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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Skin Cancer Prevention Module (Asked July--December Only)

Have you had a sunburn within the past 12 months?
- include anytime that even a small part of your skin was red for more than 12 hours?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,506 1,732 29.1 27.5-30.7 5,774 70.9 69.3-72.5
-Mtn. AHEC 448 89 27.2 21.3-33.9 359 72.8 66.1-78.7
GENDER
Male 161 43 30.9 22.3-41.0 118 69.1 59.0-77.7
Female 287 46 24.1 16.5-33.7 241 75.9 66.3-83.5
RACE
White 400 82 28.9 22.6-36.1 318 71.1 63.9-77.4
Other 46 6 10.4 3.8-25.3 40 89.6 74.7-96.2
AGE
18-44 118 37 35.8 24.7-48.6 81 64.2 51.4-75.3
45+ 330 52 20.6 15.4-27.0 278 79.4 73.0-84.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 28 25.7 16.2-38.1 159 74.3 61.9-83.8
Some College + 259 61 28.7 22.0-36.4 198 71.3 63.6-78.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 272 45 24.1 17.1-32.8 227 75.9 67.2-82.9
$50,000+ 113 29 31.2 21.8-42.5 84 68.8 57.5-78.2

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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