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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Skin Cancer Prevention

When the youngest child in your household is oudoors during the summer for at least half an hour,
how often do you stay in the 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 3,735 591 15.4 14.1-16.9 768 21.3 19.7-23.1 1,575 42.3 40.4-44.3 503 13.0 11.8-14.4 298 7.9 6.9- 9.0
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 111 11 7.0 3.7-12.8 26 27.8 19.2-38.4 48 41.3 31.7-51.5 18 16.7 10.5-25.6 8 7.3 3.5-14.4
GENDER
Male 37 4 8.5 3.1-21.0 12 37.3 22.2-55.3 14 33.2 20.0-49.7 5 15.1 6.4-31.7 2 5.9 1.5-21.1
Female 74 7 5.8 2.6-12.4 14 20.6 12.2-32.7 34 47.4 35.1-60.0 13 17.9 10.4-29.2 6 8.3 3.6-17.9
RACE
White 63 5 6.2 2.4-15.2 15 28.2 17.4-42.3 26 37.9 26.3-51.2 12 19.1 10.7-31.8 5 8.5 3.4-19.6
Other 48 6 7.9 3.3-17.7 11 27.2 14.9-44.5 22 45.4 30.5-61.2 6 13.7 6.1-28.1 3 5.7 1.7-17.8
AGE
18-44 86 7 6.0 2.8-12.7 19 24.8 15.9-36.5 39 45.1 34.0-56.6 15 17.4 10.4-27.9 6 6.6 2.9-14.5
45+ 24 3 8.0 2.1-26.2 7 39.4 19.6-63.4 9 28.3 13.9-49.1 3 14.4 4.7-36.8 2 9.9 2.3-34.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 7 8.4 3.8-17.7 14 27.9 16.5-43.0 25 38.0 26.0-51.7 10 16.1 8.5-28.5 6 9.5 4.1-20.6
Some College + 49 4 4.9 1.7-13.2 12 27.6 16.1-43.2 23 45.7 31.2-60.9 8 17.5 8.6-32.3 2 4.2 1.0-16.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 62 8 10.2 4.8-20.2 12 22.5 12.5-37.0 25 38.8 26.6-52.5 13 22.9 13.3-36.3 4 5.8 2.0-15.3
$50,000+ 29 1 2.3 0.3-14.7 7 25.8 12.5-45.9 14 46.6 28.6-65.4 3 10.8 3.3-29.8 4 14.6 5.4-33.9

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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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