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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Skin Cancer Prevention-FEMALES

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 2,556 1,382 54.7 52.3-57.0 526 20.9 19.1-22.9 372 13.8 12.3-15.6 91 3.6 2.8- 4.6 185 7.0 5.8- 8.3
RACE
White 1,699 1,017 60.6 57.8-63.4 369 22.0 19.7-24.4 211 11.9 10.1-13.9 40 2.3 1.6- 3.4 62 3.2 2.4- 4.3
African American 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
Asian 18 12 77.3 50.5-91.9 1 3.8 0.5-23.3 4 9.9 3.0-28.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.1 1.3-43.8
Native American 64 30 49.4 33.2-65.7 18 15.9 8.7-27.3 7 9.2 3.9-20.0 1 5.5 0.8-30.0 8 20.0 7.9-42.2
Other Minorities 201 92 42.3 34.2-50.9 41 23.6 16.8-31.9 38 17.6 12.1-24.8 11 5.2 2.5-10.8 19 11.3 6.9-18.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 211 88 38.7 31.0-47.1 48 25.6 18.9-33.8 42 20.7 14.6-28.5 11 5.1 2.4-10.4 22 9.9 6.2-15.4
-English Speaking 74 33 38.9 26.9-52.3 17 24.8 14.8-38.6 17 26.5 15.1-42.4 1 3.3 0.5-19.9 6 6.5 2.5-15.9
-Spanish Speaking 137 55 38.7 29.1-49.2 31 25.9 17.7-36.3 25 18.4 11.7-27.7 10 5.7 2.5-12.4 16 11.3 6.7-18.5
Non-Hispanic 2,344 1,294 56.5 54.0-58.9 478 20.4 18.5-22.4 330 13.1 11.5-14.8 80 3.4 2.6- 4.5 162 6.6 5.5- 8.0
AGE
18-24 208 126 61.9 53.6-69.6 32 15.3 10.1-22.5 18 7.2 4.3-11.8 8 3.7 1.5- 9.0 24 11.9 7.5-18.4
25-34 1,015 609 60.1 56.4-63.7 179 17.3 14.7-20.2 134 13.1 10.7-16.0 34 3.5 2.3- 5.2 59 6.0 4.4- 8.2
35-44 929 445 48.7 44.8-52.7 229 25.3 22.1-28.9 154 15.3 12.8-18.2 31 3.9 2.5- 5.9 70 6.8 5.1- 9.0
45-54 293 140 47.9 41.0-54.9 63 25.6 19.5-32.7 50 15.2 11.1-20.6 13 3.1 1.5- 6.0 27 8.2 5.1-13.1
55-64 70 38 55.8 40.1-70.5 13 15.6 8.5-27.0 12 19.3 8.3-38.7 3 3.6 1.0-12.7 4 5.7 2.0-14.9
65-74 28 18 69.2 44.1-86.5 5 11.7 4.2-28.9 2 12.3 2.5-44.0 2 6.0 1.2-25.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.9
75+ 2 1 51.5 6.2-94.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 48.5 5.6-93.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 320 158 48.5 41.9-55.2 50 15.8 11.4-21.4 53 18.3 13.4-24.6 19 5.2 2.9- 8.9 40 12.2 8.5-17.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 712 363 53.7 49.1-58.2 142 20.0 16.5-23.9 107 12.1 9.8-15.0 22 3.9 2.4- 6.2 78 10.4 8.0-13.4
Some Post-H.S. 719 403 55.2 50.7-59.7 141 20.8 17.3-24.7 110 16.2 13.1-19.9 27 3.5 2.2- 5.7 38 4.3 2.9- 6.3
College Graduate 803 457 57.9 53.7-61.9 193 24.3 21.0-28.0 102 11.2 8.9-14.0 22 2.7 1.6- 4.4 29 3.9 2.5- 6.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 238 113 48.5 40.6-56.5 40 14.1 9.6-20.2 44 20.4 14.1-28.6 11 5.0 2.5- 9.6 30 12.0 8.0-17.6
$15,000- 24,999 469 244 53.1 47.4-58.7 86 18.5 14.4-23.4 72 15.2 11.6-19.6 16 3.5 1.8- 6.5 51 9.8 7.1-13.3
$25,000- 34,999 309 151 48.5 41.5-55.5 67 21.4 16.2-27.8 47 15.4 10.8-21.6 16 5.9 3.3-10.4 28 8.8 5.6-13.5
$35,000- 49,999 362 203 57.0 51.0-62.8 73 22.2 17.5-27.7 54 13.0 9.7-17.3 11 2.4 1.2- 4.5 21 5.4 3.3- 8.6
$50,000-74,999 327 193 57.3 50.8-63.6 74 23.5 18.6-29.3 42 12.4 8.8-17.2 11 4.9 2.5- 9.5 7 1.9 0.8- 4.4
$75,000+ 421 244 58.8 53.1-64.3 104 25.9 21.3-31.2 47 9.7 6.8-13.6 12 2.0 1.1- 3.8 14 3.5 1.7- 7.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 525 269 51.7 46.4-56.9 103 20.4 16.4-25.0 88 16.7 12.9-21.3 20 3.8 2.2- 6.6 45 7.5 5.4-10.3
No 2,013 1,105 55.5 52.8-58.1 420 21.0 19.0-23.3 280 13.2 11.5-15.0 70 3.5 2.7- 4.7 138 6.8 5.5- 8.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 70 37 55.3 40.7-69.1 17 25.3 14.7-39.9 8 9.6 4.3-19.8 3 2.6 0.8- 7.9 5 7.3 2.6-18.6
Non-Veteran 2,467 1,335 54.6 52.2-57.1 508 20.9 19.0-22.9 360 14.0 12.4-15.7 86 3.6 2.8- 4.6 178 6.9 5.8- 8.3
Currently Serving 19 10 56.2 31.6-78.1 1 7.0 1.0-36.5 4 16.5 5.8-38.8 2 10.0 2.2-35.3 2 10.3 2.2-36.9

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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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