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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Skin Cancer Prevention-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 753 168 20.8 17.5-24.5 149 19.4 16.1-23.1 286 38.6 34.4-43.1 90 12.9 10.2-16.2 60 8.4 6.1-11.3
GENDER
Male 198 41 18.4 13.2-25.1 37 16.8 12.0-23.1 82 41.0 33.5-48.9 19 12.2 7.6-19.0 19 11.5 7.2-18.0
Female 555 127 22.1 18.1-26.8 112 20.8 16.7-25.7 204 37.3 32.2-42.6 71 13.3 10.2-17.1 41 6.5 4.3- 9.6
AGE
18-24 72 23 32.4 20.3-47.5 13 12.9 6.8-23.3 19 26.6 15.9-40.9 10 23.2 12.7-38.6 7 4.8 2.1-10.5
25-34 291 68 20.8 15.9-26.8 57 21.3 15.9-27.8 113 38.9 32.2-46.1 31 10.3 6.7-15.5 22 8.8 5.5-13.8
35-44 231 47 20.4 14.5-27.9 37 15.9 10.6-23.2 95 38.7 31.5-46.5 30 14.8 9.9-21.6 22 10.2 6.1-16.6
45-54 99 16 13.1 7.4-21.9 26 23.8 15.3-35.1 40 49.2 37.1-61.4 10 7.3 3.2-15.6 7 6.6 2.3-18.0
55-64 41 10 26.1 13.9-43.7 11 21.8 11.3-38.0 12 27.5 14.2-46.6 6 13.7 5.2-31.3 2 10.8 2.7-34.9
65-74 15 2 6.0 1.2-25.4 4 23.9 7.7-54.2 6 50.0 21.0-79.1 3 20.0 5.3-53.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 91 23 24.8 15.7-36.9 18 16.2 9.8-25.7 32 39.4 28.0-52.1 6 6.7 2.8-15.1 12 12.8 5.9-25.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 271 56 18.9 13.9-25.0 58 21.3 16.0-27.9 105 37.4 30.6-44.8 32 15.8 10.7-22.6 20 6.6 3.8-11.5
Some Post-H.S. 231 52 23.2 16.9-31.0 48 20.5 15.0-27.3 90 37.9 30.6-45.7 30 12.8 8.4-19.0 11 5.6 2.7-11.2
College Graduate 160 37 18.4 12.5-26.1 25 16.3 9.6-26.4 59 41.3 31.8-51.4 22 11.7 7.2-18.3 17 12.4 7.3-20.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 129 26 20.7 13.5-30.4 28 16.9 11.1-25.0 54 42.9 32.6-53.9 11 10.5 5.2-20.2 10 8.9 4.0-18.5
$15,000- 24,999 189 38 19.9 13.7-28.1 42 22.8 16.2-30.9 69 36.8 28.4-46.1 22 13.6 8.4-21.3 18 6.9 3.8-12.0
$25,000- 34,999 126 26 20.2 13.4-29.4 27 20.1 13.0-29.8 48 39.2 29.2-50.2 20 16.7 9.7-27.2 5 3.7 1.3-10.5
$35,000- 49,999 99 19 14.6 9.0-22.8 16 17.8 10.4-28.7 41 43.2 32.5-54.6 14 15.9 9.1-26.3 9 8.5 3.9-17.6
$50,000-74,999 71 15 24.2 13.7-39.0 6 6.6 2.6-15.8 32 41.5 29.2-55.1 11 14.2 7.3-25.7 7 13.6 6.2-27.1
$75,000+ 59 16 21.8 12.4-35.5 11 18.8 10.1-32.4 22 40.4 26.5-55.9 4 3.8 1.3-10.6 6 15.2 6.6-31.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 174 34 16.7 11.5-23.6 40 21.0 15.0-28.5 64 37.6 29.4-46.6 22 15.4 9.8-23.6 14 9.3 5.0-16.7
No 573 134 22.0 18.1-26.5 107 18.8 15.1-23.2 219 38.8 33.9-43.9 68 12.3 9.3-16.1 45 8.1 5.6-11.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 71 8 15.2 6.7-30.8 15 12.8 7.2-21.7 35 44.3 31.6-57.9 7 16.6 7.8-31.8 6 11.1 4.7-24.0
Non-Veteran 658 152 21.4 17.9-25.4 133 21.0 17.3-25.2 243 37.9 33.3-42.7 81 12.6 9.8-16.0 49 7.2 5.0-10.2
Currently Serving 24 8 26.1 11.1-50.1 1 2.7 0.4-17.1 8 36.1 16.9-61.1 2 7.0 1.4-28.9 5 28.1 10.9-55.6

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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