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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Skin Cancer Prevention

When you're outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour,
how often do you protect your skin from the sun,
such as by using sunscreens or sunblock or wearing hats or protective clothing?
Would you say:

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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 14,466 4,658 30.5 29.6-31.5 2,945 20.3 19.5-21.1 3,014 21.6 20.7-22.5 1,150 8.8 8.1- 9.4 2,699 18.9 18.0-19.7
-Western NC 1,579 496 29.9 27.2-32.7 331 19.8 17.6-22.3 339 22.2 19.8-24.8 137 9.2 7.5-11.3 276 18.8 16.4-21.5
GENDER
Male 586 169 29.2 25.0-33.7 106 15.7 12.7-19.2 122 20.9 17.4-25.0 57 10.1 7.3-13.9 132 24.1 20.0-28.7
Female 993 327 30.6 27.3-34.0 225 23.8 20.6-27.2 217 23.4 20.3-26.9 80 8.4 6.5-10.7 144 13.9 11.5-16.7
RACE
White 1,401 443 30.1 27.3-33.1 304 20.4 18.1-23.0 295 22.1 19.6-24.9 124 8.6 7.0-10.4 235 18.8 16.3-21.6
African American 71 21 30.2 19.4-43.9 7 12.6 5.5-26.4 18 22.8 13.8-35.2 4 8.0 2.3-24.2 21 26.3 16.1-40.0
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 2 55.3 10.0-93.2 1 44.7 6.8-90.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 87 11 12.9 6.6-23.5 11 11.1 5.6-20.8 29 32.3 22.2-44.5 19 25.5 16.0-38.1 17 18.2 10.9-29.0
25-34 205 44 19.2 13.5-26.6 40 15.8 11.0-22.2 57 24.2 17.9-31.8 28 15.3 9.7-23.3 36 25.5 17.5-35.5
35-44 289 63 23.9 18.4-30.4 72 23.3 18.0-29.7 70 25.9 20.3-32.5 30 8.5 5.6-12.7 54 18.3 13.7-24.2
45-54 296 85 30.5 24.2-37.6 73 23.3 18.1-29.5 66 22.3 17.0-28.7 21 7.6 4.0-13.9 51 16.3 11.7-22.2
55-64 268 92 30.7 24.8-37.3 60 23.1 17.5-29.9 46 19.0 13.8-25.8 21 6.6 4.1-10.5 49 20.6 15.0-27.6
65-74 246 109 45.5 38.1-53.1 46 17.6 12.6-24.1 41 15.8 11.2-22.0 11 4.3 2.1- 8.5 39 16.7 11.8-23.3
75+ 182 90 46.2 37.5-55.2 29 17.0 11.1-25.2 26 15.9 10.4-23.7 7 4.7 1.7-12.4 30 16.2 10.7-23.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 285 114 35.5 29.0-42.6 39 11.1 7.6-15.9 47 18.8 13.7-25.3 24 11.0 6.7-17.5 61 23.5 17.4-31.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 466 117 24.1 19.7-29.2 90 18.8 14.8-23.5 110 24.8 20.2-30.0 42 9.7 6.4-14.3 107 22.7 18.3-27.7
Some Post-H.S. 415 128 30.5 25.4-36.0 92 20.7 16.4-25.8 91 21.8 17.3-27.0 34 8.6 5.8-12.5 70 18.5 14.2-23.7
College Graduate 409 136 31.7 26.5-37.4 109 26.5 21.8-31.9 91 22.5 18.1-27.6 36 8.2 5.7-11.8 37 11.0 7.3-16.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 203 73 33.3 25.4-42.3 31 15.1 9.8-22.5 35 15.6 10.3-23.0 17 11.0 5.3-21.5 47 24.9 17.1-34.8
$15,000- 24,999 294 100 32.9 26.7-39.8 46 13.0 9.1-18.2 65 22.9 17.5-29.2 34 13.5 8.9-20.0 49 17.7 12.8-24.1
$25,000- 34,999 218 54 22.4 16.7-29.5 40 15.0 10.6-20.8 52 24.6 18.3-32.0 24 12.8 8.2-19.3 48 25.2 18.6-33.3
$35,000- 49,999 217 69 33.4 26.3-41.4 44 21.0 15.2-28.1 59 29.1 22.4-37.0 18 5.6 3.3- 9.3 27 10.9 6.9-16.8
$50,000-74,999 179 46 25.9 19.0-34.2 49 24.7 18.1-32.8 47 25.0 18.4-33.1 12 6.8 3.4-13.0 25 17.6 11.8-25.5
$75,000+ 144 41 24.0 17.3-32.2 52 39.4 30.5-49.1 22 17.4 11.0-26.4 15 9.1 5.2-15.7 14 10.0 5.8-16.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 563 202 32.0 27.5-36.8 112 19.4 15.6-23.7 104 19.8 15.9-24.3 42 9.5 6.4-14.0 103 19.3 15.4-24.0
No 1,009 291 28.7 25.4-32.2 219 20.2 17.5-23.3 235 23.6 20.6-26.9 94 9.1 7.2-11.5 170 18.4 15.5-21.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 218 81 34.1 27.1-41.8 36 16.2 11.1-23.1 39 16.9 11.7-23.8 16 11.2 5.9-20.3 46 21.6 15.8-28.7
Non-Veteran 1,356 414 29.1 26.3-32.2 293 20.6 18.1-23.2 299 23.2 20.5-26.0 120 8.8 7.2-10.8 230 18.3 15.7-21.2
Currently Serving 5 1 4.7 0.5-33.4 2 20.7 3.4-65.7 1 54.0 11.1-91.7 1 20.6 2.3-74.1 0 0.0 . - .

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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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