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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 91 43 45.3 34.2-56.9 24 25.6 17.2-36.3 11 12.6 6.4-23.3 2 2.7 0.7-10.4 11 13.7 6.7-26.1
GENDER
Male 31 13 40.2 23.8-59.2 9 24.8 12.7-42.8 5 14.7 6.1-31.3 1 2.9 0.4-18.1 3 17.3 5.6-42.5
Female 60 30 49.5 35.6-63.5 15 26.2 15.8-40.1 6 10.9 3.7-27.9 1 2.6 0.4-16.4 8 10.8 4.9-21.8
RACE
White 55 31 56.2 42.1-69.4 16 31.0 19.5-45.5 5 8.7 3.5-20.3 1 2.2 0.3-14.3 2 1.8 0.4- 7.2
Other 36 12 30.1 15.9-49.3 8 18.0 8.5-34.2 6 18.1 7.0-39.4 1 3.4 0.5-21.0 9 30.4 14.7-52.5
AGE
18-44 77 36 47.6 35.6-59.9 22 28.9 19.3-40.9 10 13.8 6.8-26.0 2 3.3 0.8-12.4 7 6.4 2.8-14.2
45+ 14 7 34.7 13.9-63.6 2 10.2 2.0-38.5 1 7.4 1.0-38.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 47.7 19.8-77.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 50 20 38.2 24.4-54.2 12 20.9 11.5-35.1 7 14.6 6.1-31.2 2 4.7 1.2-17.0 9 21.6 10.2-40.0
Some College + 41 23 55.4 39.1-70.6 12 32.2 19.0-49.1 4 9.8 3.6-24.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.6 0.6-10.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 50 25 45.7 30.5-61.8 9 19.9 10.1-35.6 6 9.7 4.0-21.6 2 5.3 1.3-18.9 8 19.3 8.1-39.5
$50,000+ 22 12 55.8 34.2-75.3 7 31.1 15.0-53.4 1 5.2 0.7-29.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.9 1.8-29.0

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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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