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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Skin Cancer Prevention

In the past 12 months, have you tried to get a tan from the sun?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,292 2,624 21.6 20.6-22.8 12,668 78.4 77.2-79.4
-New Hanover County 364 99 35.3 28.2-43.2 265 64.7 56.8-71.8
GENDER
Male 142 41 37.0 25.7-50.1 101 63.0 49.9-74.3
Female 222 58 33.6 25.9-42.2 164 66.4 57.8-74.1
RACE
White 315 96 40.5 33.0-48.5 219 59.5 51.5-67.0
Other 47 3 12.4 2.3-45.9 44 87.6 54.1-97.7
AGE
18-44 78 33 43.6 30.7-57.5 45 56.4 42.5-69.3
45+ 284 66 30.2 22.1-39.8 218 69.8 60.2-77.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 100 23 31.0 18.4-47.2 77 69.0 52.8-81.6
Some College + 263 76 37.0 28.8-46.1 187 63.0 53.9-71.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 32 28.4 18.5-40.8 128 71.6 59.2-81.5
$50,000+ 157 59 40.0 31.4-49.2 98 60.0 50.8-68.6

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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