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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 152 31 18.0 11.2-27.5 121 82.0 72.5-88.8
GENDER
Male 46 11 24.8 12.0-44.5 35 75.2 55.5-88.0
Female 106 20 13.2 7.9-21.0 86 86.8 79.0-92.1
RACE
White 125 29 19.8 12.1-30.6 96 80.2 69.4-87.9
African American 7 1 7.8 1.0-42.2 6 92.2 57.8-99.0
Other Minorities 19 1 10.4 1.5-47.1 18 89.6 52.9-98.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 12 1 14.8 2.2-58.0 11 85.2 42.0-97.8
Non-Hispanic 140 30 18.3 11.3-28.4 110 81.7 71.6-88.7
AGE
18-24 8 0 0.0 . - . 8 100 . - .
25-34 44 5 19.8 7.4-43.2 39 80.2 56.8-92.6
35-44 72 15 17.7 10.2-28.9 57 82.3 71.1-89.8
45-54 14 8 45.1 20.0-72.9 6 54.9 27.1-80.0
55-64 13 3 17.0 4.3-48.4 10 83.0 51.6-95.7
65-74 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 18 4 29.7 9.7-62.3 14 70.3 37.7-90.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 42 5 15.0 4.7-38.9 37 85.0 61.1-95.3
Some Post-H.S. 41 12 17.0 8.6-30.7 29 83.0 69.3-91.4
College Graduate 51 10 16.6 8.3-30.4 41 83.4 69.6-91.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 17 3 24.4 6.2-61.3 14 75.6 38.7-93.8
$15,000- 24,999 29 5 20.6 6.2-50.4 24 79.4 49.6-93.8
$25,000- 34,999 18 2 17.1 3.8-52.0 16 82.9 48.0-96.2
$35,000- 49,999 28 6 11.6 4.4-27.0 22 88.4 73.0-95.6
$50,000-74,999 24 6 14.7 5.3-34.8 18 85.3 65.2-94.7
$75,000+ 25 8 24.6 11.4-45.2 17 75.4 54.8-88.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 33 8 22.8 10.9-41.7 25 77.2 58.3-89.1
No 117 23 17.1 9.5-28.6 94 82.9 71.4-90.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
Non-Veteran 149 31 18.2 11.4-27.9 118 81.8 72.1-88.6

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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, 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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