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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

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 II 107 56 48.8 38.6-59.1 18 17.5 11.0-26.8 17 17.4 10.6-27.2 3 2.7 0.8- 9.0 13 13.6 7.7-22.7
GENDER
Male 27 13 49.2 30.9-67.8 7 25.3 12.3-44.9 4 15.6 5.9-35.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.0 3.1-27.3
Female 80 43 48.6 36.9-60.4 11 13.1 7.1-22.8 13 18.4 10.3-30.7 3 4.3 1.2-13.8 10 15.6 8.2-27.8
RACE
White 57 37 58.8 44.2-71.9 8 17.6 8.8-32.2 10 17.9 9.3-31.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.7 1.4-20.1
Other 50 19 39.1 25.4-54.7 10 17.5 9.2-30.8 7 16.8 7.8-32.7 3 5.4 1.5-17.0 11 21.2 11.5-35.9
AGE
18-44 80 43 47.5 35.8-59.4 13 17.1 9.9-28.1 11 16.7 9.0-28.9 3 3.6 1.0-11.8 10 15.1 8.0-26.6
45+ 27 13 52.9 33.1-71.8 5 18.8 7.5-39.8 6 19.3 8.3-38.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 9.0 2.7-26.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 24 41.1 28.0-55.6 9 14.9 7.5-27.4 11 20.2 10.8-34.6 3 5.2 1.5-16.4 10 18.6 10.0-32.2
Some College + 50 32 57.4 41.9-71.5 9 20.5 10.6-35.7 6 14.3 6.2-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.9 2.3-23.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 66 31 45.3 32.6-58.6 9 11.7 5.8-22.2 13 22.7 13.0-36.6 2 2.1 0.5- 9.0 11 18.2 10.0-30.9
$50,000+ 27 19 66.4 45.0-82.6 4 19.7 7.5-42.6 3 8.2 2.6-23.2 1 5.7 0.8-30.9 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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