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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 222 109 49.8 42.6-57.1 45 20.0 14.8-26.3 36 15.3 10.7-21.3 8 3.3 1.5- 7.0 24 11.6 7.6-17.4
GENDER
Male 59 26 47.8 34.7-61.1 15 23.1 13.9-35.9 9 15.1 7.8-27.2 2 2.7 0.6-12.1 7 11.3 5.2-22.7
Female 163 83 51.0 42.6-59.4 30 18.2 12.6-25.5 27 15.3 10.1-22.6 6 3.6 1.5- 8.4 17 11.8 7.1-19.0
RACE
White 114 68 59.0 48.8-68.5 23 21.4 14.1-31.0 16 12.5 7.4-20.4 2 2.4 0.6- 9.3 5 4.7 1.9-11.4
African American 94 33 36.9 26.6-48.5 18 16.7 10.3-26.0 18 18.5 11.1-29.2 6 5.1 2.1-12.1 19 22.8 14.4-34.2
AGE
18-24 14 5 43.1 18.4-71.7 2 11.9 2.3-43.2 3 17.0 4.5-47.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 28.0 9.5-58.9
25-34 78 39 45.7 34.2-57.7 16 23.7 14.7-35.9 10 11.5 5.9-21.2 7 9.2 4.1-19.4 6 9.9 4.3-21.2
35-44 81 38 48.3 36.4-60.4 17 18.0 10.8-28.5 14 19.3 11.2-31.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 11 13.7 7.3-24.4
45-54 37 23 66.8 49.2-80.7 8 22.6 11.2-40.3 5 9.1 3.2-22.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.6 0.2-10.6
55-64 8 3 46.5 15.7-80.2 1 11.5 1.5-52.2 2 16.0 3.4-50.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 25.9 6.0-65.8
65-74 3 1 24.5 2.8-78.7 1 27.5 3.2-81.3 1 48.0 7.7-91.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 27 14 53.1 32.9-72.4 6 17.0 7.0-36.0 4 17.5 6.5-39.5 1 3.2 0.4-20.0 2 9.1 2.0-32.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 87 35 41.7 30.6-53.7 15 17.4 10.4-27.7 17 17.1 10.1-27.5 4 4.1 1.4-11.6 16 19.7 12.0-30.7
Some Post-H.S. 65 31 46.6 33.9-59.8 14 22.6 13.2-35.8 12 17.9 9.7-30.5 3 4.3 1.1-14.5 5 8.7 3.3-21.0
College Graduate 43 29 70.1 53.6-82.6 10 23.6 12.3-40.3 3 5.3 1.6-16.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 34 13 39.4 23.0-58.5 6 15.5 6.2-33.6 6 13.3 5.5-28.6 2 5.5 1.3-20.7 7 26.4 12.6-47.1
$15,000- 24,999 45 21 46.0 30.4-62.5 9 18.8 9.3-34.3 7 22.1 10.4-41.2 2 2.3 0.6- 9.2 6 10.7 4.4-23.8
$25,000- 34,999 23 9 40.0 21.1-62.4 5 16.7 6.6-36.1 5 27.5 11.8-51.8 2 6.2 1.4-23.3 2 9.7 2.4-31.7
$35,000- 49,999 39 19 47.7 31.6-64.3 7 19.5 9.2-36.8 7 15.8 7.2-31.3 0 0.0 . - . 6 16.9 7.4-34.0
$50,000-74,999 26 14 47.9 28.5-67.9 8 35.0 18.0-57.0 2 5.6 1.4-20.3 2 11.5 2.9-35.7 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 23 17 79.6 59.4-91.2 3 11.2 3.5-30.7 3 9.2 2.7-27.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 53 23 40.0 26.6-55.1 13 26.7 15.5-41.9 8 12.7 5.8-25.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5 8 19.7 9.8-35.6
No 166 85 52.4 44.1-60.7 30 17.7 12.2-24.9 28 16.1 10.9-23.3 7 3.9 1.7- 8.6 16 9.8 5.8-16.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 13 6 47.1 22.0-73.7 2 16.4 3.9-48.4 4 25.3 8.8-54.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.2 1.6-49.5
Non-Veteran 203 100 49.6 42.0-57.2 42 20.4 15.0-27.1 31 14.5 9.8-20.8 7 3.5 1.5- 7.6 23 12.1 7.8-18.2
Currently Serving 6 3 63.3 22.9-90.9 1 16.7 2.1-64.7 1 14.2 1.8-60.2 1 5.9 0.7-35.8 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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