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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Skin Cancer Prevention

When the youngest child in your household is oudoors during the summer for at least half an hour,
how often do you stay in the 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 3,735 591 15.4 14.1-16.9 768 21.3 19.7-23.1 1,575 42.3 40.4-44.3 503 13.0 11.8-14.4 298 7.9 6.9- 9.0
-Northeastern Partnership 222 43 20.7 15.2-27.4 53 23.9 18.2-30.6 83 36.9 30.3-44.2 29 12.4 8.4-17.9 14 6.2 3.5-10.6
GENDER
Male 60 11 21.6 12.1-35.5 19 31.4 20.5-44.8 22 32.3 21.6-45.4 5 9.2 3.8-20.7 3 5.4 1.7-15.8
Female 162 32 20.1 14.1-27.8 34 19.5 13.7-26.9 61 39.6 31.6-48.2 24 14.2 9.4-21.1 11 6.6 3.5-12.0
RACE
White 114 17 15.2 9.2-24.2 25 22.1 14.8-31.5 45 39.2 30.0-49.4 17 13.5 8.2-21.6 10 9.9 5.3-17.9
African American 94 21 24.3 15.6-35.9 23 25.2 16.6-36.4 34 34.6 24.9-45.9 12 13.3 7.3-23.1 4 2.5 0.9- 6.9
AGE
18-24 14 4 35.7 13.7-66.0 2 13.2 2.8-45.1 6 38.1 15.5-67.4 1 10.4 1.5-47.6 1 2.5 0.3-16.4
25-34 78 16 22.6 13.6-35.1 24 27.1 18.2-38.4 27 36.2 25.5-48.5 8 10.4 5.0-20.3 3 3.7 1.2-11.0
35-44 82 14 18.4 10.6-30.1 18 25.8 16.4-38.0 29 33.0 22.9-45.0 14 14.4 8.1-24.1 7 8.4 3.8-17.6
45-54 36 6 13.6 5.6-29.4 5 15.8 6.0-35.7 17 48.9 31.9-66.1 5 12.7 4.8-29.9 3 9.0 2.7-25.9
55-64 8 3 38.0 11.4-74.5 3 39.8 11.9-76.4 2 22.2 5.2-59.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
65-74 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 24.5 2.8-78.7 2 75.5 21.3-97.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 27 10 43.0 24.2-64.1 4 9.5 3.3-24.2 11 38.6 21.1-59.8 2 8.8 2.1-30.3 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 87 16 19.9 11.9-31.5 24 29.5 19.8-41.5 29 31.4 21.8-43.0 11 11.4 5.9-20.7 7 7.8 3.5-16.5
Some Post-H.S. 65 9 10.8 5.3-20.9 17 26.9 16.7-40.4 26 41.4 29.2-54.8 8 12.5 5.9-24.5 5 8.3 3.4-19.2
College Graduate 43 8 20.8 10.1-38.0 8 18.1 8.9-33.4 17 40.1 25.6-56.5 8 17.1 8.2-32.1 2 3.9 0.8-16.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 34 10 34.2 18.4-54.6 10 26.9 13.9-45.5 11 30.3 16.5-49.0 3 8.6 2.6-24.6 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 45 9 18.1 8.8-33.6 11 29.0 16.1-46.6 14 33.2 19.4-50.7 8 15.8 7.5-30.2 3 3.9 1.2-11.7
$25,000- 34,999 24 3 18.7 6.1-44.7 5 19.2 7.4-41.5 12 47.1 27.4-67.7 3 10.8 3.3-30.2 1 4.3 0.6-25.3
$35,000- 49,999 39 5 10.8 4.4-24.2 5 14.6 5.9-32.0 20 50.8 34.4-67.1 6 14.7 6.1-31.5 3 9.0 2.8-25.6
$50,000-74,999 26 6 24.0 10.7-45.6 7 24.2 10.9-45.4 10 37.1 20.0-58.3 3 14.7 4.6-37.9 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 22 4 13.8 4.8-33.5 5 32.1 14.5-56.9 6 23.3 10.1-45.1 4 15.7 5.8-35.9 3 15.0 4.9-37.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 52 8 15.0 6.6-30.7 11 18.1 9.3-32.3 24 49.0 34.3-63.9 5 9.1 3.6-20.9 4 8.8 3.0-22.8
No 167 35 22.3 16.0-30.2 40 24.4 17.9-32.3 58 34.3 26.9-42.5 24 13.4 8.7-19.9 10 5.6 2.9-10.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 14 2 16.9 4.1-48.8 4 33.3 13.1-62.3 4 26.1 9.4-54.4 2 7.7 1.8-27.5 2 16.0 3.9-47.1
Non-Veteran 202 40 20.4 14.9-27.4 48 23.3 17.5-30.4 76 37.9 30.8-45.5 26 12.8 8.5-18.9 12 5.5 3.0- 9.9
Currently Serving 6 1 36.4 6.2-83.3 1 15.9 2.0-63.5 3 36.7 9.1-77.1 1 10.9 1.3-52.6 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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