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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Skin Cancer Prevention

In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan using a tanning lamp
or tanning machine, whether it was at a tanning salon, at your home, or elsewhere?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,632 1,127 7.3 6.8- 7.8 13,505 92.7 92.2-93.2
-Northeastern Partnership 969 50 4.9 3.5- 6.6 919 95.1 93.4-96.5
GENDER
Male 334 6 2.7 1.1- 6.1 328 97.3 93.9-98.9
Female 635 44 6.7 4.9- 9.1 591 93.3 90.9-95.1
RACE
White 564 48 8.2 5.9-11.1 516 91.8 88.9-94.1
African American 364 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 363 99.9 99.2- 100
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 35 2 3.0 0.7-12.0 33 97.0 88.0-99.3
25-34 120 13 9.5 5.1-17.0 107 90.5 83.0-94.9
35-44 153 13 6.5 3.6-11.4 140 93.5 88.6-96.4
45-54 193 15 7.2 4.0-12.8 178 92.8 87.2-96.0
55-64 191 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 187 98.6 96.0-99.5
65-74 164 3 2.1 0.6- 7.3 161 97.9 92.7-99.4
75+ 112 0 0.0 . - . 112 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 213 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 209 98.6 96.0-99.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 338 12 4.3 2.3- 7.9 326 95.7 92.1-97.7
Some Post-H.S. 225 16 6.2 3.4-10.8 209 93.8 89.2-96.6
College Graduate 193 18 8.0 4.8-13.0 175 92.0 87.0-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 169 3 1.7 0.5- 5.9 166 98.3 94.1-99.5
$15,000- 24,999 190 3 1.6 0.5- 5.6 187 98.4 94.4-99.5
$25,000- 34,999 99 4 2.4 0.8- 6.8 95 97.6 93.2-99.2
$35,000- 49,999 126 13 8.7 4.8-15.4 113 91.3 84.6-95.2
$50,000-74,999 87 8 6.1 3.0-12.0 79 93.9 88.0-97.0
$75,000+ 80 10 12.7 6.2-24.2 70 87.3 75.8-93.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 377 13 3.5 1.8- 6.8 364 96.5 93.2-98.2
No 581 37 5.7 4.0- 8.1 544 94.3 91.9-96.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 114 3 3.9 1.1-12.8 111 96.1 87.2-98.9
Non-Veteran 848 47 5.1 3.7- 6.9 801 94.9 93.1-96.3
Currently Serving 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .

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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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