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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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 stay in the 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 7,336 1,033 11.5 10.6-12.5 1,897 23.8 22.4-25.2 3,171 44.9 43.2-46.5 806 13.0 11.9-14.2 429 6.8 5.8- 7.9
-Mtn. AHEC 434 43 7.4 5.1-10.5 122 26.5 21.2-32.7 192 44.7 38.3-51.3 54 14.3 10.1-19.7 23 7.1 4.4-11.3
GENDER
Male 155 5 1.5 0.5- 4.4 33 18.8 12.5-27.3 78 50.0 40.2-59.7 26 19.3 12.3-29.0 13 10.4 5.6-18.7
Female 279 38 12.3 8.3-17.7 89 33.0 25.2-41.7 114 40.4 32.1-49.2 28 10.1 6.0-16.3 10 4.3 2.1- 8.5
RACE
White 390 34 6.4 4.2- 9.7 108 26.0 20.4-32.5 181 47.9 41.1-54.8 51 14.7 10.3-20.6 16 5.0 2.7- 8.9
Other 43 9 16.4 7.7-31.6 14 31.8 17.0-51.6 11 15.3 5.0-38.3 3 10.0 2.6-31.7 6 26.4 12.1-48.5
AGE
18-44 117 12 5.7 3.0-10.7 28 22.3 13.5-34.6 54 45.7 34.1-57.9 16 17.7 10.1-29.1 7 8.5 4.0-17.5
45+ 317 31 8.7 5.6-13.2 94 29.8 24.1-36.3 138 43.9 37.4-50.7 38 11.6 8.1-16.4 16 6.0 3.4-10.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 16 4.7 2.7- 8.3 54 29.3 20.2-40.3 73 40.2 30.0-51.3 25 16.8 10.2-26.5 14 9.0 4.8-16.1
Some College + 250 27 9.8 6.2-15.0 66 23.5 18.0-30.1 119 49.1 41.4-56.8 29 12.2 7.6-18.8 9 5.5 2.5-11.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 264 28 7.1 4.4-11.2 78 24.5 18.6-31.7 111 44.3 35.9-52.9 33 16.6 10.9-24.5 14 7.5 4.1-13.5
$50,000+ 110 6 5.2 2.0-12.5 31 27.4 18.9-37.8 55 52.2 41.3-62.9 15 12.6 7.1-21.4 3 2.7 0.7- 9.7

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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