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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 130 63 47.8 37.5-58.2 31 22.8 15.7-31.8 21 18.7 10.8-30.2 6 3.9 1.6- 9.2 9 6.9 3.4-13.6
GENDER
Male 39 13 27.9 15.3-45.3 13 29.4 16.5-46.8 9 31.8 15.5-54.2 2 4.6 1.1-18.0 2 6.3 1.6-22.1
Female 91 50 60.3 48.4-71.1 18 18.5 11.2-29.1 12 10.4 5.7-18.0 4 3.5 1.2- 9.7 7 7.3 3.2-15.6
RACE
White 109 56 51.5 39.9-62.9 27 23.7 15.9-33.7 17 17.1 8.9-30.4 4 3.2 1.0- 9.2 5 4.6 1.7-11.7
Other 20 6 22.7 8.9-46.9 4 20.6 7.2-46.4 4 28.7 10.8-57.1 2 8.3 1.9-30.0 4 19.7 6.9-44.8
AGE
18-44 105 54 50.7 39.9-61.5 24 22.2 14.7-32.1 16 15.6 9.2-25.3 3 2.7 0.8- 8.2 8 8.8 4.2-17.3
45+ 25 9 38.6 17.6-65.0 7 24.5 10.4-47.5 5 28.0 8.7-61.5 3 7.7 1.9-26.4 1 1.1 0.1- 7.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 19 44.1 28.4-61.2 6 12.2 4.9-27.3 7 18.2 7.8-36.9 3 6.6 2.0-19.1 7 18.9 8.7-36.3
Some College + 88 44 49.4 36.5-62.3 25 27.4 18.2-39.2 14 18.8 9.4-34.2 3 2.7 0.7- 9.9 2 1.6 0.4- 6.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 47 22 44.4 29.5-60.3 10 17.9 9.3-31.8 8 20.4 9.4-38.7 2 4.4 1.0-17.2 5 12.9 5.0-29.6
$50,000+ 68 35 48.6 34.3-63.1 16 23.8 14.2-36.9 12 22.0 10.6-40.1 4 4.7 1.5-13.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7

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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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