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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 7,517 1,348 20.7 19.4-22.1 6,169 79.3 77.9-80.6
GENDER
Male 2,773 407 15.5 13.7-17.4 2,366 84.5 82.6-86.3
Female 4,744 941 25.7 23.8-27.7 3,803 74.3 72.3-76.2
RACE
White 5,707 1,261 26.5 24.8-28.3 4,446 73.5 71.7-75.2
African American 1,206 18 1.7 1.0- 3.0 1,188 98.3 97.0-99.0
Asian 50 9 18.6 8.1-37.2 41 81.4 62.8-91.9
Native American 149 17 13.1 7.6-21.7 132 86.9 78.3-92.4
Other Minorities 382 40 10.5 7.2-15.1 342 89.5 84.9-92.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 398 45 11.9 8.3-16.6 353 88.1 83.4-91.7
-English Speaking 146 26 23.9 15.3-35.2 120 76.1 64.8-84.7
-Spanish Speaking 251 19 7.6 4.4-12.8 232 92.4 87.2-95.6
Non-Hispanic 7,100 1,300 21.7 20.3-23.2 5,800 78.3 76.8-79.7
AGE
18-24 255 89 32.6 26.0-40.0 166 67.4 60.0-74.0
25-34 842 228 24.7 21.3-28.4 614 75.3 71.6-78.7
35-44 1,311 394 27.6 24.8-30.6 917 72.4 69.4-75.2
45-54 1,473 337 22.0 19.5-24.7 1,136 78.0 75.3-80.5
55-64 1,509 180 12.3 10.3-14.6 1,329 87.7 85.4-89.7
65-74 1,200 79 6.6 5.1- 8.4 1,121 93.4 91.6-94.9
75+ 876 34 3.6 2.5- 5.3 842 96.4 94.7-97.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,127 88 10.5 7.8-14.0 1,039 89.5 86.0-92.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,222 349 17.5 15.2-20.0 1,873 82.5 80.0-84.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,877 379 24.4 21.4-27.6 1,498 75.6 72.4-78.6
College Graduate 2,275 531 26.1 23.7-28.5 1,744 73.9 71.5-76.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 824 61 10.9 7.4-15.7 763 89.1 84.3-92.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,210 111 9.6 7.5-12.3 1,099 90.4 87.7-92.5
$25,000- 34,999 927 160 18.9 15.6-22.7 767 81.1 77.3-84.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,035 211 21.2 17.9-24.8 824 78.8 75.2-82.1
$50,000-74,999 1,002 242 25.6 22.1-29.4 760 74.4 70.6-77.9
$75,000+ 1,433 416 31.0 28.0-34.2 1,017 69.0 65.8-72.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,730 350 18.0 15.7-20.5 2,380 82.0 79.5-84.3
No 4,713 989 22.0 20.4-23.8 3,724 78.0 76.2-79.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,082 138 13.2 10.9-16.0 944 86.8 84.0-89.1
Non-Veteran 6,433 1,210 21.9 20.4-23.4 5,223 78.1 76.6-79.6

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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.

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