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

Skin Cancer Prevention

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,632 1,127 7.3 6.8- 7.8 13,505 92.7 92.2-93.2
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 524 40 7.9 5.6-11.0 484 92.1 89.0-94.4
GENDER
Male 193 5 2.9 1.0- 8.0 188 97.1 92.0-99.0
Female 331 35 12.5 8.9-17.4 296 87.5 82.6-91.1
RACE
White 340 36 10.6 7.5-14.9 304 89.4 85.1-92.5
Other 182 3 1.4 0.5- 4.5 179 98.6 95.5-99.5
AGE
18-44 201 25 10.6 7.0-15.8 176 89.4 84.2-93.0
45+ 320 14 5.1 2.9- 9.0 306 94.9 91.0-97.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 292 14 4.9 2.8- 8.4 278 95.1 91.6-97.2
Some College + 230 25 10.7 7.0-16.2 205 89.3 83.8-93.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 310 17 5.7 3.4- 9.4 293 94.3 90.6-96.6
$50,000+ 105 16 14.1 8.3-23.0 89 85.9 77.0-91.7

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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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