9

20.0-37.4

17.3

11.1-26.0

9.3

5.1-16.2

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

43.3

30.6-57.0

20.5

12.2-32.4

15.7

7.9-28.7

20.5

11.7-33.4

Northeast Partnership II

35.8

23.3-50.5

38.5

25.2-53.9

13.6

5.5-29.8

12.1

5.2-25.7

Northeast Partnership I

43.5

27.4-61.1

15.0

7.2-28.6

22.3

10.1-42.1

19.3

9.3-35.7

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

47.0

33.1-61.5

25.0

14.4-39.7

12.0

5.6-23.9

16.0

8.3-28.4

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

40.1

29.1-52.2

29.9

19.8-42.3

16.2

9.0-27.4

13.8

7.3-24.5

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

46.5

35.4-58.0

24.6

15.6-36.5

14.0

7.8-23.9

14.9

8.3-25.3

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

45.6

32.5-59.3

31.7

20.2-45.9

13.1

5.9-26.6

9.7

4.3-20.5

Chatham/Lee/Moore

36.8

24.8-50.6

36.5

24.4-50.5

16.3

7.8-31.0

10.5

4.9-20.9

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

48.9

35.1-62.8

26.2

15.8-40.0

14.5

7.5-26.3

10.5

3.9-25.1

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

39.2

27.8-51.9

36.0

24.8-49.1

11.7

5.7-22.5

13.1

6.1-25.7

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

36.6

24.9-50.2

38.1

25.7-52.2

8.4

3.9-17.1

16.9

8.8-30.0

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

44.4

32.7-56.8

27.9

17.6-41.3

14.1

7.7-24.6

13.5

7.3-23.6

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

40.8

30.0-52.6

32.7

22.3-45.2

20.7

12.7-31.7

5.8

2.5-12.7

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

126

43.3

33.6-53.5

22.8

15.9-31.7

20.6

13.0-31.1

13.2

8.2-20.5

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

30.4

24.2-37.3

16.9

12.4-22.7

11.5

7.9-16.5

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

160

39.2

30.6-48.5

30.2

22.0-40.0

20.1

13.7-28.5

10.5

6.2-17.0

Northwest

547

251

44.1

39.2-49.2

165

30.9

26.3-36.0

11.6

8.8-15.1

13.4

10.0-17.6

Charlotte

437

195

41.7

36.2-47.4

131

30.9

25.7-36.7

13.8

10.0-18.9

13.6

10.0-18.1

Greensboro

309

142

45.1

37.9-52.4

30.3

24.1-37.2

8.9

6.0-13.0

15.7

10.4-23.2

Southern Regional

242

116

46.3

39.0-53.7

25.7

19.4-33.1

13.0

9.0-18.4

15.1

10.3-21.5

Coastal

168

46.7

38.5-55.1

29.3

22.1-37.7

11.8

7.5-18.1

12.1

7.9-18.2

Wake

376

176

46.9

40.3-53.5

117

30.3

24.7-36.5

14.6

10.5-20.0

8.2

5.4-12.2

Area L

55.4

42.0-68.0

15.9

8.4-28.1

11.5

5.6-22.3

17.2

9.5-29.0

Eastern

332

142

40.5

34.3-47.1

28.1

22.6-34.3

17.7

12.9-23.8

13.7

9.9-18.5

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*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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