BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina: (In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan from the sun?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
TOTAL	14,627	2,623	18.2	17.4-19.0	12,004	81.8	81.0-82.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes	12,453	2,273	18.7	17.9-19.6	10,180	81.3	80.4-82.1
No	2,155	344	15.5	13.6-17.7	1,811	84.5	82.3-86.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight	236	53	26.5	19.5-34.8	183	73.5	65.2-80.5
Recommended Range	4,964	1,187	24.0	22.5-25.5	3,777	76.0	74.5-77.5
Overweight	5,050	890	18.1	16.8-19.5	4,160	81.9	80.5-83.2
Obese	3,602	401	11.2	10.0-12.5	3,201	88.8	87.5-90.0
Current Smoker
No	11,368	1,916	17.3	16.5-18.2	9,452	82.7	81.8-83.5
Yes	3,214	702	21.4	19.7-23.3	2,512	78.6	76.7-80.3
Binge Drinker
No	13,408	2,221	16.7	15.9-17.5	11,187	83.3	82.5-84.1
Yes	1,037	373	35.7	32.1-39.4	664	64.3	60.6-67.9
Heavy Drinker
No	14,051	2,454	17.8	17.0-18.6	11,597	82.2	81.4-83.0
Yes	457	149	32.3	27.2-37.9	308	67.7	62.1-72.8
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	3,105	191	6.9	5.8- 8.2	2,914	93.1	91.8-94.2
No	11,474	2,426	21.0	20.1-21.9	9,048	79.0	78.1-79.9
Current Asthma
Yes	1,161	186	16.7	14.1-19.6	975	83.3	80.4-85.9
No	13,383	2,425	18.4	17.6-19.2	10,958	81.6	80.8-82.4
Diabetes
Yes	1,518	89	5.9	4.7- 7.5	1,429	94.1	92.5-95.3
Yes, During Pregnancy	134	37	26.6	19.0-35.8	97	73.4	64.2-81.0
No	12,795	2,473	19.6	18.7-20.5	10,322	80.4	79.5-81.3
No, Bordeline Diabetes	175	24	11.6	7.3-18.0	151	88.4	82.0-92.7

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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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Skin Cancer Prevention--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	14,627	2,623	18.2	17.4-19.0	12,004	81.8	81.0-82.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes	12,453	2,273	18.7	17.9-19.6	10,180	81.3	80.4-82.1
No	2,155	344	15.5	13.6-17.7	1,811	84.5	82.3-86.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight	236	53	26.5	19.5-34.8	183	73.5	65.2-80.5
Recommended Range	4,964	1,187	24.0	22.5-25.5	3,777	76.0	74.5-77.5
Overweight	5,050	890	18.1	16.8-19.5	4,160	81.9	80.5-83.2
Obese	3,602	401	11.2	10.0-12.5	3,201	88.8	87.5-90.0
Current Smoker
No	11,368	1,916	17.3	16.5-18.2	9,452	82.7	81.8-83.5
Yes	3,214	702	21.4	19.7-23.3	2,512	78.6	76.7-80.3
Binge Drinker
No	13,408	2,221	16.7	15.9-17.5	11,187	83.3	82.5-84.1
Yes	1,037	373	35.7	32.1-39.4	664	64.3	60.6-67.9
Heavy Drinker
No	14,051	2,454	17.8	17.0-18.6	11,597	82.2	81.4-83.0
Yes	457	149	32.3	27.2-37.9	308	67.7	62.1-72.8
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	3,105	191	6.9	5.8- 8.2	2,914	93.1	91.8-94.2
No	11,474	2,426	21.0	20.1-21.9	9,048	79.0	78.1-79.9
Current Asthma
Yes	1,161	186	16.7	14.1-19.6	975	83.3	80.4-85.9
No	13,383	2,425	18.4	17.6-19.2	10,958	81.6	80.8-82.4
Diabetes
Yes	1,518	89	5.9	4.7- 7.5	1,429	94.1	92.5-95.3
Yes, During Pregnancy	134	37	26.6	19.0-35.8	97	73.4	64.2-81.0
No	12,795	2,473	19.6	18.7-20.5	10,322	80.4	79.5-81.3
No, Bordeline Diabetes	175	24	11.6	7.3-18.0	151	88.4	82.0-92.7