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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Skin Cancer Prevention

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,065 3,859 76.7 75.2-78.2 1,206 23.3 21.8-24.8
-Piedmont NC 2,836 2,153 77.2 75.2-79.0 683 22.8 21.0-24.8
GENDER
Male 979 747 77.4 74.0-80.5 232 22.6 19.5-26.0
Female 1,857 1,406 76.9 74.5-79.2 451 23.1 20.8-25.5
RACE
White 2,022 1,509 75.4 73.0-77.7 513 24.6 22.3-27.0
African American 510 389 78.0 73.4-82.1 121 22.0 17.9-26.6
Other Minorities 34 27 72.6 49.3-87.8 7 27.4 12.2-50.7
AGE
18-24 173 139 80.3 72.3-86.4 34 19.7 13.6-27.7
25-34 833 790 95.1 92.5-96.8 43 4.9 3.2- 7.5
35-44 1,086 836 78.3 75.1-81.1 250 21.7 18.9-24.9
45-54 552 283 54.6 49.5-59.6 269 45.4 40.4-50.5
55-64 130 71 55.1 43.4-66.3 59 44.9 33.7-56.6
65-74 39 24 66.3 45.9-82.0 15 33.7 18.0-54.1
75+ 9 1 20.4 3.0-67.7 8 79.6 32.3-97.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 381 302 83.6 78.8-87.5 79 16.4 12.5-21.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 772 553 73.7 69.8-77.2 219 26.3 22.8-30.2
Some Post-H.S. 689 520 73.6 69.0-77.7 169 26.4 22.3-31.0
College Graduate 992 776 79.0 75.6-82.1 216 21.0 17.9-24.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 187 129 73.0 64.5-80.1 58 27.0 19.9-35.5
$15,000- 24,999 412 322 79.9 74.3-84.6 90 20.1 15.4-25.7
$25,000- 34,999 313 246 82.5 77.0-86.9 67 17.5 13.1-23.0
$35,000- 49,999 365 285 76.0 70.3-80.9 80 24.0 19.1-29.7
$50,000-74,999 449 342 80.9 76.5-84.6 107 19.1 15.4-23.5
$75,000+ 636 484 75.6 71.1-79.7 152 24.4 20.3-28.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 552 372 69.0 63.8-73.8 180 31.0 26.2-36.2
No 2,264 1,765 78.9 76.8-81.0 499 21.1 19.0-23.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 187 143 79.5 72.0-85.4 44 20.5 14.6-28.0
Non-Veteran 2,633 1,999 77.0 74.9-78.9 634 23.0 21.1-25.1
Currently Serving 15 10 72.7 45.2-89.6 5 27.3 10.4-54.8

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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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