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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 127 72 53.4 43.9-62.8 23 22.4 15.1-31.9 14 10.6 6.0-18.0 5 3.7 1.5- 8.8 13 9.8 5.5-16.7
GENDER
Male 39 19 48.4 32.5-64.6 11 31.1 17.8-48.6 6 13.4 5.6-28.9 1 2.1 0.3-13.5 2 5.0 1.2-18.1
Female 88 53 56.7 45.1-67.6 12 16.9 9.6-27.8 8 8.8 4.2-17.4 4 4.8 1.8-12.2 11 12.9 6.9-22.7
RACE
White 78 51 61.8 49.5-72.9 14 22.3 13.5-34.5 6 6.6 2.9-14.2 3 3.6 1.1-10.8 4 5.7 2.0-15.0
Other 48 20 41.2 27.5-56.3 9 22.7 11.9-39.1 8 16.5 7.8-31.5 2 3.9 1.0-14.4 9 15.7 7.9-28.9
AGE
18-44 109 61 52.9 42.6-63.1 18 20.8 13.3-31.1 14 12.4 7.1-20.8 4 3.4 1.3- 8.8 12 10.4 5.7-18.2
45+ 18 11 56.4 32.5-77.7 5 31.9 13.8-57.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.7 0.8-31.2 1 6.0 0.8-32.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 66 36 52.7 39.6-65.5 13 23.3 13.6-36.9 6 7.6 3.0-18.1 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 10 15.0 8.0-26.2
Some College + 61 36 54.4 40.7-67.4 10 21.3 11.8-35.4 8 14.6 7.2-27.2 4 6.8 2.5-17.0 3 2.9 0.8-10.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 47 59.0 46.8-70.1 11 14.6 8.0-25.1 9 11.7 5.7-22.6 2 2.2 0.5- 8.6 10 12.5 6.5-22.7
$50,000+ 35 18 44.6 28.3-62.2 10 37.4 21.7-56.3 3 7.1 2.2-20.3 3 8.2 2.6-22.9 1 2.6 0.4-16.4

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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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