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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,707 1,261 26.5 24.8-28.3 4,446 73.5 71.7-75.2
GENDER
Male 2,118 383 20.5 18.2-23.0 1,735 79.5 77.0-81.8
Female 3,589 878 31.8 29.5-34.2 2,711 68.2 65.8-70.5
AGE
18-24 145 72 42.9 33.4-52.8 73 57.1 47.2-66.6
25-34 502 204 36.9 31.9-42.2 298 63.1 57.8-68.1
35-44 948 366 36.4 32.8-40.2 582 63.6 59.8-67.2
45-54 1,138 327 28.2 25.1-31.5 811 71.8 68.5-74.9
55-64 1,206 173 14.8 12.4-17.6 1,033 85.2 82.4-87.6
65-74 981 79 8.2 6.4-10.4 902 91.8 89.6-93.6
75+ 755 33 4.2 2.9- 6.1 722 95.8 93.9-97.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 667 73 17.6 12.7-23.8 594 82.4 76.2-87.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,633 328 23.1 20.1-26.4 1,305 76.9 73.6-79.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,475 356 29.7 26.0-33.5 1,119 70.3 66.5-74.0
College Graduate 1,920 503 29.5 26.9-32.3 1,417 70.5 67.7-73.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 506 50 16.9 11.2-24.7 456 83.1 75.3-88.8
$15,000- 24,999 770 95 14.0 10.8-18.0 675 86.0 82.0-89.2
$25,000- 34,999 679 151 26.2 21.7-31.4 528 73.8 68.6-78.3
$35,000- 49,999 813 191 24.6 20.6-29.1 622 75.4 70.9-79.4
$50,000-74,999 843 237 30.2 26.2-34.6 606 69.8 65.4-73.8
$75,000+ 1,282 400 33.5 30.2-36.9 882 66.5 63.1-69.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,107 325 22.2 19.3-25.2 1,782 77.8 74.8-80.7
No 3,556 927 28.5 26.4-30.7 2,629 71.5 69.3-73.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 903 134 16.2 13.3-19.5 769 83.8 80.5-86.7
Non-Veteran 4,803 1,127 28.3 26.4-30.3 3,676 71.7 69.7-73.6

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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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