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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 90 52 55.4 44.1-66.2 11 14.6 7.9-25.4 19 21.5 13.7-32.0 3 3.8 1.2-11.4 5 4.7 1.8-11.9
GENDER
Male 29 17 55.1 36.0-72.8 4 18.4 7.1-39.9 5 16.3 6.5-35.2 2 6.8 1.7-23.7 1 3.3 0.5-20.4
Female 61 35 55.7 42.2-68.3 7 11.8 5.4-23.7 14 25.2 15.2-38.8 1 1.7 0.2-10.8 4 5.7 1.9-16.0
RACE
White 65 42 63.8 50.5-75.3 9 15.3 7.7-28.2 10 14.8 7.9-26.0 2 3.4 0.8-12.7 2 2.7 0.6-11.6
Other 25 10 35.3 18.5-56.8 2 12.7 3.2-39.0 9 37.3 19.6-59.2 1 5.0 0.7-28.0 3 9.7 2.8-28.9
AGE
18-44 72 43 58.3 45.6-70.0 9 13.2 6.6-24.7 14 19.5 11.4-31.3 2 3.6 0.9-13.4 4 5.4 1.9-14.5
45+ 18 9 44.8 23.4-68.3 2 19.5 5.2-51.5 5 28.8 12.1-54.3 1 4.5 0.6-26.5 1 2.4 0.3-16.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 26 58.9 42.3-73.7 4 10.5 3.6-27.1 11 28.9 16.3-46.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.6 0.2-10.8
Some College + 47 25 51.7 36.5-66.7 7 18.5 8.7-35.0 8 14.7 7.3-27.5 3 7.4 2.4-20.9 4 7.7 2.6-20.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 56 31 51.1 37.1-64.9 7 15.0 6.8-29.7 13 26.8 15.9-41.6 1 1.6 0.2-10.5 4 5.5 1.8-15.6
$50,000+ 21 13 60.9 38.2-79.6 2 9.6 2.3-32.2 3 12.4 3.9-32.8 2 11.5 2.9-36.0 1 5.6 0.8-30.9

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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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