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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 111 56 52.7 42.3-62.8 29 25.4 17.4-35.6 15 13.5 8.1-21.8 5 3.5 1.3- 9.2 6 4.8 2.0-11.1
GENDER
Male 45 20 50.1 34.9-65.3 13 27.6 15.9-43.3 8 14.9 7.3-27.9 3 5.3 1.6-16.0 1 2.1 0.3-13.5
Female 66 36 55.7 42.3-68.3 16 22.9 13.6-35.9 7 11.9 5.5-24.0 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8 5 8.1 3.1-19.3
RACE
White 91 50 57.7 46.3-68.3 25 25.4 16.8-36.4 11 12.6 7.0-21.7 3 2.5 0.7- 8.4 2 1.8 0.4- 8.2
Other 20 6 29.5 11.5-57.3 4 25.5 9.0-54.2 4 17.8 5.8-43.1 2 8.2 1.6-33.4 4 18.9 6.6-43.6
AGE
18-44 100 51 52.4 41.5-63.1 27 26.9 18.2-37.7 13 13.1 7.5-21.9 4 2.7 0.9- 7.9 5 5.0 2.0-12.1
45+ 11 5 54.8 23.5-82.6 2 14.2 2.7-49.3 2 17.0 3.9-50.7 1 10.4 1.4-48.5 1 3.7 0.5-23.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 50 26 56.7 41.3-71.0 13 26.0 14.6-42.1 5 7.2 2.8-17.5 1 2.4 0.3-15.3 5 7.6 2.9-18.5
Some College + 60 29 48.0 34.2-62.0 16 25.2 15.1-38.9 10 19.8 10.8-33.6 4 4.7 1.5-13.6 1 2.3 0.3-14.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 61 32 52.6 38.9-66.0 16 27.5 16.6-41.9 9 13.5 6.8-25.2 1 2.1 0.3-13.3 3 4.3 1.2-13.9
$50,000+ 34 14 44.2 26.6-63.4 11 29.2 15.7-47.8 5 16.1 6.7-34.0 3 6.8 1.9-21.1 1 3.7 0.5-22.0

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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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