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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Skin Cancer Prevention-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,556 876 33.9 31.6-36.3 369 14.4 12.8-16.2 506 19.8 18.0-21.8 140 5.9 4.9- 7.2 665 25.9 23.8-28.1
GENDER
Male 838 298 34.0 30.2-37.9 120 14.2 11.6-17.3 138 16.8 14.0-20.1 43 5.3 3.7- 7.3 239 29.8 26.1-33.8
Female 1,718 578 33.9 31.1-36.8 249 14.6 12.7-16.8 368 22.1 19.8-24.7 97 6.4 5.1- 8.2 426 23.0 20.6-25.4
AGE
18-24 167 36 26.0 17.9-36.2 18 10.2 6.1-16.4 49 24.5 17.5-33.2 13 7.0 3.7-13.0 51 32.3 23.6-42.4
25-34 449 102 24.3 19.7-29.6 70 14.7 11.3-19.0 106 22.9 18.6-27.8 38 8.4 5.6-12.5 133 29.7 24.6-35.3
35-44 500 145 27.9 23.2-33.1 67 14.8 11.4-19.1 111 21.9 17.8-26.6 26 5.8 3.8- 8.8 151 29.6 24.8-34.9
45-54 496 159 34.0 28.9-39.4 84 15.7 12.4-19.8 91 19.3 15.2-24.1 26 6.3 3.9- 9.8 136 24.8 20.5-29.6
55-64 403 183 46.1 40.2-52.2 54 12.1 8.8-16.4 69 15.6 12.0-19.9 16 4.5 2.6- 7.7 81 21.7 17.0-27.3
65-74 312 148 45.9 39.0-52.9 46 15.2 11.0-20.7 48 17.3 12.0-24.3 9 3.1 1.4- 6.5 61 18.5 13.7-24.5
75+ 214 95 42.4 34.7-50.4 28 14.6 9.4-22.0 30 15.2 10.4-21.8 11 5.2 2.7- 9.7 50 22.7 16.6-30.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 576 259 44.4 39.3-49.6 69 11.7 8.9-15.1 87 15.2 11.8-19.3 17 3.7 2.1- 6.6 144 25.0 20.7-29.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 864 255 29.4 25.8-33.2 115 13.3 10.8-16.2 182 20.5 17.4-24.0 48 6.1 4.4- 8.5 264 30.7 27.0-34.8
Some Post-H.S. 634 197 30.9 26.6-35.5 90 14.2 11.2-17.8 133 21.9 18.1-26.2 40 6.6 4.5- 9.5 174 26.5 22.4-31.0
College Graduate 476 161 34.5 29.0-40.3 94 19.3 14.9-24.5 104 21.1 17.0-25.8 35 7.1 4.9-10.3 82 18.0 14.0-23.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 513 204 37.8 32.8-43.0 46 9.8 7.1-13.3 93 17.8 14.2-22.1 23 6.2 3.6-10.5 147 28.5 23.8-33.6
$15,000- 24,999 580 215 37.2 32.3-42.3 64 11.1 8.3-14.6 110 20.5 16.4-25.3 30 4.3 2.8- 6.4 161 27.0 22.6-31.9
$25,000- 34,999 331 101 30.5 25.0-36.6 57 15.8 11.8-20.8 71 23.6 18.4-29.9 17 5.6 3.2- 9.6 85 24.5 19.3-30.7
$35,000- 49,999 288 87 31.3 25.2-38.3 58 21.0 15.9-27.3 60 18.7 14.1-24.4 20 7.8 4.7-12.5 63 21.2 16.2-27.2
$50,000-74,999 185 53 30.9 23.1-39.9 20 8.7 5.3-14.0 50 26.3 19.7-34.2 8 4.6 2.0-10.0 54 29.5 22.2-38.0
$75,000+ 141 41 28.4 20.1-38.4 30 26.6 17.5-38.3 22 15.2 9.6-23.3 21 12.1 7.3-19.2 27 17.7 11.4-26.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 916 359 36.5 32.8-40.3 105 12.6 10.2-15.5 156 18.1 15.2-21.5 43 5.4 3.7- 7.7 253 27.4 23.9-31.2
No 1,619 508 32.7 29.8-35.7 261 15.3 13.2-17.6 346 20.5 18.2-23.0 97 6.3 4.9- 7.9 407 25.2 22.6-28.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 300 108 32.6 26.6-39.3 56 19.2 14.4-25.1 42 16.2 11.4-22.5 12 3.8 2.1- 7.0 82 28.2 22.4-34.8
Non-Veteran 2,220 760 34.1 31.6-36.6 308 13.7 12.0-15.6 454 20.3 18.4-22.5 125 6.3 5.1- 7.7 573 25.6 23.3-28.0
Currently Serving 36 8 36.4 19.0-58.3 5 10.8 3.8-27.1 10 24.1 12.0-42.4 3 5.1 1.4-16.9 10 23.6 11.3-42.8

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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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