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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 4,211 282 7.3 6.2- 8.5 3,929 92.7 91.5-93.8
GENDER
Male 1,577 39 3.2 2.1- 4.9 1,538 96.8 95.1-97.9
Female 2,634 243 11.3 9.6-13.2 2,391 88.7 86.8-90.4
RACE
White 3,278 269 9.4 8.1-11.0 3,009 90.6 89.0-91.9
African American 627 4 0.8 0.2- 2.6 623 99.2 97.4-99.8
Other Minorities 292 7 3.3 1.3- 7.9 285 96.7 92.1-98.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 242 9 3.7 1.4- 9.0 233 96.3 91.0-98.6
Non-Hispanic 3,958 272 7.7 6.6- 9.0 3,686 92.3 91.0-93.4
AGE
18-24 130 25 17.2 11.2-25.5 105 82.8 74.5-88.8
25-34 496 55 7.2 5.3- 9.7 441 92.8 90.3-94.7
35-44 778 81 8.2 6.4-10.6 697 91.8 89.4-93.6
45-54 824 75 8.8 6.7-11.5 749 91.2 88.5-93.3
55-64 825 33 2.9 2.0- 4.2 792 97.1 95.8-98.0
65-74 655 8 0.9 0.4- 1.8 647 99.1 98.2-99.6
75+ 471 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 469 99.7 98.6-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 589 34 4.9 3.0- 8.0 555 95.1 92.0-97.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,185 102 8.7 6.6-11.2 1,083 91.3 88.8-93.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,052 84 10.0 7.6-13.2 968 90.0 86.8-92.4
College Graduate 1,375 62 5.2 3.8- 6.9 1,313 94.8 93.1-96.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 404 15 4.7 2.0-10.5 389 95.3 89.5-98.0
$15,000- 24,999 661 35 3.6 2.4- 5.3 626 96.4 94.7-97.6
$25,000- 34,999 462 29 5.5 3.4- 8.7 433 94.5 91.3-96.6
$35,000- 49,999 549 39 8.8 5.8-13.0 510 91.2 87.0-94.2
$50,000-74,999 554 46 7.6 5.3-10.9 508 92.4 89.1-94.7
$75,000+ 979 85 10.3 7.9-13.3 894 89.7 86.7-92.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,431 67 5.7 4.1- 7.9 1,364 94.3 92.1-95.9
No 2,739 212 8.0 6.7- 9.5 2,527 92.0 90.5-93.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 559 5 1.0 0.3- 2.6 554 99.0 97.4-99.7
Non-Veteran 3,652 277 8.1 7.0- 9.5 3,375 91.9 90.5-93.0

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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, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, 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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