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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership***

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
-Northeastern Partnership 508 22 4.1 2.6- 6.5 486 95.9 93.5-97.4
GENDER
Male 185 4 2.5 0.9- 6.8 181 97.5 93.2-99.1
Female 323 18 5.6 3.4- 9.1 305 94.4 90.9-96.6
RACE
White 333 21 5.9 3.7- 9.5 312 94.1 90.5-96.3
African American 147 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 146 98.9 92.4-99.8
Other Minorities 27 0 0.0 . - . 27 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 0 0.0 . - . 17 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 489 22 4.4 2.7- 6.9 467 95.6 93.1-97.3
AGE
18-24 16 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
25-34 42 2 3.2 0.8-12.0 40 96.8 88.0-99.2
35-44 72 7 7.9 3.5-17.1 65 92.1 82.9-96.5
45-54 111 8 8.1 3.8-16.2 103 91.9 83.8-96.2
55-64 101 5 4.0 1.6-10.0 96 96.0 90.0-98.4
65-74 98 0 0.0 . - . 98 100 . - .
75+ 65 0 0.0 . - . 65 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 122 0 0.0 . - . 122 100 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 173 7 4.5 2.1- 9.4 166 95.5 90.6-97.9
Some Post-H.S. 109 9 6.9 3.2-14.2 100 93.1 85.8-96.8
College Graduate 104 6 5.6 2.3-13.3 98 94.4 86.7-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 77 0 0.0 . - . 77 100 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 100 2 2.3 0.5-10.4 98 97.7 89.6-99.5
$25,000- 34,999 66 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 65 98.5 89.9-99.8
$35,000- 49,999 67 7 6.1 2.4-14.8 60 93.9 85.2-97.6
$50,000-74,999 65 6 9.3 4.0-20.2 59 90.7 79.8-96.0
$75,000+ 55 5 10.0 4.1-22.7 50 90.0 77.3-95.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 218 5 2.9 1.2- 7.1 213 97.1 92.9-98.8
No 284 17 4.9 2.9- 8.4 267 95.1 91.6-97.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 62 2 5.0 1.2-18.7 60 95.0 81.3-98.8
Non-Veteran 446 20 4.0 2.4- 6.4 426 96.0 93.6-97.6

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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.

**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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