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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

Skin Cancer Prevention

Has the youngest child in your household had a sunburn within the past 12 months?,
By sunburn, I mean reddening of the skin that lasted at least 12 hours.

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,825 645 15.8 14.5-17.3 3,180 84.2 82.7-85.5
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 137 19 14.7 9.1-22.8 118 85.3 77.2-90.9
GENDER
Male 40 5 11.8 4.8-26.1 35 88.2 73.9-95.2
Female 97 14 16.8 9.6-27.8 83 83.2 72.2-90.4
RACE
White 70 16 24.7 15.0-37.8 54 75.3 62.2-85.0
Other 67 3 4.1 1.2-13.5 64 95.9 86.5-98.8
AGE
18-44 115 16 14.1 8.4-22.8 99 85.9 77.2-91.6
45+ 22 3 17.4 5.3-44.6 19 82.6 55.4-94.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 69 11 16.6 8.8-29.0 58 83.4 71.0-91.2
Some College + 68 8 12.5 6.0-24.1 60 87.5 75.9-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 82 10 14.9 7.8-26.8 72 85.1 73.2-92.2
$50,000+ 35 8 18.8 9.0-35.4 27 81.2 64.6-91.0

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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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