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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Skin Cancer Prevention

When you're outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour,
how often do you protect your skin from the sun,
such as by using sunscreens or sunblock or wearing hats or protective clothing?
Would you say:

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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 14,466 4,658 30.5 29.6-31.5 2,945 20.3 19.5-21.1 3,014 21.6 20.7-22.5 1,150 8.8 8.1- 9.4 2,699 18.9 18.0-19.7
-Mountain AHEC 910 301 31.2 27.6-34.9 180 19.0 16.1-22.3 189 22.1 18.9-25.6 81 8.8 6.7-11.5 159 18.9 15.8-22.6
GENDER
Male 326 101 30.0 24.5-36.2 55 14.0 10.4-18.6 65 21.6 16.7-27.4 32 9.1 5.8-13.9 73 25.3 19.7-31.8
Female 584 200 32.2 27.8-36.9 125 23.3 19.2-28.0 124 22.6 18.6-27.1 49 8.5 6.2-11.7 86 13.5 10.4-17.2
RACE
White 777 260 31.8 28.0-35.9 160 19.3 16.3-22.8 159 22.1 18.7-25.9 71 8.2 6.2-10.7 127 18.6 15.3-22.4
African American 50 14 26.8 15.1-43.1 4 13.1 4.9-30.7 12 20.5 10.9-35.3 4 10.8 3.2-31.0 16 28.8 16.3-45.6
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 2 55.3 10.0-93.2 1 44.7 6.8-90.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 47 9 18.0 8.5-34.0 6 13.9 5.7-30.0 15 32.3 18.9-49.3 10 22.7 11.2-40.7 7 13.2 5.8-27.2
25-34 123 26 17.2 10.7-26.4 24 14.1 8.6-22.3 35 26.3 17.8-36.9 17 15.9 8.6-27.6 21 26.5 16.1-40.4
35-44 150 38 28.4 20.4-38.1 33 21.6 14.5-30.8 34 22.7 16.0-31.2 18 9.2 5.4-15.2 27 18.1 11.8-26.9
45-54 173 56 33.5 25.2-43.1 41 23.2 16.5-31.5 37 23.3 16.2-32.3 14 6.1 3.4-10.7 25 13.9 8.5-21.8
55-64 154 52 29.1 21.7-37.8 36 23.3 16.2-32.2 25 19.8 12.7-29.5 13 6.7 3.6-12.2 28 21.2 13.8-31.1
65-74 141 65 45.2 35.6-55.2 22 15.9 9.7-24.9 22 15.9 9.9-24.6 4 3.3 1.1- 9.8 28 19.7 12.9-28.9
75+ 117 53 42.6 32.0-53.8 18 16.3 9.5-26.7 18 16.6 9.9-26.6 5 5.7 1.8-16.6 23 18.8 11.8-28.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 129 50 31.6 22.7-42.1 17 10.6 5.8-18.4 18 18.4 11.1-29.0 13 13.3 6.6-25.0 31 26.1 16.7-38.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 255 71 25.3 19.3-32.3 43 16.5 11.6-23.0 61 26.3 20.0-33.8 20 7.4 4.3-12.5 60 24.4 18.3-31.8
Some Post-H.S. 247 84 35.4 28.6-43.0 52 19.6 14.3-26.4 48 18.6 13.4-25.1 21 8.1 4.9-13.1 42 18.3 13.0-25.1
College Graduate 275 95 32.2 26.0-39.2 67 24.6 19.1-31.2 62 23.8 18.3-30.3 26 8.6 5.5-13.2 25 10.8 6.4-17.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 116 34 25.6 16.9-36.8 19 16.9 9.8-27.7 25 19.6 12.0-30.4 8 7.4 2.9-17.7 30 30.5 19.5-44.3
$15,000- 24,999 159 55 33.7 25.2-43.5 18 7.6 4.3-13.2 39 25.8 18.3-35.2 18 14.1 7.8-24.2 29 18.7 12.1-27.8
$25,000- 34,999 120 33 23.8 16.0-33.8 17 11.3 6.4-19.1 24 20.6 13.4-30.4 17 16.4 9.7-26.4 29 28.0 18.7-39.6
$35,000- 49,999 126 47 38.7 28.9-49.5 22 18.1 11.4-27.6 31 28.7 19.9-39.5 13 6.5 3.4-12.1 13 7.9 4.0-15.2
$50,000-74,999 111 29 26.1 17.7-36.7 31 26.6 18.0-37.4 29 24.5 16.5-34.9 8 7.1 2.9-16.0 14 15.7 9.1-25.6
$75,000+ 93 30 27.4 18.8-38.2 36 42.1 30.9-54.3 12 16.2 9.0-27.3 9 6.3 3.0-12.7 6 8.0 3.5-17.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 313 121 35.4 29.2-42.1 52 16.0 11.6-21.7 63 22.2 16.8-28.7 21 7.8 4.5-13.3 56 18.6 13.5-25.1
No 591 177 29.0 24.7-33.6 128 20.6 16.9-24.7 126 22.3 18.4-26.6 59 9.2 6.7-12.5 101 19.0 15.1-23.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 137 51 34.0 25.4-43.9 21 14.8 9.0-23.3 25 18.9 12.1-28.4 10 10.4 4.8-20.9 30 21.9 14.8-31.0
Non-Veteran 769 249 30.7 26.8-34.8 158 19.9 16.7-23.6 163 22.6 19.2-26.5 70 8.4 6.3-11.0 129 18.4 14.9-22.5
Currently Serving 4 1 5.3 0.5-37.6 1 11.6 1.1-59.8 1 60.2 12.6-94.1 1 22.9 2.4-78.5 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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