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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 75 46 58.2 46.1-69.5 14 22.3 13.6-34.3 11 13.3 7.3-23.2 4 6.1 2.3-15.4 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 26 15 55.2 35.7-73.3 4 17.4 6.6-38.5 5 19.4 8.3-39.2 2 7.9 2.0-26.8 0 0.0 . - .
Female 49 31 60.4 45.2-73.8 10 25.7 14.5-41.5 6 9.0 3.9-19.4 2 4.9 1.2-18.1 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 60 39 62.4 48.8-74.4 12 23.8 14.0-37.5 7 10.5 4.9-21.0 2 3.3 0.8-12.6 0 0.0 . - .
Other 15 7 39.9 18.5-66.0 2 15.8 3.9-46.5 4 25.8 9.3-54.3 2 18.4 4.8-50.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 61 39 60.1 46.4-72.3 12 24.6 14.5-38.4 7 9.9 4.5-20.4 3 5.5 1.7-16.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 13 7 53.4 27.3-77.8 1 6.8 0.9-36.0 4 30.3 11.5-59.1 1 9.6 1.3-45.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 18 8 42.0 21.5-65.7 4 26.0 10.2-52.3 4 19.9 7.4-43.7 2 12.1 3.0-37.8 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 57 38 64.7 50.7-76.6 10 20.8 11.5-34.7 7 10.7 4.9-21.8 2 3.8 0.9-14.1 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 33 21 57.6 39.2-74.0 6 24.3 11.4-44.4 4 10.4 3.7-26.2 2 7.7 1.9-26.1 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 34 21 61.6 43.9-76.7 5 15.6 6.5-32.8 6 16.8 7.4-33.8 2 6.0 1.5-21.4 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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