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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 242 50 21.9 15.9-29.4 192 78.1 70.6-84.1
GENDER
Male 89 24 26.5 16.6-39.5 65 73.5 60.5-83.4
Female 153 26 17.4 11.5-25.6 127 82.6 74.4-88.5
RACE
White 168 47 31.1 22.6-41.1 121 68.9 58.9-77.4
Other 74 3 2.7 0.8- 8.9 71 97.3 91.1-99.2
AGE
18-44 65 16 25.1 14.5-39.9 49 74.9 60.1-85.5
45+ 176 34 19.4 13.7-26.8 142 80.6 73.2-86.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 24 21.3 13.3-32.3 119 78.7 67.7-86.7
Some College + 99 26 22.8 15.1-33.0 73 77.2 67.0-84.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 145 22 12.4 7.6-19.8 123 87.6 80.2-92.4
$50,000+ 63 22 37.2 25.4-50.7 41 62.8 49.3-74.6

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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.


*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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