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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Skin Cancer Prevention Module (Asked July--December Only)

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?

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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 7,455 2,385 28.0 26.7-29.4 1,583 21.5 20.2-22.8 1,592 22.4 21.1-23.8 568 9.5 8.4-10.7 1,327 18.7 17.3-20.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 211 71 28.4 21.7-36.3 36 17.4 11.5-25.4 52 29.0 20.6-39.1 17 12.4 6.0-24.0 35 12.7 8.6-18.5
GENDER
Male 70 23 26.6 16.3-40.3 10 14.3 7.1-26.7 22 36.9 22.0-54.8 3 12.9 3.3-39.0 12 9.3 4.8-17.4
Female 141 48 30.0 22.1-39.2 26 20.0 12.1-31.3 30 22.3 15.0-31.8 14 12.1 6.1-22.5 23 15.6 9.7-24.1
RACE
White 182 63 28.4 21.1-37.0 34 20.0 13.2-29.3 43 28.2 19.0-39.7 16 14.1 6.7-27.4 26 9.3 5.9-14.3
Other 29 8 28.7 14.4-49.0 2 2.8 0.7-11.1 9 33.4 17.5-54.1 1 3.2 0.4-19.9 9 31.9 16.3-52.9
AGE
18-44 47 10 13.6 6.5-26.2 8 16.1 6.5-34.5 16 38.6 21.4-59.2 8 22.1 8.6-46.0 5 9.6 3.7-22.8
45+ 162 60 38.1 29.8-47.2 28 18.5 12.3-26.8 36 23.1 16.3-31.6 8 5.5 1.8-16.0 30 14.9 10.2-21.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 98 30 25.4 16.9-36.4 13 11.5 6.2-20.1 26 24.6 15.6-36.6 5 18.0 7.0-39.0 24 20.5 12.9-30.9
Some College + 111 41 32.0 22.0-43.9 23 23.8 14.0-37.6 26 34.0 21.0-50.1 11 6.0 3.0-11.5 10 4.2 2.1- 8.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 120 36 25.1 17.4-34.8 18 19.8 10.8-33.4 35 32.0 22.5-43.1 8 8.8 3.3-21.6 23 14.3 9.1-21.7
$50,000+ 60 28 44.4 30.6-59.1 11 16.7 8.8-29.5 10 21.1 10.8-37.0 5 10.0 2.9-28.7 6 7.8 3.2-18.1

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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.


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