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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 107 57 55.5 45.0-65.5 28 26.7 18.6-36.8 11 8.7 4.6-16.1 3 1.9 0.6- 6.0 8 7.2 3.4-14.7
GENDER
Male 31 16 52.9 35.1-69.9 11 33.7 19.2-52.1 1 3.0 0.4-18.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.5 3.3-28.4
Female 76 41 57.2 44.5-69.0 17 22.1 13.7-33.8 10 12.5 6.3-23.3 3 3.2 1.0- 9.8 5 5.0 2.0-12.0
RACE
White 79 45 57.3 45.3-68.5 21 27.8 18.4-39.7 9 10.6 5.2-20.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.3 1.5-11.5
Other 28 12 50.7 29.7-71.4 7 23.8 10.8-44.6 2 3.8 0.9-15.1 3 6.9 2.0-20.9 4 14.8 4.9-36.7
AGE
18-44 87 47 54.3 42.8-65.4 22 27.4 18.2-38.9 8 8.0 3.7-16.3 3 2.5 0.8- 7.9 7 7.9 3.4-16.9
45+ 20 10 59.2 35.6-79.2 6 24.6 10.4-47.8 3 11.2 3.1-33.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.0 0.7-28.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 22 12 62.0 37.2-81.9 2 11.0 2.1-42.0 2 4.4 1.0-17.5 2 4.6 1.0-17.8 4 18.0 6.0-43.0
Some College + 85 45 53.5 42.1-64.5 26 31.5 22.0-42.8 9 10.0 5.0-19.3 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 4 3.9 1.4-10.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 35 15 48.9 30.3-67.9 8 21.1 10.1-39.0 4 9.9 3.3-26.1 2 4.4 1.1-16.7 6 15.7 6.3-33.9
$50,000+ 51 26 50.9 36.6-65.0 17 35.0 22.4-50.0 6 10.2 4.3-22.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.9 1.0-14.7

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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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