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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 from the sun?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,517 1,348 20.7 19.4-22.1 6,169 79.3 77.9-80.6
-Mtn. AHEC 446 54 13.4 9.5-18.5 392 86.6 81.5-90.5
GENDER
Male 161 10 5.5 2.6-11.3 151 94.5 88.7-97.4
Female 285 44 20.0 13.8-28.1 241 80.0 71.9-86.2
RACE
White 399 51 14.4 10.2-19.9 348 85.6 80.1-89.8
Other 45 3 4.6 0.9-19.7 42 95.4 80.3-99.1
AGE
18-44 117 27 22.0 14.0-32.9 90 78.0 67.1-86.0
45+ 329 27 6.9 4.5-10.5 302 93.1 89.5-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 186 20 11.1 5.9-19.9 166 88.9 80.1-94.1
Some College + 258 34 15.6 10.5-22.4 224 84.4 77.6-89.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 270 26 11.1 6.4-18.4 244 88.9 81.6-93.6
$50,000+ 113 20 20.7 13.1-31.1 93 79.3 68.9-86.9

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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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