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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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

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?n 12 hours?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,522 470 6.8 6.1- 7.7 7,052 93.2 92.3-93.9
-Mtn. AHEC 447 23 4.9 3.0- 7.8 424 95.1 92.2-97.0
GENDER
Male 161 4 2.5 0.8- 7.6 157 97.5 92.4-99.2
Female 286 19 6.9 4.1-11.4 267 93.1 88.6-95.9
RACE
White 399 21 5.0 3.0- 8.1 378 95.0 91.9-97.0
Other 46 2 3.8 0.6-20.6 44 96.2 79.4-99.4
AGE
18-44 118 9 5.3 2.4-11.3 109 94.7 88.7-97.6
45+ 329 14 4.6 2.5- 8.1 315 95.4 91.9-97.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 186 14 6.8 3.7-12.3 172 93.2 87.7-96.3
Some College + 259 9 3.3 1.5- 7.1 250 96.7 92.9-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 14 4.5 2.4- 8.5 257 95.5 91.5-97.6
$50,000+ 113 7 7.5 3.4-15.8 106 92.5 84.2-96.6

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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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