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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Skin Cancer Prevention

When the youngest child in your household is oudoors during the summer for at least half an hour,
how often do you stay in the 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 3,735 591 15.4 14.1-16.9 768 21.3 19.7-23.1 1,575 42.3 40.4-44.3 503 13.0 11.8-14.4 298 7.9 6.9- 9.0
-Piedmont NC 2,082 318 14.8 13.0-16.9 426 21.6 19.4-24.0 892 42.9 40.3-45.6 274 12.7 11.1-14.6 172 7.9 6.6- 9.4
GENDER
Male 707 90 12.5 9.9-15.6 151 20.5 17.2-24.4 329 47.3 42.9-51.7 85 12.4 9.7-15.6 52 7.4 5.4- 9.9
Female 1,375 228 16.7 14.4-19.4 275 22.5 19.7-25.6 563 39.5 36.3-42.7 189 13.0 11.0-15.3 120 8.3 6.6-10.3
RACE
White 1,454 170 10.8 9.0-12.9 284 20.8 18.3-23.5 665 46.5 43.3-49.6 211 13.7 11.7-15.9 124 8.3 6.7-10.2
African American 379 86 20.9 16.3-26.5 70 18.3 13.9-23.8 142 38.3 32.3-44.6 45 12.6 9.0-17.4 36 9.8 6.6-14.3
Other Minorities 26 6 17.9 7.0-38.7 8 28.2 12.8-51.3 8 33.8 16.0-57.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 20.1 7.0-45.5
AGE
18-24 134 37 26.5 18.1-37.0 39 28.8 20.2-39.3 42 28.4 20.3-38.2 9 13.2 6.7-24.4 7 3.1 1.3- 7.1
25-34 768 148 18.7 15.6-22.3 191 27.2 23.4-31.5 299 37.9 33.8-42.2 79 10.1 7.8-12.9 51 6.1 4.4- 8.3
35-44 810 86 11.3 8.7-14.5 130 17.6 14.4-21.3 382 46.3 42.1-50.6 132 15.1 12.4-18.3 80 9.7 7.5-12.5
45-54 270 26 8.6 5.5-13.2 51 16.5 12.2-22.0 130 53.0 45.8-60.2 38 13.6 9.3-19.5 25 8.2 5.1-13.0
55-64 69 16 15.2 8.5-25.6 10 18.0 8.5-33.9 26 41.6 27.5-57.2 10 10.4 4.8-20.9 7 14.9 6.0-32.4
65-74 22 2 1.6 0.3- 7.6 4 9.3 3.0-25.2 8 65.5 41.8-83.4 6 16.0 6.1-36.0 2 7.5 1.7-27.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 293 69 24.6 19.0-31.2 70 24.3 18.4-31.4 96 32.0 25.8-38.9 28 9.8 6.2-15.1 30 9.4 5.9-14.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 528 78 12.7 9.7-16.5 99 21.2 16.9-26.2 228 43.1 37.7-48.6 76 15.2 11.6-19.6 47 7.9 5.6-11.0
Some Post-H.S. 500 87 17.9 14.0-22.6 98 21.7 17.5-26.6 203 38.4 33.4-43.6 75 14.8 11.5-19.0 37 7.2 4.9-10.4
College Graduate 759 84 10.3 7.9-13.3 159 20.8 17.4-24.6 364 50.1 45.8-54.5 95 11.3 9.0-14.2 57 7.5 5.5-10.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 126 25 19.9 12.6-30.1 24 19.6 12.4-29.6 40 33.0 22.7-45.3 20 14.5 8.5-23.6 17 13.1 7.3-22.4
$15,000- 24,999 308 63 21.9 16.4-28.7 76 26.2 20.4-33.0 113 34.0 27.8-40.8 34 11.6 7.7-17.1 22 6.2 3.9- 9.8
$25,000- 34,999 238 29 9.9 6.3-15.1 46 19.5 14.1-26.4 109 48.8 40.5-57.2 34 12.9 8.1-19.8 20 8.9 4.8-15.9
$35,000- 49,999 273 46 15.3 11.2-20.6 52 21.1 15.8-27.7 122 44.0 37.3-50.9 37 13.9 9.8-19.4 16 5.7 3.2- 9.7
$50,000-74,999 329 50 16.8 12.2-22.6 54 16.9 12.5-22.4 161 47.3 40.9-53.8 36 9.7 6.6-13.8 28 9.4 6.1-14.0
$75,000+ 470 42 8.3 5.7-11.9 82 17.7 14.0-22.2 234 51.1 45.7-56.5 75 15.7 12.2-20.0 37 7.2 5.0-10.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 357 54 15.1 11.0-20.4 76 20.7 15.5-27.1 130 36.8 30.8-43.3 59 16.4 12.1-22.0 38 11.0 7.4-15.9
No 1,711 263 14.8 12.8-17.0 348 21.9 19.5-24.5 756 44.1 41.2-47.0 213 12.0 10.3-14.0 131 7.2 5.8- 8.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 134 15 14.4 8.0-24.7 36 25.1 17.6-34.5 57 40.2 30.9-50.3 13 11.0 5.7-20.1 13 9.3 5.0-16.6
Non-Veteran 1,937 302 14.9 13.1-17.0 388 21.4 19.1-23.8 831 43.1 40.4-45.9 259 12.9 11.2-14.8 157 7.6 6.3- 9.2
Currently Serving 10 1 7.2 1.0-38.5 2 15.3 3.3-49.1 4 47.8 19.3-77.8 1 7.5 1.0-39.3 2 22.1 5.1-59.9

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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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