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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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

When the youngest child in your household is outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour -
How often is his or her skin protected 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 1,653 755 47.4 44.2-50.6 428 24.8 22.3-27.4 289 15.7 13.6-18.0 64 3.5 2.6- 4.7 117 8.6 6.6-11.1
-Eastern NC 519 253 50.0 44.6-55.4 117 23.4 19.2-28.2 85 15.0 11.4-19.6 20 3.4 2.1- 5.5 44 8.2 5.7-11.6
GENDER
Male 154 79 48.4 39.0-57.9 37 25.3 18.1-34.3 22 16.1 9.4-26.1 5 2.7 1.0- 7.2 11 7.5 3.6-14.9
Female 365 174 51.1 44.9-57.3 80 22.1 17.5-27.5 63 14.3 10.8-18.6 15 3.9 2.2- 6.6 33 8.7 5.9-12.5
RACE
White 283 159 57.3 49.9-64.4 70 24.5 18.9-31.1 40 13.8 8.9-20.8 6 2.0 0.9- 4.5 8 2.4 1.1- 5.1
African American 144 58 40.3 31.2-50.0 26 20.5 13.5-29.8 25 16.4 10.5-24.6 7 3.3 1.4- 7.7 28 19.5 12.7-28.7
Other Minorities 92 36 39.6 27.3-53.5 21 24.1 14.9-36.5 20 17.0 9.9-27.7 7 8.0 3.4-17.5 8 11.3 4.7-24.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 58 23 39.6 25.0-56.3 13 22.6 12.5-37.4 9 14.0 6.6-27.5 6 9.9 4.0-22.4 7 13.9 5.6-30.6
Non-Hispanic 461 230 51.6 45.9-57.3 104 23.6 19.1-28.7 76 15.2 11.2-20.2 14 2.4 1.3- 4.2 37 7.3 5.0-10.6
AGE
18-24 39 19 51.4 32.9-69.6 6 12.9 5.5-27.5 7 18.3 6.3-42.6 1 3.1 0.4-18.9 6 14.3 5.9-30.6
25-34 180 101 55.8 47.0-64.3 43 26.6 19.3-35.3 17 8.3 4.9-13.9 5 2.0 0.7- 5.1 14 7.3 3.8-13.6
35-44 199 88 43.4 35.5-51.6 47 26.4 19.8-34.3 36 17.2 11.8-24.4 10 5.0 2.6- 9.6 18 8.0 4.8-12.9
45-54 69 29 47.1 33.5-61.2 18 26.3 15.7-40.6 18 21.2 12.5-33.7 3 4.5 1.4-13.1 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9
55-64 22 12 55.7 32.7-76.5 2 3.9 0.7-17.6 7 37.7 18.3-62.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.8 0.4-17.6
65-74 8 3 27.8 7.2-65.4 1 17.8 2.5-64.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.5 1.5-52.6 3 43.0 12.3-80.2
75+ 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 61 22 40.5 26.0-56.8 12 18.4 9.4-32.9 14 16.4 8.8-28.4 4 5.0 1.8-13.1 9 19.7 9.1-37.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 147 69 44.9 34.7-55.5 25 19.5 12.6-28.9 24 19.5 11.1-32.0 7 4.3 1.8-10.2 22 11.8 7.3-18.5
Some Post-H.S. 154 71 48.9 39.5-58.5 41 29.0 21.0-38.6 24 11.8 7.4-18.4 8 4.6 2.1- 9.6 10 5.7 2.9-10.9
College Graduate 157 91 61.2 52.0-69.7 39 24.2 17.2-32.8 23 13.0 8.2-19.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 43 18 43.9 27.2-62.1 3 10.8 2.8-33.4 8 16.0 7.3-31.5 5 8.9 3.2-22.2 9 20.5 9.9-37.7
$15,000- 24,999 84 35 39.1 27.7-51.8 16 18.3 10.7-29.6 15 18.0 9.9-30.5 7 9.2 3.9-20.3 11 15.3 7.3-29.4
$25,000- 34,999 67 34 51.3 36.8-65.6 10 16.9 8.6-30.6 12 12.4 6.3-22.8 2 3.1 0.7-11.9 9 16.4 7.2-33.1
$35,000- 49,999 86 41 49.5 35.2-63.8 19 22.2 13.2-34.7 16 21.5 10.3-39.4 3 1.9 0.6- 6.0 7 5.0 2.3-10.7
$50,000-74,999 90 46 52.4 40.0-64.5 27 31.4 20.6-44.7 14 12.6 7.0-21.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 2 2.1 0.5- 8.1
$75,000+ 91 47 51.7 39.8-63.3 28 31.2 21.3-43.1 12 12.9 6.8-23.1 2 2.4 0.6- 9.5 2 1.8 0.5- 7.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 111 47 45.5 34.8-56.8 20 21.3 13.5-32.0 22 15.9 9.7-25.0 5 5.1 1.8-13.9 17 12.1 7.2-19.8
No 403 204 51.1 45.0-57.3 96 23.8 19.1-29.3 62 14.8 10.6-20.2 15 3.0 1.7- 5.1 26 7.2 4.5-11.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 65 36 56.1 39.4-71.6 10 14.9 7.2-28.4 11 18.2 6.8-40.3 3 4.2 1.0-16.0 5 6.6 2.5-16.1
Non-Veteran 454 217 48.8 43.2-54.5 107 25.0 20.5-30.2 74 14.4 11.1-18.5 17 3.2 1.9- 5.3 39 8.5 5.8-12.3

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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.

** 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.

***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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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