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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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

In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan using a tanning lamp or tanning machine,
whether it was at a tanning salon, at your home, or elsewhere?n 12 hours?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,522 470 6.8 6.1- 7.7 7,052 93.2 92.3-93.9
-Northeast Partnership II 242 12 4.8 2.6- 8.7 230 95.2 91.3-97.4
GENDER
Male 89 4 4.8 1.7-12.5 85 95.2 87.5-98.3
Female 153 8 4.7 2.3- 9.6 145 95.3 90.4-97.7
RACE
White 168 11 6.2 3.2-11.6 157 93.8 88.4-96.8
Other 74 1 1.9 0.3-12.0 73 98.1 88.0-99.7
AGE
18-44 65 4 3.5 1.2- 9.7 61 96.5 90.3-98.8
45+ 176 8 5.8 2.7-12.0 168 94.2 88.0-97.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 6 4.7 2.1-10.4 137 95.3 89.6-97.9
Some College + 99 6 4.9 1.9-11.9 93 95.1 88.1-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 145 6 3.9 1.6- 9.2 139 96.1 90.8-98.4
$50,000+ 63 5 8.1 3.2-19.2 58 91.9 80.8-96.8

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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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