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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Skin Cancer Prevention

When the youngest child in your household is oudoors 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 3,735 591 15.4 14.1-16.9 768 21.3 19.7-23.1 1,575 42.3 40.4-44.3 503 13.0 11.8-14.4 298 7.9 6.9- 9.0
-Mountain AHEC 199 19 9.7 5.9-15.5 34 17.5 11.9-25.0 96 48.0 39.7-56.5 28 15.6 10.2-23.1 22 9.2 5.3-15.5
GENDER
Male 61 4 6.7 2.4-17.1 12 20.0 10.7-34.1 34 51.5 37.2-65.5 6 11.5 4.8-25.3 5 10.3 3.9-24.7
Female 138 15 11.9 6.8-20.0 22 15.8 9.7-24.6 62 45.6 35.6-55.9 22 18.4 11.4-28.4 17 8.3 4.5-14.8
RACE
White 159 16 10.0 5.9-16.5 24 16.1 10.4-24.1 80 49.7 40.6-58.8 23 14.4 8.9-22.4 16 9.8 5.4-17.0
African American 13 0 0.0 . - . 2 16.8 3.9-49.8 6 50.4 20.4-80.2 3 25.4 6.8-61.6 2 7.4 1.4-30.9
Other Minorities 2 1 65.3 10.5-96.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 34.7 3.2-89.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 18 3 13.2 3.9-36.7 5 31.7 12.8-59.4 8 35.3 15.8-61.2 1 13.2 2.0-53.8 1 6.6 0.9-35.2
25-34 79 6 6.8 2.8-15.4 15 20.4 11.2-34.2 32 41.4 28.3-55.8 14 18.2 9.6-31.8 12 13.2 6.0-26.4
35-44 72 8 14.9 7.4-27.6 9 8.4 3.8-17.7 40 59.4 45.9-71.7 9 14.1 6.8-27.1 6 3.1 1.2- 8.0
45-54 22 2 1.8 0.3- 9.7 4 22.2 7.5-50.2 11 42.1 19.9-68.1 2 11.1 2.5-37.3 3 22.7 7.1-53.2
55-64 5 0 0.0 . - . 1 39.3 6.1-86.5 2 30.9 4.5-81.0 2 29.8 5.4-76.0 0 0.0 . - .
65-74 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 23 1 2.8 0.4-18.0 7 34.8 15.8-60.2 11 38.5 17.7-64.4 1 9.2 1.3-43.4 3 14.8 4.5-39.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 63 7 11.2 4.8-24.0 8 14.2 6.3-29.0 30 42.0 28.0-57.4 12 21.9 11.5-37.9 6 10.7 3.7-27.4
Some Post-H.S. 59 5 6.2 2.3-16.1 13 21.0 11.1-36.1 24 50.1 35.3-64.9 10 16.6 8.1-30.9 7 6.1 2.3-15.1
College Graduate 53 6 16.1 7.2-32.2 6 8.5 3.3-20.5 30 58.2 42.2-72.6 5 8.8 2.9-24.0 6 8.4 2.8-22.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 21 2 5.4 1.2-21.6 5 28.2 9.9-58.4 10 47.4 21.4-74.8 3 18.9 4.9-51.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
$15,000- 24,999 40 3 12.2 3.7-33.4 8 15.3 6.0-33.8 18 46.8 28.4-66.0 7 18.3 8.2-35.7 4 7.5 2.2-22.5
$25,000- 34,999 30 2 2.2 0.3-12.5 7 24.9 10.3-49.1 12 36.5 18.6-59.0 5 25.5 10.3-50.5 4 11.0 3.1-32.2
$35,000- 49,999 34 3 10.5 3.2-29.3 4 16.2 5.6-38.5 20 62.6 42.6-79.0 3 5.5 1.5-18.5 4 5.2 1.6-15.4
$50,000-74,999 31 3 8.8 2.5-26.8 2 7.0 1.7-24.5 18 57.0 37.0-75.0 4 14.6 4.8-37.0 4 12.6 3.9-33.6
$75,000+ 20 3 15.4 4.8-39.5 1 6.9 1.0-35.9 10 52.3 28.3-75.2 4 19.0 4.9-51.7 2 6.5 1.5-23.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 44 4 7.2 2.4-19.8 7 22.1 10.4-40.9 22 48.4 31.5-65.8 5 11.3 4.4-25.9 6 11.0 3.4-30.6
No 155 15 10.2 5.9-17.0 27 16.6 10.7-25.1 74 48.0 38.6-57.5 23 16.4 10.3-25.1 16 8.8 4.7-15.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 14 1 11.7 1.6-51.2 0 0.0 . - . 7 30.5 12.0-58.4 5 46.1 19.4-75.3 1 11.7 1.6-51.2
Non-Veteran 183 18 9.6 5.8-15.5 34 19.3 13.2-27.3 87 49.3 40.5-58.2 23 12.8 7.9-20.1 21 9.0 5.0-15.5
Currently Serving 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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