BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.): (In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan from the sun?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,627	2,623	18.2	17.4-19.0	12,004	81.8	81.0-82.6
-NE Partnership II	469	52	10.3	7.6-13.6	417	89.7	86.4-92.4
GENDER
Male	154	15	9.5	5.6-15.5	139	90.5	84.5-94.4
Female	315	37	10.9	7.7-15.2	278	89.1	84.8-92.3
RACE
White	302	52	17.1	12.9-22.4	250	82.9	77.6-87.1
Other	166	0	0.0	. - .	166	100	. - .
AGE
18-44	136	27	16.4	10.9-24.0	109	83.6	76.0-89.1
45+	332	25	6.8	4.5-10.2	307	93.2	89.8-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	258	21	7.1	4.5-11.2	237	92.9	88.8-95.5
Some College +	211	31	14.0	9.6-20.0	180	86.0	80.0-90.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	285	23	6.7	4.3-10.3	262	93.3	89.7-95.7
$50,000+	85	23	23.5	15.4-34.1	62	76.5	65.9-84.6

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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	14,627	2,623	18.2	17.4-19.0	12,004	81.8	81.0-82.6
-NE Partnership II	469	52	10.3	7.6-13.6	417	89.7	86.4-92.4
GENDER
Male	154	15	9.5	5.6-15.5	139	90.5	84.5-94.4
Female	315	37	10.9	7.7-15.2	278	89.1	84.8-92.3
RACE
White	302	52	17.1	12.9-22.4	250	82.9	77.6-87.1
Other	166	0	0.0	. - .	166	100	. - .
AGE
18-44	136	27	16.4	10.9-24.0	109	83.6	76.0-89.1
45+	332	25	6.8	4.5-10.2	307	93.2	89.8-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	258	21	7.1	4.5-11.2	237	92.9	88.8-95.5
Some College +	211	31	14.0	9.6-20.0	180	86.0	80.0-90.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	285	23	6.7	4.3-10.3	262	93.3	89.7-95.7
$50,000+	85	23	23.5	15.4-34.1	62	76.5	65.9-84.6

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

Skin Cancer Prevention

In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan from the sun?