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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Skin Cancer Prevention-FEMALES

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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 2,520 415 16.5 14.7-18.3 504 21.6 19.6-23.7 1,036 40.2 37.8-42.5 351 13.5 12.0-15.2 214 8.3 7.0- 9.7
RACE
White 1,672 218 12.9 11.0-15.0 302 19.5 17.2-22.0 735 43.1 40.3-46.0 259 14.7 12.8-16.9 158 9.8 8.1-11.7
African American 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
Asian 18 6 33.0 12.7-62.5 4 21.8 6.8-51.6 7 40.8 16.6-70.5 1 4.4 0.6-26.4 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 65 9 22.0 9.6-43.0 14 16.1 8.0-29.9 28 43.1 28.2-59.4 6 9.7 3.1-26.6 8 9.1 3.9-19.9
Other Minorities 199 53 25.2 18.7-33.0 71 38.9 30.7-47.8 56 25.8 19.2-33.7 12 7.2 3.8-13.3 7 2.9 1.3- 6.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 209 52 23.2 17.1-30.7 65 34.5 26.7-43.3 59 27.5 20.8-35.5 19 8.9 5.2-14.7 14 5.8 3.1-10.7
-English Speaking 72 11 13.8 7.3-24.5 14 16.7 9.3-28.1 28 42.5 29.1-57.1 8 10.5 4.6-22.2 11 16.5 8.2-30.5
-Spanish Speaking 137 41 26.9 19.0-36.4 51 41.4 31.5-52.1 31 21.8 14.8-30.9 11 8.3 4.2-15.8 3 1.7 0.5- 6.0
Non-Hispanic 2,310 363 15.7 13.9-17.6 439 20.2 18.2-22.3 976 41.6 39.1-44.0 332 14.0 12.4-15.8 200 8.6 7.2-10.1
AGE
18-24 206 56 25.5 19.2-32.9 52 24.9 18.1-33.3 70 32.2 25.2-40.2 13 10.6 5.9-18.6 15 6.8 3.8-11.8
25-34 1,006 203 20.0 17.2-23.3 228 25.5 22.2-29.1 385 36.2 32.7-39.8 113 11.2 9.1-13.8 77 7.0 5.5- 9.1
35-44 911 100 11.9 9.3-15.0 149 17.9 14.9-21.5 404 43.9 39.9-47.8 172 17.9 15.2-21.1 86 8.4 6.5-10.6
45-54 286 29 9.5 6.1-14.4 54 20.4 15.1-27.0 135 47.6 40.5-54.7 38 10.5 7.3-15.0 30 12.0 7.9-17.9
55-64 70 18 22.6 13.2-35.9 14 16.2 8.3-29.3 22 29.9 18.3-44.9 10 12.2 5.7-24.4 6 19.1 7.3-41.5
65-74 28 4 4.3 1.4-12.9 6 12.3 4.6-29.4 14 73.1 52.0-87.2 4 10.2 3.1-28.6 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 2 1 51.5 6.2-94.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 48.5 5.6-93.8 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 315 68 21.5 16.5-27.6 84 28.1 22.4-34.7 106 31.5 25.7-37.9 27 8.8 5.7-13.3 30 10.1 6.3-15.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 700 111 16.1 13.0-19.8 133 21.6 17.8-25.9 286 38.9 34.5-43.4 100 14.0 11.1-17.5 70 9.5 7.1-12.5
Some Post-H.S. 708 126 17.8 14.5-21.6 131 19.3 15.9-23.2 277 39.5 35.1-44.0 121 16.8 13.7-20.3 53 6.7 4.9- 9.2
College Graduate 795 110 13.3 10.7-16.5 156 20.7 17.3-24.5 365 45.8 41.7-50.0 103 12.5 10.0-15.5 61 7.7 5.8-10.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 235 47 19.5 14.2-26.1 57 27.1 20.5-34.9 80 33.8 26.4-42.2 28 11.4 7.1-17.8 23 8.2 5.2-12.8
$15,000- 24,999 457 88 19.5 15.2-24.6 100 23.1 18.4-28.5 179 37.8 32.4-43.6 56 12.9 9.5-17.2 34 6.7 4.5- 9.8
$25,000- 34,999 305 44 13.4 9.3-18.8 49 16.6 12.1-22.3 134 44.5 37.6-51.6 48 14.7 10.6-20.1 30 10.8 6.6-17.2
$35,000- 49,999 358 50 12.7 9.4-17.0 60 20.0 15.1-25.9 166 44.8 38.9-50.9 54 15.3 11.5-20.1 28 7.1 4.7-10.7
$50,000-74,999 324 58 21.0 15.7-27.5 55 17.3 13.0-22.7 145 42.8 36.5-49.2 42 12.3 8.6-17.4 24 6.6 4.2-10.3
$75,000+ 418 52 13.5 9.8-18.2 70 17.0 13.2-21.7 189 44.4 38.8-50.2 76 17.6 13.6-22.5 31 7.5 5.1-10.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 510 79 15.6 12.1-19.9 98 18.8 15.0-23.2 201 40.1 35.0-45.4 78 15.3 11.9-19.5 54 10.2 7.2-14.2
No 1,995 336 16.8 14.8-18.9 401 22.2 19.9-24.7 829 40.2 37.6-42.9 272 13.1 11.4-15.0 157 7.7 6.4- 9.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 10 24.3 11.9-43.2 16 19.8 11.1-32.8 27 33.6 21.7-47.9 10 15.8 8.0-28.8 5 6.6 2.4-16.8
Non-Veteran 2,433 399 16.2 14.5-18.1 487 21.8 19.7-24.0 1,004 40.4 38.1-42.9 335 13.3 11.8-15.0 208 8.3 7.0- 9.8
Currently Serving 19 6 25.5 10.4-50.2 1 2.8 0.4-18.2 5 24.7 9.6-50.3 6 34.4 14.6-61.7 1 12.5 1.9-52.2

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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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