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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 261 29 13.5 8.5-20.7 232 86.5 79.3-91.5
GENDER
Male 100 4 3.7 1.0-12.2 96 96.3 87.8-99.0
Female 161 25 21.7 13.4-33.0 136 78.3 67.0-86.6
RACE
White 235 26 13.9 8.7-21.5 209 86.1 78.5-91.3
Other 26 3 8.7 1.7-33.9 23 91.3 66.1-98.3
AGE
18-44 63 16 24.7 13.9-39.9 47 75.3 60.1-86.1
45+ 198 13 5.4 2.9- 9.9 185 94.6 90.1-97.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 123 13 12.2 5.8-24.0 110 87.8 76.0-94.2
Some College + 136 16 15.1 8.6-25.1 120 84.9 74.9-91.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 14 12.0 6.1-22.2 153 88.0 77.8-93.9
$50,000+ 58 12 23.2 12.7-38.6 46 76.8 61.4-87.3

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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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