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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Skin Cancer Prevention-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 763 304 41.3 37.0-45.8 126 16.3 13.4-19.7 151 18.1 15.1-21.6 51 7.1 5.1- 9.8 131 17.2 14.1-20.7
GENDER
Male 201 80 39.6 32.2-47.4 31 13.8 9.5-19.6 40 17.5 12.7-23.7 12 7.7 4.1-13.9 38 21.4 15.5-28.8
Female 562 224 42.4 37.2-47.7 95 17.7 14.0-22.2 111 18.5 14.9-22.8 39 6.7 4.6- 9.6 93 14.7 11.5-18.6
AGE
18-24 71 30 47.9 34.2-61.9 11 14.8 7.5-27.0 13 17.0 9.4-28.9 3 5.8 1.4-21.2 14 14.6 7.5-26.3
25-34 294 120 41.2 34.4-48.3 51 15.5 11.4-20.7 62 21.5 16.2-28.1 19 7.3 4.1-12.6 42 14.5 10.3-20.0
35-44 237 83 36.2 28.7-44.4 37 15.3 10.6-21.7 57 23.2 17.6-30.1 15 6.4 3.6-11.1 45 18.9 13.5-25.7
45-54 100 43 43.1 31.7-55.2 15 20.8 12.0-33.6 13 6.6 3.5-12.2 8 7.6 3.1-17.4 21 21.9 13.1-34.3
55-64 42 20 50.0 32.8-67.2 8 17.5 8.2-33.6 4 7.1 2.3-20.0 3 4.7 1.3-15.3 7 20.6 9.2-40.2
65-74 15 5 43.5 15.8-75.9 3 18.7 5.4-48.1 2 6.7 1.5-25.5 3 20.0 5.3-53.0 2 11.0 1.8-45.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 94 39 41.6 30.3-53.9 11 9.0 4.6-16.8 18 18.7 11.4-29.2 5 4.0 1.5-10.5 21 26.6 16.5-40.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 274 97 35.9 29.2-43.2 44 16.0 11.2-22.4 49 16.0 11.5-21.7 22 11.6 7.3-18.0 62 20.5 15.5-26.5
Some Post-H.S. 233 90 39.9 32.4-48.0 43 20.8 15.1-27.9 56 23.3 17.4-30.5 14 3.7 2.0- 6.8 30 12.3 7.9-18.6
College Graduate 162 78 51.8 42.1-61.4 28 15.0 9.8-22.3 28 14.5 9.3-22.0 10 5.8 2.7-11.7 18 12.8 7.5-21.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 128 55 44.7 34.3-55.5 13 9.0 4.8-16.1 30 21.7 13.8-32.4 5 3.7 1.2-10.7 25 21.0 13.2-31.6
$15,000- 24,999 197 70 39.3 30.9-48.4 35 15.0 10.1-21.8 39 19.4 13.5-27.0 12 5.5 2.7-10.9 41 20.8 14.6-28.8
$25,000- 34,999 127 53 42.8 32.7-53.5 23 18.4 11.3-28.8 20 12.7 7.7-20.1 11 12.2 6.1-22.9 20 13.9 8.3-22.2
$35,000- 49,999 100 40 37.2 27.2-48.4 19 22.2 13.9-33.5 19 19.9 12.6-30.1 7 7.3 3.1-16.1 15 13.5 7.6-22.6
$50,000-74,999 71 25 39.6 26.8-54.0 11 14.0 7.3-25.0 20 24.7 15.2-37.5 6 8.7 3.9-18.2 9 13.1 6.3-25.4
$75,000+ 60 23 33.3 21.4-47.8 12 21.6 11.8-36.1 13 20.4 11.2-34.3 3 2.7 0.8- 8.6 9 22.0 11.1-38.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 178 70 38.5 30.6-47.0 25 14.7 9.6-21.7 30 14.2 9.2-21.3 15 8.8 4.8-15.8 38 23.9 16.8-32.7
No 578 231 42.1 37.0-47.2 99 16.6 13.3-20.7 120 19.3 15.8-23.4 36 6.6 4.5- 9.7 92 15.4 12.1-19.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 72 29 42.4 29.5-56.5 15 18.0 10.3-29.6 14 18.6 10.4-31.0 5 8.0 2.5-22.5 9 13.0 6.4-24.7
Non-Veteran 667 266 41.5 36.9-46.2 107 15.9 12.8-19.6 133 18.2 15.0-21.9 45 7.1 5.1- 9.9 116 17.3 14.0-21.2
Currently Serving 24 9 32.4 14.8-57.0 4 20.7 7.3-46.2 4 15.7 4.8-40.5 1 1.5 0.2-10.6 6 29.7 12.0-56.7

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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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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