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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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
-Gaston County 99 51 46.2 35.8-56.9 21 24.6 16.1-35.7 15 17.3 10.1-28.1 7 6.8 3.0-14.6 5 5.1 2.0-12.2
GENDER
Male 30 15 49.2 31.5-67.1 6 23.3 10.7-43.6 5 17.0 7.0-35.7 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8 3 9.0 2.9-24.7
Female 69 36 44.3 32.0-57.3 15 25.4 15.3-39.2 10 17.5 8.7-32.2 6 10.1 4.3-22.1 2 2.7 0.6-11.9
RACE
White 78 42 48.1 36.2-60.2 18 28.5 18.3-41.6 11 16.7 8.8-29.4 5 4.7 1.9-11.6 2 2.0 0.4- 8.7
Other 21 9 39.9 20.8-62.6 3 11.7 3.5-32.2 4 19.3 6.6-44.9 2 13.5 3.4-41.1 3 15.6 5.1-39.0
AGE
18-44 81 42 47.5 35.9-59.4 17 22.7 14.0-34.7 12 17.4 9.4-29.8 6 7.6 3.2-17.1 4 4.8 1.7-12.9
45+ 18 9 40.5 20.1-64.8 4 33.0 13.3-61.3 3 17.1 5.0-44.9 1 3.0 0.4-19.3 1 6.4 0.9-34.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 19 38.9 24.6-55.4 8 22.4 11.4-39.2 8 23.2 11.4-41.5 2 3.6 0.9-13.4 5 11.9 4.8-26.7
Some College + 57 32 51.6 37.4-65.6 13 26.3 15.1-41.8 7 12.9 5.5-27.4 5 9.1 3.5-22.0 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 56 26 42.3 29.1-56.7 11 21.5 11.6-36.2 11 24.8 13.5-41.1 5 6.6 2.6-15.8 3 4.9 1.4-15.3
$50,000+ 34 19 51.5 34.0-68.6 9 31.4 16.7-50.9 3 7.4 2.3-21.1 1 3.2 0.4-19.7 2 6.5 1.6-22.7

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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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