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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 135 70 50.5 41.0-60.0 23 18.1 11.7-27.0 21 16.8 10.6-25.5 5 2.2 0.8- 5.6 16 12.4 7.2-20.4
GENDER
Male 39 17 43.6 28.4-60.1 7 19.3 9.1-36.4 8 20.9 10.4-37.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 6 15.0 6.4-31.4
Female 96 53 55.4 44.0-66.3 16 17.3 10.2-27.8 13 13.9 7.6-24.0 4 2.9 1.0- 8.3 10 10.5 5.3-19.6
RACE
White 69 39 52.6 39.6-65.3 17 27.0 16.7-40.6 7 12.0 5.6-24.0 3 3.3 1.0-10.0 3 5.0 1.5-15.0
Other 66 31 48.3 34.7-62.2 6 8.6 3.3-20.6 14 21.9 12.3-35.9 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9 13 20.3 11.1-34.2
AGE
18-44 113 60 51.3 41.0-61.5 19 17.5 10.9-26.9 19 18.8 11.7-28.7 4 2.3 0.8- 6.5 11 10.1 5.2-18.6
45+ 22 10 47.1 24.9-70.5 4 21.0 6.6-49.9 2 7.7 1.6-29.6 1 1.5 0.2-10.4 5 22.7 8.5-48.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 68 36 49.8 36.7-62.9 9 13.2 6.2-26.0 11 19.4 10.7-32.6 0 0.0 . - . 12 17.6 9.7-29.9
Some College + 67 34 51.4 38.0-64.7 14 24.2 14.2-38.0 10 13.6 6.7-25.8 5 4.8 1.8-12.0 4 6.0 1.7-19.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 80 40 47.9 35.7-60.4 11 15.6 7.9-28.4 15 21.3 12.5-33.9 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3 12 13.9 7.5-24.4
$50,000+ 35 16 44.8 28.0-62.9 8 22.7 11.2-40.6 6 14.7 6.2-31.0 2 4.4 1.1-16.5 3 13.3 4.1-35.6

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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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