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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Skin Cancer Prevention

When the youngest child in your household is outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour,
how often does s/he stay in an area protected by shade

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  Total
Respond.^
Always Nearly always Sometimes Seldom Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,807 2,000 52.1 50.2-54.1 831 22.8 21.2-24.5 568 14.1 12.8-15.5 135 3.9 3.2- 4.8 273 7.1 6.1- 8.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 76 35 49.7 37.6-61.8 18 21.1 12.9-32.5 15 18.1 10.8-28.7 3 2.9 0.9- 9.1 5 8.3 3.3-19.2
GENDER
Male 24 10 51.3 30.9-71.3 7 23.0 10.5-43.1 5 17.0 6.8-36.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.7 1.9-32.1
Female 52 25 48.6 34.4-63.0 11 19.8 10.3-34.7 10 18.7 9.9-32.5 3 4.9 1.5-14.7 3 8.0 2.6-22.3
RACE
White 69 33 51.5 38.8-64.1 16 20.8 12.4-32.8 14 18.4 10.8-29.8 3 3.2 1.0- 9.9 3 6.0 1.9-17.8
Other 7 2 30.4 6.5-73.4 2 23.8 4.3-68.5 1 14.3 1.9-59.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 31.5 7.2-73.2
AGE
18-44 68 32 50.8 38.0-63.6 16 20.8 12.3-33.0 14 19.4 11.4-30.9 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0 4 7.1 2.5-18.5
45+ 8 3 38.9 11.8-75.1 2 23.9 5.7-61.9 1 6.0 0.8-34.5 1 11.9 1.6-53.1 1 19.3 2.8-66.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 37 14 48.4 31.6-65.6 9 18.3 9.0-33.6 9 21.2 10.7-37.6 2 3.2 0.7-13.1 3 8.9 2.8-24.7
Some College + 39 21 51.2 34.7-67.4 9 24.4 12.3-42.6 6 14.4 6.3-29.6 1 2.5 0.4-16.0 2 7.5 1.6-28.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 48 20 48.1 33.0-63.6 11 19.4 10.0-34.2 11 21.1 11.5-35.4 2 2.7 0.6-10.9 4 8.7 3.2-21.8
$50,000+ 13 7 51.4 25.3-76.7 2 19.4 4.9-53.0 3 21.3 6.3-52.3 1 7.9 1.1-40.0 0 0.0 . - .

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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.

** 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: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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.

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