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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Skin Cancer Prevention

When you're outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour,
how often do you protect your skin from the sun,
such as by using sunscreens or sunblock or wearing hats or protective clothing?
Would you say:

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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
-Northeastern Partnership 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
GENDER
Male 329 115 35.6 29.9-41.8 57 16.5 12.6-21.4 55 15.2 11.5-19.8 27 8.6 5.8-12.7 75 24.0 18.7-30.3
Female 620 216 33.4 29.3-37.7 110 18.5 15.2-22.3 131 20.8 17.4-24.7 38 6.7 4.7- 9.4 125 20.6 17.2-24.5
RACE
White 552 189 32.8 28.6-37.4 109 20.9 17.2-25.1 111 18.1 15.0-21.8 43 9.0 6.5-12.4 100 19.1 15.4-23.4
African American 357 133 38.2 32.5-44.2 53 14.6 10.9-19.3 68 18.7 14.4-23.8 18 5.6 3.4- 9.0 85 22.9 18.4-28.2
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 34 8 11.0 4.6-24.1 4 10.5 3.5-27.8 6 17.4 6.4-39.5 5 14.4 5.5-32.5 11 46.7 25.3-69.5
25-34 120 22 20.9 13.3-31.3 26 19.7 13.1-28.7 25 17.5 11.4-25.9 21 17.1 10.7-26.2 26 24.8 16.3-35.8
35-44 152 43 29.6 21.7-39.1 32 20.5 14.1-28.8 39 22.7 16.3-30.7 6 4.6 2.0-10.4 32 22.5 15.9-30.9
45-54 190 69 38.9 31.3-47.1 33 17.9 12.4-25.2 41 18.4 13.2-25.1 12 6.2 3.4-10.9 35 18.6 12.9-26.1
55-64 189 70 40.5 32.9-48.7 30 15.8 10.9-22.3 39 20.4 14.8-27.4 8 3.9 1.7- 8.4 42 19.4 14.2-26.1
65-74 156 69 46.2 37.5-55.2 25 15.4 10.1-22.8 24 13.5 8.7-20.3 7 6.5 3.0-13.7 31 18.4 12.6-25.9
75+ 107 50 41.3 31.7-51.6 17 18.1 11.2-28.0 11 11.1 5.9-20.2 6 6.3 2.6-14.5 23 23.1 15.3-33.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 206 84 38.6 30.7-47.0 24 11.2 7.2-17.0 27 12.2 8.0-18.0 12 5.9 3.1-11.0 59 32.2 24.0-41.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 334 106 29.5 24.4-35.3 66 20.5 15.9-26.0 69 20.1 15.6-25.5 17 5.0 3.0- 8.4 76 24.9 19.6-31.0
Some Post-H.S. 217 69 33.7 26.5-41.8 36 14.4 10.0-20.2 45 19.6 14.4-26.2 25 13.9 9.2-20.4 42 18.4 13.4-24.8
College Graduate 192 72 39.3 31.8-47.4 41 23.5 17.3-31.2 45 19.6 14.4-26.2 11 6.2 3.3-11.6 23 11.3 7.2-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 163 64 38.1 29.7-47.3 18 13.9 8.6-21.7 27 15.7 10.3-23.2 7 4.2 1.8- 9.5 47 28.0 20.8-36.5
$15,000- 24,999 187 74 37.4 29.4-46.2 25 11.6 7.4-17.7 36 19.9 13.8-27.8 12 5.2 2.7- 9.7 40 25.8 17.5-36.4
$25,000- 34,999 96 30 30.4 21.1-41.5 22 21.3 13.9-31.3 17 19.7 12.2-30.2 9 11.8 5.7-22.6 18 16.9 10.1-26.7
$35,000- 49,999 126 40 32.4 23.5-42.8 26 21.6 14.6-30.7 28 19.0 12.7-27.3 10 7.1 3.6-13.5 22 20.0 13.0-29.4
$50,000-74,999 87 25 29.0 19.7-40.4 22 23.9 15.5-34.9 15 15.5 9.1-24.9 12 16.9 9.5-28.2 13 14.8 8.3-24.8
$75,000+ 79 27 36.8 25.9-49.2 10 14.3 7.4-25.7 21 21.0 13.3-31.5 7 8.4 4.0-17.1 14 19.5 11.2-31.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 364 141 38.5 32.6-44.8 49 15.4 11.5-20.3 66 15.5 11.8-20.0 15 5.3 2.9- 9.3 93 25.3 19.8-31.8
No 577 187 32.0 27.8-36.6 115 18.5 15.2-22.4 119 19.8 16.4-23.7 50 9.0 6.7-12.0 106 20.7 16.9-25.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 112 36 29.9 21.7-39.6 23 20.1 13.2-29.6 24 20.3 13.5-29.4 8 7.9 3.8-15.8 21 21.8 14.2-31.8
Non-Veteran 830 292 35.1 31.4-39.1 142 16.9 14.2-20.1 161 17.9 15.1-21.0 56 7.5 5.6- 9.9 179 22.5 19.1-26.4
Currently Serving 7 3 37.3 10.5-75.1 2 36.3 7.7-79.6 1 12.2 1.6-54.7 1 14.3 1.9-59.3 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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