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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 132 85 63.5 53.6-72.4 21 16.4 10.6-24.4 19 15.8 9.3-25.7 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3 5 3.2 1.3- 7.8
GENDER
Male 41 27 64.4 46.3-79.1 6 14.0 6.2-28.7 6 17.6 6.9-38.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.9 1.0-14.6
Female 91 58 62.8 51.8-72.7 15 18.2 11.1-28.4 13 14.4 8.2-24.1 2 1.9 0.5- 7.5 3 2.6 0.8- 8.0
RACE
White 90 58 66.9 55.9-76.3 16 17.3 10.5-27.1 11 11.2 6.1-19.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 4 4.0 1.4-10.6
Other 41 26 55.0 36.2-72.6 5 14.8 6.0-32.2 8 26.6 11.6-50.0 1 2.1 0.3-13.4 1 1.5 0.2-10.4
AGE
18-44 117 77 64.3 53.5-73.7 20 17.9 11.5-26.8 16 15.2 8.3-26.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.7 1.0- 7.2
45+ 14 7 54.4 28.4-78.1 1 5.4 0.7-30.5 3 22.6 7.3-51.9 2 9.8 2.3-33.5 1 7.9 1.1-39.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 34 63.0 46.6-76.8 7 14.3 6.8-27.6 10 21.3 10.0-39.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.7 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 80 51 63.9 51.6-74.7 14 18.0 10.5-29.1 9 11.6 5.7-22.0 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 5 5.7 2.3-13.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 54 64.7 51.4-76.1 13 17.5 10.2-28.4 10 15.4 7.0-30.3 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3
$50,000+ 31 16 58.7 38.8-76.2 5 14.9 5.6-34.0 7 20.2 9.0-39.5 1 1.8 0.2-11.9 2 4.3 1.0-16.3

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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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