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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Skin Cancer Prevention

Earlier you said you had child/children under age 18. Are any of the child/children under age 13?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,065 3,859 76.7 75.2-78.2 1,206 23.3 21.8-24.8
-Gaston County 128 99 75.1 65.7-82.7 29 24.9 17.3-34.3
GENDER
Male 39 30 77.2 60.7-88.1 9 22.8 11.9-39.3
Female 89 69 73.9 61.8-83.2 20 26.1 16.8-38.2
RACE
White 102 78 74.1 63.3-82.6 24 25.9 17.4-36.7
Other 26 21 78.8 56.3-91.4 5 21.2 8.6-43.7
AGE
18-44 101 81 77.7 66.9-85.7 20 22.3 14.3-33.1
45+ 27 18 65.7 44.4-82.1 9 34.3 17.9-55.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 42 70.0 54.7-81.8 15 30.0 18.2-45.3
Some College + 71 57 79.5 67.4-87.9 14 20.5 12.1-32.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 66 56 82.7 68.8-91.2 10 17.3 8.8-31.2
$50,000+ 43 34 79.8 64.6-89.6 9 20.2 10.4-35.4

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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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