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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 94 44 44.7 33.9-56.0 26 29.4 20.1-40.8 13 13.2 7.3-22.6 3 2.4 0.6- 8.7 8 10.3 5.0-20.2
GENDER
Male 33 14 41.4 25.5-59.3 10 31.4 17.5-49.6 5 15.2 6.1-32.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 12.1 4.4-28.9
Female 61 30 47.5 33.6-61.8 16 27.8 16.5-42.7 8 11.5 5.5-22.6 3 4.4 1.1-15.5 4 8.9 3.0-23.6
RACE
White 56 24 40.3 27.3-54.9 23 43.4 29.9-57.9 7 13.3 6.0-26.8 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 1 1.5 0.2-10.0
Other 37 19 49.5 31.9-67.2 3 11.3 3.2-32.8 6 13.3 5.4-29.1 2 3.6 0.6-19.0 7 22.4 10.5-41.6
AGE
18-44 76 36 46.2 34.2-58.7 23 31.0 20.8-43.4 9 9.6 4.6-19.0 2 2.0 0.3-11.0 6 11.2 4.9-23.6
45+ 18 8 39.6 18.7-65.2 3 24.1 7.6-55.1 4 25.2 9.5-52.1 1 3.8 0.5-22.9 2 7.3 1.7-26.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 13 40.1 22.5-60.7 7 30.3 14.4-53.0 7 24.5 11.0-45.9 2 3.0 0.5-15.2 1 2.1 0.3-13.6
Some College + 64 31 47.0 34.0-60.3 19 29.0 18.6-42.2 6 7.5 3.3-16.3 1 2.1 0.3-13.3 7 14.5 6.8-28.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 33 18 47.4 29.0-66.6 7 27.5 12.9-49.1 3 8.9 2.4-27.6 1 3.8 0.5-22.9 4 12.4 4.3-31.1
$50,000+ 47 21 43.3 29.0-58.8 14 28.6 16.8-44.1 7 15.4 7.1-30.0 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 4 11.1 4.1-27.0

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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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