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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne Counties

Skin Cancer Prevention

When you are outdoors 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 14,297 2,482 15.8 15.1-16.5 3,766 25.4 24.5-26.3 5,450 39.9 38.8-40.9 1,534 11.3 10.7-12.0 1,065 7.6 7.1- 8.2
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 444 80 16.5 12.9-20.8 122 30.5 25.5-35.9 157 36.3 31.2-41.7 53 11.6 8.5-15.5 32 5.2 3.5- 7.6
GENDER
Male 159 18 11.2 6.7-17.9 40 30.2 22.3-39.5 66 39.8 31.6-48.6 26 14.5 9.5-21.6 9 4.3 2.1- 8.5
Female 285 62 21.4 16.3-27.4 82 30.7 24.9-37.2 91 33.1 27.1-39.7 27 8.9 5.8-13.4 23 6.0 3.8- 9.2
RACE
White 295 38 10.8 7.6-15.3 71 26.7 21.2-33.1 117 40.7 34.4-47.3 45 15.6 11.2-21.2 24 6.2 3.9- 9.5
Other 146 41 26.5 19.0-35.7 51 37.7 28.5-47.8 38 27.7 19.9-37.3 8 4.6 2.2- 9.6 8 3.5 1.6- 7.4
AGE
18-44 194 25 13.4 8.7-20.2 51 30.2 22.9-38.8 78 38.6 31.1-46.6 28 13.0 8.5-19.4 12 4.8 2.6- 8.7
45+ 250 55 19.4 14.5-25.5 71 30.7 24.4-37.9 79 34.1 27.5-41.4 25 10.2 6.5-15.6 20 5.5 3.3- 9.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 262 59 19.6 14.7-25.5 73 31.6 25.0-39.1 87 33.2 26.8-40.3 23 9.8 6.2-15.3 20 5.8 3.6- 9.2
Some College + 181 21 11.4 6.9-18.2 48 28.3 21.4-36.3 70 41.6 33.8-49.9 30 14.6 9.9-21.0 12 4.2 2.1- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 270 50 17.6 12.9-23.5 77 30.7 24.5-37.7 95 35.9 29.4-42.9 27 10.0 6.5-15.2 21 5.8 3.6- 9.2
$50,000+ 86 7 6.4 2.8-13.6 17 19.7 12.1-30.4 38 46.2 35.1-57.7 18 21.7 13.4-33.1 6 6.1 2.6-13.8

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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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