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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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

Have you had a sunburn within the past 12 months?
- include anytime that even a small part of your skin was red for more than 12 hours?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,506 1,732 29.1 27.5-30.7 5,774 70.9 69.3-72.5
-Northeast Partnership I 197 32 19.3 13.2-27.3 165 80.7 72.7-86.8
GENDER
Male 76 17 22.1 12.7-35.7 59 77.9 64.3-87.3
Female 121 15 16.2 9.7-25.8 106 83.8 74.2-90.3
RACE
White 104 27 36.3 25.6-48.6 77 63.7 51.4-74.4
Other 92 5 5.7 2.2-13.8 87 94.3 86.2-97.8
AGE
18-44 49 12 20.5 10.8-35.5 37 79.5 64.5-89.2
45+ 146 20 18.7 11.6-28.7 126 81.3 71.3-88.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 11 10.6 5.1-20.7 104 89.4 79.3-94.9
Some College + 82 21 33.8 22.7-46.9 61 66.2 53.1-77.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 13 15.5 8.4-26.9 108 84.5 73.1-91.6
$50,000+ 38 15 42.7 26.8-60.3 23 57.3 39.7-73.2

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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.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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