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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Blad./Bruns./Colum./Pender 208 75 34.2 26.5-42.8 44 18.9 13.4-26.1 43 20.4 14.3-28.4 10 5.2 2.7- 9.9 36 21.2 13.3-32.1
GENDER
Male 78 29 33.1 21.5-47.2 17 19.6 11.1-32.4 14 17.1 8.9-30.4 5 5.8 2.3-13.6 13 24.4 11.3-45.0
Female 130 46 35.2 26.1-45.5 27 18.3 12.2-26.6 29 23.6 15.7-33.9 5 4.7 1.8-12.0 23 18.1 11.8-26.8
RACE
White 163 60 36.8 28.4-46.2 35 21.6 14.8-30.3 37 23.7 16.3-33.2 7 4.6 2.1- 9.8 24 13.3 8.7-19.9
Other 45 15 27.8 14.5-46.7 9 12.6 5.7-25.7 6 12.6 5.0-28.4 3 6.9 2.1-20.2 12 40.1 20.0-64.1
AGE
18-44 52 18 30.2 17.3-47.2 8 13.9 6.3-28.0 17 30.5 17.4-47.8 2 3.2 0.8-12.3 7 22.2 8.0-48.4
45+ 155 57 37.3 29.1-46.3 36 22.6 15.9-31.1 26 13.7 9.0-20.3 8 6.7 3.2-13.4 28 19.7 13.5-27.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 99 33 31.3 20.7-44.3 16 12.2 6.8-20.8 20 14.8 9.0-23.5 3 3.7 1.1-11.2 27 38.0 23.9-54.5
Some College + 108 42 37.0 26.7-48.6 27 24.6 16.1-35.8 23 25.7 16.1-38.4 7 6.7 3.0-14.3 9 5.9 2.9-11.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 114 38 29.9 20.4-41.6 25 18.6 11.4-28.9 24 21.1 12.5-33.2 5 4.8 1.8-11.9 22 25.6 13.5-43.1
$50,000+ 63 26 37.1 25.0-51.2 16 27.2 16.3-41.8 12 20.0 10.7-34.3 5 9.1 3.7-20.8 4 6.5 2.3-17.2

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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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