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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 421 94 22.5 18.3-27.4 327 77.5 72.6-81.7
GENDER
Male 127 31 23.7 16.7-32.5 96 76.3 67.5-83.3
Female 294 63 21.8 16.7-27.8 231 78.2 72.2-83.3
RACE
White 362 91 26.2 21.3-31.8 271 73.8 68.2-78.7
Other 58 3 5.5 1.4-18.8 55 94.5 81.2-98.6
AGE
18-44 184 63 32.7 25.6-40.7 121 67.3 59.3-74.4
45+ 235 31 13.7 9.3-19.8 204 86.3 80.2-90.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 163 28 16.0 10.9-23.0 135 84.0 77.0-89.1
Some College + 258 66 26.4 20.6-33.2 192 73.6 66.8-79.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 36 21.3 15.1-29.1 137 78.7 70.9-84.9
$50,000+ 166 49 27.6 20.6-35.9 117 72.4 64.1-79.4

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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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