BRFSS 2004 - Union County: (In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan using a tanning lamp <br>or tanning machine, whether it was at a tanning salon, at your home, or elsewhere?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,632	1,127	7.3	6.8- 7.8	13,505	92.7	92.2-93.2
-Union County	421	46	10.2	7.5-13.7	375	89.8	86.3-92.5
GENDER
Male	127	5	3.9	1.5- 9.4	122	96.1	90.6-98.5
Female	294	41	14.2	10.3-19.2	253	85.8	80.8-89.7
RACE
White	362	45	12.2	8.9-16.4	317	87.8	83.6-91.1
Other	58	1	1.2	0.2- 7.9	57	98.8	92.1-99.8
AGE
18-44	184	35	16.7	11.8-23.1	149	83.3	76.9-88.2
45+	235	11	4.6	2.4- 8.5	224	95.4	91.5-97.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	163	19	11.4	7.1-17.8	144	88.6	82.2-92.9
Some College +	258	27	9.5	6.3-14.0	231	90.5	86.0-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	173	17	9.6	5.7-15.6	156	90.4	84.4-94.3
$50,000+	166	25	13.3	8.8-19.7	141	86.7	80.3-91.2

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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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Skin Cancer Prevention

In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan using a tanning lamp
or tanning machine, whether it was at a tanning salon, at your home, or elsewhere?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	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
-Union County	421	46	10.2	7.5-13.7	375	89.8	86.3-92.5
GENDER
Male	127	5	3.9	1.5- 9.4	122	96.1	90.6-98.5
Female	294	41	14.2	10.3-19.2	253	85.8	80.8-89.7
RACE
White	362	45	12.2	8.9-16.4	317	87.8	83.6-91.1
Other	58	1	1.2	0.2- 7.9	57	98.8	92.1-99.8
AGE
18-44	184	35	16.7	11.8-23.1	149	83.3	76.9-88.2
45+	235	11	4.6	2.4- 8.5	224	95.4	91.5-97.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	163	19	11.4	7.1-17.8	144	88.6	82.2-92.9
Some College +	258	27	9.5	6.3-14.0	231	90.5	86.0-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	173	17	9.6	5.7-15.6	156	90.4	84.4-94.3
$50,000+	166	25	13.3	8.8-19.7	141	86.7	80.3-91.2

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Skin Cancer Prevention

In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan using a tanning lamp or tanning machine, whether it was at a tanning salon, at your home, or elsewhere?

In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan using a tanning lamp
or tanning machine, whether it was at a tanning salon, at your home, or elsewhere?