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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,694 217 7.4 6.2- 8.8 559 19.8 17.7-22.0 1,316 48.4 45.7-51.0 414 16.6 14.7-18.7 188 7.9 6.4- 9.7
Female 4,642 816 15.5 14.3-16.8 1,338 27.6 25.9-29.4 1,855 41.5 39.6-43.5 392 9.6 8.5-10.9 241 5.7 4.6- 7.1
RACE
White 5,565 558 7.5 6.7- 8.3 1,378 22.5 21.0-24.2 2,600 48.6 46.7-50.5 696 15.0 13.7-16.5 333 6.3 5.3- 7.5
African American 1,188 382 29.1 25.9-32.5 345 28.0 24.8-31.4 362 32.8 29.3-36.5 54 5.3 3.8- 7.4 45 4.9 3.2- 7.4
Asian 47 10 15.7 7.2-30.9 13 26.0 13.5-44.0 18 45.3 28.2-63.6 2 8.1 1.8-29.2 4 5.0 1.6-14.0
Native American 146 17 7.8 4.4-13.4 38 22.7 15.6-31.9 60 39.8 29.2-51.3 17 19.7 11.7-31.3 14 10.0 5.4-17.9
Other Minorities 368 64 13.6 9.7-18.7 115 26.1 20.9-32.0 125 37.4 30.8-44.5 34 9.9 6.5-14.8 30 13.0 8.2-20.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 387 61 13.5 9.6-18.6 114 24.3 19.4-30.0 137 38.0 31.4-45.0 44 11.5 7.9-16.6 31 12.7 8.0-19.6
-English Speaking 145 20 12.6 7.3-21.0 33 15.7 10.4-23.1 62 52.4 41.2-63.4 22 15.1 8.8-24.7 8 4.2 1.8- 9.4
-Spanish Speaking 241 40 13.5 8.8-20.1 81 27.7 21.3-35.1 75 32.7 25.2-41.1 22 10.2 6.1-16.6 23 15.9 9.7-25.1
Non-Hispanic 6,931 967 11.3 10.4-12.2 1,779 23.7 22.3-25.2 3,027 45.6 44.0-47.3 761 13.2 12.0-14.4 397 6.2 5.3- 7.2
AGE
18-24 253 20 5.7 3.4- 9.4 56 22.6 16.6-30.1 119 48.1 40.5-55.9 45 17.1 12.4-23.1 13 6.4 3.0-13.0
25-34 832 103 10.1 7.8-13.0 176 19.6 16.6-23.1 370 43.7 39.5-48.1 127 17.7 14.5-21.4 56 8.8 6.2-12.4
35-44 1,295 133 9.7 7.9-11.8 263 19.8 17.3-22.6 660 50.1 46.7-53.5 165 12.6 10.6-15.0 74 7.7 5.7-10.4
45-54 1,450 161 9.8 8.2-11.8 352 23.5 20.9-26.3 672 47.8 44.6-51.0 179 12.7 10.8-15.0 86 6.1 4.8- 7.8
55-64 1,468 219 14.6 12.6-17.0 402 26.7 24.1-29.5 637 43.7 40.7-46.9 131 9.7 7.9-12.0 79 5.2 4.0- 6.7
65-74 1,150 197 15.7 13.5-18.2 376 33.1 29.9-36.5 422 37.1 33.8-40.5 91 8.5 6.7-10.8 64 5.6 4.1- 7.5
75+ 839 192 22.8 19.5-26.6 257 30.0 26.4-33.8 270 33.0 29.3-37.0 63 7.6 5.7-10.1 57 6.5 4.8- 8.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,084 264 19.5 16.4-23.0 293 24.2 20.7-28.1 361 33.8 29.6-38.4 91 10.9 8.2-14.3 75 11.6 8.2-16.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,165 340 12.7 11.0-14.5 532 22.7 20.2-25.4 904 43.1 40.0-46.3 246 14.3 12.1-16.8 143 7.2 5.7- 9.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,840 221 9.7 8.2-11.5 477 24.6 21.8-27.8 813 45.7 42.3-49.1 224 14.0 11.8-16.5 105 6.0 4.1- 8.5
College Graduate 2,231 207 8.2 6.9- 9.6 586 23.8 21.7-26.0 1,089 51.3 48.6-54.0 245 12.0 10.3-14.0 104 4.7 3.7- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 792 214 24.4 20.0-29.4 231 27.3 23.0-32.2 249 33.1 27.8-38.9 43 5.3 3.7- 7.5 55 9.9 5.7-16.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,182 214 15.6 13.0-18.6 326 23.2 20.2-26.5 449 37.3 33.3-41.5 121 15.0 11.7-19.1 72 8.9 6.5-12.1
$25,000- 34,999 911 125 11.3 9.1-13.8 267 25.7 22.2-29.7 390 45.5 40.9-50.3 85 12.7 9.7-16.3 44 4.8 3.2- 7.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,015 114 10.4 8.2-13.0 233 20.5 17.3-24.1 470 46.6 42.4-51.0 134 15.5 12.5-19.1 64 7.0 4.9- 9.8
$50,000-74,999 984 85 7.1 5.5- 9.2 244 24.3 21.0-28.0 472 48.5 44.4-52.7 131 14.2 11.6-17.3 52 5.9 4.1- 8.3
$75,000+ 1,412 87 5.2 4.1- 6.7 314 21.6 19.0-24.4 744 54.6 51.3-57.8 197 13.9 11.8-16.3 70 4.8 3.6- 6.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,656 529 17.2 15.4-19.1 740 26.1 23.9-28.4 998 39.5 36.9-42.2 233 11.2 9.5-13.2 156 6.0 5.0- 7.3
No 4,616 493 9.1 8.1-10.2 1,135 22.7 21.0-24.5 2,156 47.5 45.4-49.6 566 13.8 12.4-15.3 266 7.0 5.7- 8.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,051 95 8.6 6.8-10.9 258 25.0 21.7-28.7 479 44.4 40.6-48.3 145 15.4 12.7-18.6 74 6.5 4.9- 8.6
Non-Veteran 6,283 938 12.0 11.0-13.0 1,638 23.6 22.1-25.1 2,691 44.9 43.1-46.7 661 12.6 11.4-14.0 355 6.8 5.8- 8.1

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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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