BRFSS 2004 - New Hanover County: (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
-New Hanover County	374	91	28.3	23.1-34.1	283	71.7	65.9-76.9
GENDER
Male	147	53	36.9	28.6-46.1	94	63.1	53.9-71.4
Female	227	38	20.0	14.4-27.2	189	80.0	72.8-85.6
RACE
White	306	82	31.7	25.8-38.1	224	68.3	61.9-74.2
Other	65	6	11.9	4.7-26.9	59	88.1	73.1-95.3
AGE
18-44	141	59	43.4	34.2-53.1	82	56.6	46.9-65.8
45+	232	32	16.8	11.7-23.4	200	83.2	76.6-88.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	115	18	22.7	14.5-33.7	97	77.3	66.3-85.5
Some College +	258	73	31.2	24.9-38.2	185	68.8	61.8-75.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	177	37	25.5	18.1-34.6	140	74.5	65.4-81.9
$50,000+	105	38	38.4	29.0-48.8	67	61.6	51.2-71.0

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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
-New Hanover County	374	91	28.3	23.1-34.1	283	71.7	65.9-76.9
GENDER
Male	147	53	36.9	28.6-46.1	94	63.1	53.9-71.4
Female	227	38	20.0	14.4-27.2	189	80.0	72.8-85.6
RACE
White	306	82	31.7	25.8-38.1	224	68.3	61.9-74.2
Other	65	6	11.9	4.7-26.9	59	88.1	73.1-95.3
AGE
18-44	141	59	43.4	34.2-53.1	82	56.6	46.9-65.8
45+	232	32	16.8	11.7-23.4	200	83.2	76.6-88.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	115	18	22.7	14.5-33.7	97	77.3	66.3-85.5
Some College +	258	73	31.2	24.9-38.2	185	68.8	61.8-75.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	177	37	25.5	18.1-34.6	140	74.5	65.4-81.9
$50,000+	105	38	38.4	29.0-48.8	67	61.6	51.2-71.0

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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?