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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Skin Cancer Prevention

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
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
-Orange County 405 78 20.0 15.8-25.0 327 80.0 75.0-84.2
GENDER
Male 148 28 18.0 12.1-26.0 120 82.0 74.0-87.9
Female 257 50 21.8 16.3-28.5 207 78.2 71.5-83.7
RACE
White 318 69 22.8 17.8-28.7 249 77.2 71.3-82.2
Other 84 8 10.8 5.0-21.8 76 89.2 78.2-95.0
AGE
18-44 194 50 26.9 20.2-35.0 144 73.1 65.0-79.8
45+ 210 28 12.8 8.7-18.5 182 87.2 81.5-91.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 10 10.9 5.5-20.3 73 89.1 79.7-94.5
Some College + 322 68 22.8 17.8-28.7 254 77.2 71.3-82.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 149 26 19.4 12.6-28.6 123 80.6 71.4-87.4
$50,000+ 170 27 16.6 11.2-23.9 143 83.4 76.1-88.8

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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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