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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 2,127 1,104 51.2 48.6-53.9 485 24.0 21.8-26.4 305 13.0 11.4-14.8 74 4.1 3.0- 5.5 159 7.6 6.3- 9.2
GENDER
Male 732 355 47.3 43.0-51.6 184 26.2 22.5-30.3 111 13.5 11.0-16.6 25 4.7 2.9- 7.5 57 8.3 6.2-10.9
Female 1,395 749 54.5 51.2-57.7 301 22.2 19.6-25.0 194 12.6 10.6-14.8 49 3.6 2.5- 5.0 102 7.1 5.6- 9.0
RACE
White 1,495 849 56.8 53.7-59.9 371 26.7 24.0-29.6 188 11.4 9.6-13.5 28 1.7 1.0- 2.7 59 3.5 2.6- 4.6
African American 383 154 42.6 36.4-49.0 61 15.6 11.6-20.5 71 15.7 12.0-20.2 28 8.4 5.4-12.8 69 17.8 13.5-23.0
Other Minorities 26 12 43.9 23.9-66.2 6 19.7 7.5-42.9 3 11.9 3.0-37.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 24.4 9.8-49.1
AGE
18-24 135 86 61.3 50.6-71.1 18 14.6 8.5-24.0 12 8.9 4.7-16.2 4 3.5 1.0-11.2 15 11.7 6.3-20.6
25-34 780 455 58.4 54.0-62.7 149 19.7 16.3-23.6 99 11.2 9.0-14.0 25 3.8 2.3- 6.2 52 6.8 4.9- 9.4
35-44 830 384 45.6 41.4-49.8 229 29.9 26.1-34.0 132 13.5 11.1-16.4 26 3.9 2.3- 6.7 59 7.1 5.2- 9.6
45-54 280 119 40.2 33.5-47.3 75 28.5 22.5-35.4 44 14.6 10.2-20.4 14 5.9 3.1-11.0 28 10.8 7.0-16.4
55-64 70 42 57.3 41.8-71.5 6 9.8 3.6-24.0 15 24.8 13.2-41.6 3 2.7 0.7- 9.5 4 5.5 1.9-14.4
65-74 23 13 63.0 37.8-82.7 5 16.2 5.9-37.4 2 12.1 2.4-43.6 2 5.9 1.1-25.3 1 2.8 0.4-17.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 295 136 44.2 37.3-51.4 43 18.1 12.5-25.6 55 16.6 12.1-22.2 22 7.8 4.7-12.7 39 13.3 9.3-18.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 549 264 47.1 41.8-52.4 120 23.8 19.5-28.7 84 13.1 10.1-16.7 19 6.1 3.4-10.6 62 10.0 7.4-13.3
Some Post-H.S. 511 291 56.7 51.4-61.8 103 20.8 16.9-25.3 73 13.8 10.7-17.7 15 2.7 1.5- 5.0 29 5.9 3.8- 9.2
College Graduate 770 412 53.8 49.4-58.0 219 28.6 24.9-32.6 93 11.0 8.6-14.1 18 2.0 1.1- 3.8 28 4.6 2.9- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 128 58 45.7 34.8-57.0 20 14.1 8.6-22.2 20 12.0 7.2-19.4 6 9.1 2.8-26.0 24 19.1 11.8-29.5
$15,000- 24,999 319 150 45.3 38.5-52.2 67 22.5 17.2-28.8 56 15.3 11.3-20.4 17 8.1 4.7-13.7 29 8.9 5.9-13.2
$25,000- 34,999 240 108 42.6 34.7-50.9 54 22.8 16.3-30.8 37 16.9 11.4-24.4 14 6.3 3.1-12.4 27 11.4 7.1-17.7
$35,000- 49,999 281 148 50.1 43.3-56.9 61 26.8 20.9-33.7 47 15.3 11.2-20.5 8 2.9 1.2- 6.8 17 4.9 2.9- 8.1
$50,000-74,999 338 192 56.6 50.1-62.8 80 23.7 18.7-29.5 42 11.9 8.3-16.8 10 2.4 1.2- 4.7 14 5.4 3.0- 9.4
$75,000+ 478 260 54.8 49.3-60.1 136 28.2 23.7-33.2 56 11.1 8.1-15.2 7 1.4 0.5- 4.0 19 4.5 2.6- 7.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 369 180 47.1 40.7-53.5 76 22.7 17.2-29.4 53 13.2 9.2-18.4 17 6.3 3.5-11.1 43 10.8 7.6-14.9
No 1,742 916 52.0 49.1-54.9 407 24.3 21.9-26.9 249 13.0 11.2-14.9 56 3.7 2.6- 5.2 114 7.0 5.6- 8.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 141 74 51.6 41.7-61.3 33 22.9 15.8-32.0 23 16.2 10.2-25.0 3 3.0 0.7-11.7 8 6.3 3.0-12.8
Non-Veteran 1,975 1,027 51.3 48.6-54.1 449 24.1 21.8-26.6 280 12.7 11.0-14.5 70 4.2 3.1- 5.7 149 7.7 6.3- 9.3
Currently Serving 10 3 33.4 10.7-67.7 3 27.0 7.7-62.1 2 17.0 3.9-50.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 22.6 5.2-60.6

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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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