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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 83 45 55.4 43.8-66.5 22 25.0 16.4-36.1 10 10.4 5.5-19.0 4 5.4 2.0-13.7 2 3.8 0.9-14.0
GENDER
Male 25 13 52.9 33.3-71.6 7 27.9 13.6-48.8 2 7.2 1.8-24.9 2 6.6 1.6-23.4 1 5.4 0.8-29.9
Female 58 32 57.2 43.4-70.0 15 22.9 13.7-35.6 8 12.7 6.2-24.3 2 4.5 1.1-16.9 1 2.6 0.4-16.3
RACE
White 71 38 54.1 41.6-66.2 22 29.3 19.3-41.7 8 11.0 5.4-20.9 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 2 4.4 1.1-16.2
Other 12 7 62.9 32.7-85.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.5 1.7-27.2 3 29.6 9.7-62.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 75 42 55.9 43.5-67.5 19 24.8 15.7-36.8 8 9.0 4.3-17.7 4 6.1 2.3-15.4 2 4.2 1.0-15.7
45+ 8 3 52.1 20.4-82.3 3 26.3 7.7-60.4 2 21.6 5.0-58.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 44 25 60.1 44.1-74.1 8 15.7 7.4-30.1 6 11.0 4.8-23.5 4 9.4 3.5-22.9 1 3.9 0.5-22.8
Some College + 39 20 49.1 32.8-65.6 14 37.6 22.9-55.0 4 9.7 3.5-24.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.6 0.5-21.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 48 26 55.0 39.4-69.8 10 19.5 9.8-35.0 7 12.1 5.5-24.5 3 6.8 2.1-19.5 2 6.6 1.6-23.2
$50,000+ 24 10 45.9 26.6-66.6 11 42.3 24.0-62.9 3 11.8 3.7-31.8 0 0.0 . - . 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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