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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 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 254 26 6.8 4.1-10.9 63 24.7 18.1-32.8 112 45.1 36.9-53.6 38 16.2 10.9-23.3 15 7.2 4.1-12.5
GENDER
Male 96 5 2.2 0.7- 6.5 18 15.4 9.1-24.8 47 49.7 37.6-61.8 18 23.3 13.8-36.4 8 9.5 4.3-19.8
Female 158 21 10.5 6.1-17.6 45 32.5 22.4-44.5 65 41.4 30.5-53.2 20 10.3 6.0-17.0 7 5.4 2.4-11.6
RACE
White 230 22 6.2 3.6-10.4 59 24.9 18.0-33.5 102 46.6 38.0-55.4 35 15.9 10.5-23.4 12 6.4 3.3-11.9
Other 24 4 14.3 4.2-39.1 4 21.9 6.2-54.2 10 26.9 8.3-59.8 3 19.0 4.9-51.4 3 17.9 5.5-44.9
AGE
18-44 63 3 2.5 0.6- 9.1 13 20.1 9.5-37.6 30 49.0 33.4-64.7 13 21.2 11.3-36.4 4 7.2 2.5-18.9
45+ 191 23 9.9 5.9-16.1 50 28.2 21.1-36.5 82 42.3 34.1-50.9 25 12.4 8.0-18.8 11 7.2 3.8-13.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 11 4.0 2.0- 8.1 30 25.4 15.2-39.2 52 42.0 29.6-55.4 19 20.4 11.9-32.8 9 8.3 3.8-17.1
Some College + 131 15 9.8 5.2-17.5 31 22.9 15.7-32.1 60 49.2 38.9-59.6 19 11.9 6.9-19.8 6 6.2 2.6-14.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 17 6.0 3.1-11.3 40 20.3 13.9-28.6 72 47.2 36.8-57.8 26 19.3 12.1-29.2 9 7.3 3.5-14.6
$50,000+ 56 2 3.4 0.6-16.1 15 27.0 15.8-42.2 26 50.7 35.5-65.8 10 14.2 6.8-27.2 3 4.7 1.2-16.6

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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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