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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

Skin Cancer Prevention

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%)
North Carolina 3,807 2,000 52.1 50.2-54.1 831 22.8 21.2-24.5 568 14.1 12.8-15.5 135 3.9 3.2- 4.8 273 7.1 6.1- 8.1
-NE Partnership I 86 35 44.1 32.8-56.0 20 21.2 13.5-31.8 16 15.9 9.3-25.8 4 3.6 1.3- 9.8 11 15.1 8.0-26.8
GENDER
Male 21 8 42.9 22.4-66.2 5 15.8 6.0-35.2 3 15.9 5.1-40.3 1 2.3 0.3-15.1 4 23.1 8.4-49.5
Female 65 27 44.6 31.8-58.2 15 23.7 14.1-37.0 13 15.9 8.8-27.0 3 4.2 1.3-13.0 7 11.6 5.1-24.1
RACE
White 34 17 55.2 37.3-71.8 8 19.2 9.2-36.0 5 13.6 5.3-30.9 1 3.6 0.5-21.8 3 8.3 2.6-23.3
Other 51 18 38.0 24.3-53.9 11 20.7 11.1-35.3 11 17.7 9.2-31.4 3 3.7 1.2-11.2 8 19.9 9.5-37.0
AGE
18-44 71 26 40.2 28.2-53.6 16 19.8 11.8-31.4 14 17.9 10.3-29.2 4 4.3 1.5-11.4 11 17.8 9.5-31.0
45+ 15 9 66.0 38.2-85.9 4 29.2 10.8-58.4 2 4.8 1.1-19.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 45 19 44.3 28.9-60.8 9 17.3 8.7-31.4 7 12.7 5.4-27.0 2 3.8 0.9-14.9 8 21.9 10.6-39.9
Some College + 41 16 43.8 28.5-60.4 11 26.4 14.4-43.5 9 20.1 10.1-35.9 2 3.4 0.8-12.8 3 6.2 2.0-18.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 59 22 37.9 25.3-52.4 13 21.2 12.0-34.7 10 16.9 8.8-30.0 4 5.5 2.0-14.5 10 18.5 9.7-32.7
$50,000+ 15 8 60.0 33.8-81.5 5 29.1 11.6-56.3 2 10.9 2.3-38.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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