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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 135 73 53.1 42.7-63.2 31 19.8 13.3-28.6 22 21.8 13.9-32.5 4 3.5 1.1-10.3 5 1.8 0.6- 5.5
GENDER
Male 38 21 56.6 38.3-73.3 7 15.7 7.1-31.1 10 27.7 14.0-47.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Female 97 52 50.9 38.7-63.0 24 22.4 14.1-33.8 12 18.1 9.8-31.0 4 5.6 1.8-16.3 5 3.0 1.0- 8.8
RACE
White 107 64 55.9 44.7-66.5 21 19.5 12.5-29.0 16 19.3 11.6-30.4 4 3.9 1.2-11.5 2 1.5 0.3- 6.3
Other 28 9 30.2 11.4-59.4 10 22.8 8.4-48.6 6 42.7 16.9-73.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.4 1.2-15.1
AGE
18-44 114 60 52.6 41.5-63.5 27 19.4 12.6-28.8 19 22.1 13.7-33.7 4 3.9 1.2-11.6 4 1.9 0.6- 6.2
45+ 20 13 62.1 33.0-84.4 3 16.2 4.2-46.3 3 20.9 5.6-54.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 6.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 64 34 54.7 39.3-69.3 17 25.5 15.1-39.7 9 16.2 7.0-33.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 3.6 1.1-11.7
Some College + 70 39 51.8 38.1-65.3 14 15.1 7.9-26.9 13 26.6 15.5-41.6 3 6.2 1.9-18.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 85 45 54.6 41.0-67.6 18 16.2 9.0-27.4 15 25.0 14.3-39.9 2 1.2 0.2- 7.0 5 3.0 1.0- 8.9
$50,000+ 31 18 48.8 29.8-68.1 7 24.6 11.7-44.6 4 16.1 5.6-38.3 2 10.5 2.7-33.2 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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