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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 259 94 33.7 26.6-41.7 54 21.8 16.0-28.9 46 16.1 10.6-23.7 26 12.0 7.6-18.4 39 16.4 10.4-25.0
GENDER
Male 100 33 31.0 21.4-42.6 27 25.8 16.8-37.5 14 11.9 5.9-22.5 9 15.0 7.6-27.4 17 16.3 8.7-28.4
Female 159 61 36.0 26.2-47.1 27 18.3 11.6-27.7 32 19.6 11.6-31.2 17 9.5 5.4-16.2 22 16.6 8.5-29.8
RACE
White 234 86 34.4 27.0-42.8 49 21.0 15.2-28.3 42 17.2 11.2-25.3 22 11.5 7.0-18.3 35 15.9 9.7-25.0
Other 25 8 25.0 8.4-54.8 5 31.0 10.5-63.4 4 2.9 0.9- 9.2 4 18.1 5.7-44.5 4 23.1 7.2-53.8
AGE
18-44 63 17 25.3 14.3-40.6 12 18.1 9.3-32.3 13 17.7 8.0-34.6 9 17.2 8.6-31.2 12 21.8 10.3-40.2
45+ 196 77 39.9 31.9-48.4 42 24.4 17.7-32.5 33 14.9 9.9-21.9 17 8.3 4.8-13.8 27 12.6 8.0-19.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 42 31.0 20.8-43.4 25 21.2 13.3-32.2 19 16.9 8.5-30.9 12 9.7 4.5-19.6 23 21.2 11.4-36.0
Some College + 136 52 37.1 27.9-47.3 29 22.6 14.9-32.7 27 15.5 9.8-23.5 14 14.6 8.3-24.4 14 10.2 5.2-19.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 63 33.8 24.9-44.0 36 22.5 15.4-31.8 23 15.3 8.4-26.2 16 12.4 6.9-21.5 27 16.0 9.7-25.0
$50,000+ 58 17 34.7 21.8-50.3 13 28.3 16.0-45.0 17 21.7 11.9-36.3 7 12.3 5.6-25.1 4 3.0 0.8-10.4

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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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