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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership***

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

Has the youngest child in your household had a sunburn within the past 12 months?
By sunburn, I mean reddening of the skin that lasted at least 12 hours

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,659 295 17.5 15.1-20.2 1,364 82.5 79.8-84.9
-Northeastern Partnership 88 14 13.1 7.3-22.4 74 86.9 77.6-92.7
GENDER
Male 23 4 9.8 3.2-26.1 19 90.2 73.9-96.8
Female 65 10 14.9 7.5-27.3 55 85.1 72.7-92.5
RACE
White 49 10 14.6 7.4-27.0 39 85.4 73.0-92.6
African American 27 3 14.6 4.2-39.7 24 85.4 60.3-95.8
Other Minorities 12 1 3.4 0.4-21.5 11 96.6 78.5-99.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 10 1 3.8 0.5-24.0 9 96.2 76.0-99.5
Non-Hispanic 78 13 14.4 7.9-24.8 65 85.6 75.2-92.1
AGE
18-24 6 1 14.9 1.9-61.5 5 85.1 38.5-98.1
25-34 28 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 27 98.6 90.8-99.8
35-44 33 6 18.9 8.2-37.6 27 81.1 62.4-91.8
45-54 16 5 26.7 10.5-53.1 11 73.3 46.9-89.5
55-64 2 1 28.7 2.5-86.6 1 71.3 13.4-97.5
65-74 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
75+ 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 13 1 7.0 1.0-36.9 12 93.0 63.1-99.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 27 2 3.4 0.8-13.2 25 96.6 86.8-99.2
Some Post-H.S. 22 4 18.0 5.5-45.4 18 82.0 54.6-94.5
College Graduate 26 7 22.7 10.3-42.7 19 77.3 57.3-89.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 11 1 8.8 1.2-43.4 10 91.2 56.6-98.8
$15,000- 24,999 18 2 6.2 1.5-22.6 16 93.8 77.4-98.5
$25,000- 34,999 9 0 0.0 . - . 9 100 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 16 3 7.6 2.0-25.4 13 92.4 74.6-98.0
$50,000-74,999 15 3 18.9 5.8-46.9 12 81.1 53.1-94.2
$75,000+ 16 4 22.6 8.4-48.1 12 77.4 51.9-91.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 21 4 20.9 6.9-48.5 17 79.1 51.5-93.1
No 65 9 10.7 5.3-20.4 56 89.3 79.6-94.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 8 2 19.7 3.7-60.9 6 80.3 39.1-96.3
Non-Veteran 80 12 12.4 6.6-22.2 68 87.6 77.8-93.4

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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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