BRFSS 2004 - New Hanover County: (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
-New Hanover County	368	91	26.8	21.8-32.4	277	73.2	67.6-78.2
GENDER
Male	142	39	28.3	20.7-37.4	103	71.7	62.6-79.3
Female	226	52	25.4	19.3-32.7	174	74.6	67.3-80.7
RACE
White	301	89	32.5	26.7-38.9	212	67.5	61.1-73.3
Other	64	1	2.1	0.3-13.8	63	97.9	86.2-99.7
AGE
18-44	140	59	42.5	33.3-52.2	81	57.5	47.8-66.7
45+	227	32	14.7	10.2-20.6	195	85.3	79.4-89.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	21	21.3	13.9-31.2	93	78.7	68.8-86.1
Some College +	253	69	29.5	23.3-36.5	184	70.5	63.5-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	176	37	23.3	16.4-31.9	139	76.7	68.1-83.6
$50,000+	103	37	34.8	25.8-45.0	66	65.2	55.0-74.2

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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
-New Hanover County	368	91	26.8	21.8-32.4	277	73.2	67.6-78.2
GENDER
Male	142	39	28.3	20.7-37.4	103	71.7	62.6-79.3
Female	226	52	25.4	19.3-32.7	174	74.6	67.3-80.7
RACE
White	301	89	32.5	26.7-38.9	212	67.5	61.1-73.3
Other	64	1	2.1	0.3-13.8	63	97.9	86.2-99.7
AGE
18-44	140	59	42.5	33.3-52.2	81	57.5	47.8-66.7
45+	227	32	14.7	10.2-20.6	195	85.3	79.4-89.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	21	21.3	13.9-31.2	93	78.7	68.8-86.1
Some College +	253	69	29.5	23.3-36.5	184	70.5	63.5-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	176	37	23.3	16.4-31.9	139	76.7	68.1-83.6
$50,000+	103	37	34.8	25.8-45.0	66	65.2	55.0-74.2

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Skin Cancer Prevention

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