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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Skin Cancer Prevention

Has the youngest child in your household had a sunburn within the past 12 months?,
By sunburn, I mean reddening of the skin that lasted at least 12 hours.

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,825 645 15.8 14.5-17.3 3,180 84.2 82.7-85.5
-Northeastern Partnership 225 30 13.3 9.1-19.0 195 86.7 81.0-90.9
GENDER
Male 61 10 16.1 8.5-28.4 51 83.9 71.6-91.5
Female 164 20 11.6 7.3-17.9 144 88.4 82.1-92.7
RACE
White 116 25 22.5 15.1-32.1 91 77.5 67.9-84.9
African American 95 3 2.6 0.8- 8.2 92 97.4 91.8-99.2
AGE
18-24 14 0 0.0 . - . 14 100 . - .
25-34 78 13 15.3 8.8-25.3 65 84.7 74.7-91.2
35-44 84 13 15.7 8.7-26.8 71 84.3 73.2-91.3
45-54 37 4 13.0 4.7-31.3 33 87.0 68.7-95.3
55-64 8 0 0.0 . - . 8 100 . - .
65-74 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
75+ 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 27 1 1.8 0.2-12.2 26 98.2 87.8-99.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 88 13 14.5 8.0-24.7 75 85.5 75.3-92.0
Some Post-H.S. 67 10 15.6 8.1-28.0 57 84.4 72.0-91.9
College Graduate 43 6 15.8 7.0-31.9 37 84.2 68.1-93.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 34 2 4.2 1.0-15.6 32 95.8 84.4-99.0
$15,000- 24,999 46 7 12.7 5.8-25.6 39 87.3 74.4-94.2
$25,000- 34,999 25 2 6.4 1.5-23.8 23 93.6 76.2-98.5
$35,000- 49,999 39 8 19.2 9.4-35.3 31 80.8 64.7-90.6
$50,000-74,999 26 6 26.1 11.9-48.1 20 73.9 51.9-88.1
$75,000+ 23 2 6.3 1.3-25.0 21 93.7 75.0-98.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 53 7 17.5 8.4-32.9 46 82.5 67.1-91.6
No 169 23 12.4 8.0-18.9 146 87.6 81.1-92.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 14 3 13.4 4.0-36.4 11 86.6 63.6-96.0
Non-Veteran 205 25 12.0 7.9-17.7 180 88.0 82.3-92.1
Currently Serving 6 2 50.6 14.1-86.5 4 49.4 13.5-85.9

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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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