BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.): (The next question is about sunburns, including any time that even a small part of your skin was red for more than 12 hours.Have you had a sunburn within the past 12 months?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	15,014	2,730	19.8	19.0-20.7	12,284	80.2	79.3-81.0
-NE Partnership II	482	53	11.9	9.0-15.6	429	88.1	84.4-91.0
GENDER
Male	159	25	17.0	11.6-24.3	134	83.0	75.7-88.4
Female	323	28	7.8	5.2-11.4	295	92.2	88.6-94.8
RACE
White	310	49	18.8	14.2-24.5	261	81.2	75.5-85.8
Other	171	4	1.7	0.6- 4.9	167	98.3	95.1-99.4
AGE
18-44	139	28	18.2	12.3-26.2	111	81.8	73.8-87.7
45+	342	25	8.4	5.5-12.5	317	91.6	87.5-94.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	266	18	6.4	3.9-10.4	248	93.6	89.6-96.1
Some College +	216	35	18.5	13.2-25.3	181	81.5	74.7-86.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	293	24	7.8	5.0-12.1	269	92.2	87.9-95.0
$50,000+	88	22	28.7	19.4-40.2	66	71.3	59.8-80.6

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	15,014	2,730	19.8	19.0-20.7	12,284	80.2	79.3-81.0
-NE Partnership II	482	53	11.9	9.0-15.6	429	88.1	84.4-91.0
GENDER
Male	159	25	17.0	11.6-24.3	134	83.0	75.7-88.4
Female	323	28	7.8	5.2-11.4	295	92.2	88.6-94.8
RACE
White	310	49	18.8	14.2-24.5	261	81.2	75.5-85.8
Other	171	4	1.7	0.6- 4.9	167	98.3	95.1-99.4
AGE
18-44	139	28	18.2	12.3-26.2	111	81.8	73.8-87.7
45+	342	25	8.4	5.5-12.5	317	91.6	87.5-94.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	266	18	6.4	3.9-10.4	248	93.6	89.6-96.1
Some College +	216	35	18.5	13.2-25.3	181	81.5	74.7-86.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	293	24	7.8	5.0-12.1	269	92.2	87.9-95.0
$50,000+	88	22	28.7	19.4-40.2	66	71.3	59.8-80.6

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

Excess Sun Exposure

The next question is about sunburns, including any time that even a small part of your skin was red for more than 12 hours.Have you had a sunburn within the past 12 months?