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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Skin Cancer Prevention

When you're outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour,
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such as by using sunscreens or sunblock or wearing hats or protective clothing?
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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%)
North Carolina 14,466 4,658 30.5 29.6-31.5 2,945 20.3 19.5-21.1 3,014 21.6 20.7-22.5 1,150 8.8 8.1- 9.4 2,699 18.9 18.0-19.7
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance 390 112 27.0 22.2-32.5 75 20.9 16.3-26.3 85 21.5 17.2-26.5 34 9.2 6.4-13.1 84 21.4 17.2-26.3
Buncombe 356 127 33.7 28.4-39.4 69 20.3 16.0-25.5 71 22.0 17.4-27.5 35 10.1 7.2-14.0 54 13.9 10.5-18.2
Cabarrus 408 137 31.0 26.3-36.2 89 21.9 17.8-26.6 73 18.4 14.5-23.0 27 7.3 4.8-10.8 82 21.5 17.1-26.6
Catawba 359 114 28.9 23.9-34.5 74 22.5 17.8-28.1 70 18.4 14.3-23.2 38 11.1 7.8-15.6 63 19.1 14.1-25.3
Cumberland 427 144 35.8 30.7-41.3 86 19.2 15.4-23.7 83 18.7 15.0-23.0 33 8.5 5.7-12.6 81 17.7 14.0-22.3
Davidson 369 104 26.4 21.3-32.2 77 20.3 15.9-25.6 79 23.0 18.3-28.4 34 11.8 7.7-17.8 75 18.5 14.3-23.5
Durham 403 135 33.3 27.9-39.1 81 19.2 15.2-24.0 91 23.2 18.8-28.4 31 8.3 5.6-12.1 65 16.0 12.2-20.6
Forsyth 437 134 29.3 24.8-34.4 97 21.9 17.9-26.5 77 17.8 14.2-22.2 35 8.2 5.7-11.8 94 22.7 18.5-27.6
Gaston 357 113 31.8 26.6-37.6 76 19.9 15.7-24.9 88 24.9 20.2-30.4 18 6.8 4.1-10.9 62 16.6 12.8-21.3
Guilford 408 128 28.5 23.9-33.7 78 17.2 13.6-21.5 99 25.8 21.1-31.1 28 7.0 4.6-10.3 75 21.5 16.8-27.2
Iredell 415 135 31.5 26.6-36.8 86 18.8 15.0-23.2 78 19.6 15.6-24.3 39 10.9 7.8-15.1 77 19.2 14.6-25.0
Johnston 468 146 28.7 23.9-34.0 86 18.3 14.4-23.1 96 21.4 17.1-26.3 46 11.6 8.2-16.3 94 20.0 16.0-24.8
Mecklenburg 618 191 27.4 23.7-31.4 130 21.3 18.0-25.1 130 22.0 18.5-26.1 48 9.4 6.9-12.7 119 19.9 16.5-23.7
New Hanover 364 136 33.8 28.6-39.5 92 27.6 22.5-33.2 57 14.9 11.3-19.3 27 9.4 6.2-13.9 52 14.4 10.7-19.0
Onslow 375 121 29.1 24.4-34.4 76 20.0 15.9-24.8 77 22.7 18.1-27.9 35 9.8 6.9-13.7 66 18.4 14.1-23.7
Orange 399 140 35.1 29.8-40.8 111 26.9 22.2-32.1 74 18.6 14.7-23.3 26 7.5 4.7-11.7 48 11.9 8.8-15.9
Pitt 369 118 33.4 28.1-39.2 78 21.3 16.8-26.6 83 20.9 16.8-25.8 26 6.5 4.2- 9.7 64 17.9 13.8-22.8
Randolph 342 97 27.9 22.7-33.7 65 17.7 13.6-22.7 72 22.1 17.2-28.0 25 5.8 3.7- 9.0 83 26.5 21.3-32.4
Robeson 362 121 32.6 27.3-38.5 52 12.2 9.0-16.4 67 19.9 15.4-25.2 32 10.1 6.9-14.4 90 25.2 20.3-30.8
Rowan 434 132 29.6 24.9-34.7 82 18.3 14.5-22.9 89 20.0 16.0-24.6 31 7.3 4.8-10.9 100 24.8 20.3-29.9
Union 417 134 28.4 23.7-33.6 96 23.2 18.8-28.3 95 26.0 21.0-31.6 29 6.6 4.4- 9.8 63 15.9 12.2-20.4
Wake 581 198 30.5 26.5-34.8 135 23.8 20.0-28.2 127 22.4 18.8-26.6 51 10.2 7.6-13.6 70 13.1 10.1-16.8
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 342 137 38.1 32.4-44.1 77 21.5 17.2-26.7 52 14.6 10.9-19.4 30 9.6 6.5-13.9 46 16.2 11.7-21.9
Northeast Partnership II 454 160 34.9 30.0-40.1 76 16.4 12.9-20.6 90 20.0 16.2-24.6 34 7.9 5.5-11.3 94 20.7 16.7-25.4
Northeast Partnership I 386 125 32.2 27.1-37.8 63 15.2 11.7-19.6 84 20.3 16.1-25.3 25 8.2 5.3-12.4 89 24.1 19.5-29.4
Franklin/Nash/Wilson 353 112 31.0 25.5-37.0 71 18.0 13.9-23.0 77 22.2 17.6-27.6 23 7.1 4.5-10.9 70 21.7 16.9-27.4
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 446 147 31.5 26.7-36.7 84 19.2 15.3-23.9 99 24.7 20.2-29.8 38 8.4 5.8-11.9 78 16.2 12.5-20.6
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 394 146 34.5 29.4-40.0 54 14.9 11.3-19.5 87 21.6 17.5-26.4 28 6.8 4.5-10.2 79 22.1 17.7-27.1
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 386 116 28.1 23.5-33.2 73 20.1 15.9-25.1 77 19.4 15.5-24.1 39 10.2 7.2-14.4 81 22.1 17.7-27.2
Chatham/Lee/Moore 440 150 33.2 28.3-38.5 105 22.7 18.6-27.4 84 20.8 16.4-26.0 28 8.0 5.0-12.7 73 15.3 11.8-19.5
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 520 153 28.2 23.8-33.0 91 18.9 15.3-23.2 127 23.8 19.9-28.2 33 6.9 4.7- 9.9 116 22.2 18.3-26.7
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 353 80 23.2 18.5-28.6 82 25.4 20.6-30.9 84 22.9 18.5-28.1 34 9.2 6.4-13.0 73 19.3 15.2-24.3
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 347 106 29.2 23.7-35.5 74 19.0 14.8-24.0 80 22.7 18.1-28.1 28 11.2 6.3-19.0 59 17.9 13.6-23.2
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 412 128 29.0 24.3-34.3 86 19.3 15.4-23.9 92 23.8 19.2-29.0 35 9.8 6.8-13.8 71 18.1 14.2-22.9
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 575 181 30.0 25.7-34.7 118 19.2 15.6-23.3 120 21.6 17.8-26.0 47 8.1 5.6-11.5 109 21.1 17.1-25.9
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes 949 331 34.4 31.0-38.1 167 17.6 15.0-20.5 186 18.2 15.6-21.1 65 7.6 5.8- 9.9 200 22.2 19.0-25.7
No 13,517 4,327 30.3 29.3-31.3 2,778 20.4 19.6-21.3 2,828 21.8 20.9-22.7 1,085 8.8 8.2- 9.5 2,499 18.7 17.8-19.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 4,827 1,629 32.9 31.3-34.5 916 18.9 17.6-20.3 979 20.3 18.9-21.7 381 8.6 7.6- 9.7 922 19.3 17.9-20.7
Piedmont 8,060 2,533 29.5 28.2-30.7 1,698 21.1 20.0-22.2 1,696 22.1 20.9-23.3 632 8.7 7.9- 9.6 1,501 18.7 17.6-19.8
Western NC 1,579 496 29.9 27.2-32.7 331 19.8 17.6-22.3 339 22.2 19.8-24.8 137 9.2 7.5-11.3 276 18.8 16.4-21.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC 910 301 31.2 27.6-34.9 180 19.0 16.1-22.3 189 22.1 18.9-25.6 81 8.8 6.7-11.5 159 18.9 15.8-22.6
Northwest 2,813 845 28.2 26.2-30.3 598 21.5 19.7-23.4 577 21.0 19.2-23.0 243 9.3 8.0-10.8 550 19.9 18.1-21.8
Charlotte 2,138 688 29.3 27.0-31.7 453 20.9 18.9-23.1 462 22.7 20.5-25.1 146 8.0 6.6- 9.6 389 19.0 17.0-21.3
Greensboro 1,878 574 29.1 26.6-31.8 394 19.4 17.3-21.7 406 23.3 20.9-25.9 151 7.9 6.5- 9.5 353 20.3 18.0-22.8
Southern Regional 1,510 490 32.5 29.6-35.5 292 19.1 16.9-21.6 312 20.9 18.6-23.5 106 7.6 6.1- 9.6 310 19.8 17.4-22.4
Coastal 730 275 34.3 30.5-38.3 149 22.1 18.7-25.9 134 18.8 15.7-22.5 55 8.2 6.1-10.8 117 16.6 13.7-20.0
Wake 1,996 660 30.9 28.3-33.6 394 21.0 18.6-23.5 425 22.3 20.0-24.8 173 10.0 8.3-12.0 344 15.8 13.8-18.0
Area L 568 178 30.8 26.5-35.4 105 18.1 14.7-22.1 125 21.3 17.7-25.4 36 7.5 5.2-10.7 124 22.2 18.4-26.6
Eastern 1,823 627 34.2 31.6-36.9 364 19.8 17.7-22.1 366 20.1 18.0-22.5 146 8.2 6.8- 9.9 320 17.6 15.6-19.9

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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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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