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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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

When the youngest child in your household is outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour -
How often does s/he stay in an area protected by 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 1,099 144 13.8 11.2-16.8 248 25.2 22.1-28.7 514 43.5 39.9-47.1 126 11.7 9.6-14.3 67 5.8 4.3- 7.6
RACE
White 720 67 11.3 8.3-15.3 151 24.1 20.3-28.5 374 48.1 43.6-52.6 90 11.7 9.2-14.7 38 4.8 3.3- 6.9
African American 228 51 20.9 15.4-27.7 56 25.0 18.9-32.3 80 34.6 27.5-42.4 18 9.8 5.8-16.1 23 9.7 5.9-15.7
Asian 15 4 30.3 8.8-66.2 4 32.4 10.7-65.8 5 30.6 11.4-60.1 2 6.8 1.3-28.0 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 30 4 8.1 2.8-21.2 9 40.4 21.1-63.2 15 47.4 27.2-68.5 1 1.8 0.2-12.0 1 2.3 0.3-14.9
Other Minorities 101 17 13.7 7.7-23.3 28 29.6 19.9-41.7 38 33.0 22.6-45.3 13 17.2 8.9-30.7 5 6.5 2.6-15.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 100 17 15.9 9.1-26.2 26 25.4 16.5-36.8 39 38.0 27.0-50.4 13 13.9 7.5-24.3 5 6.8 2.8-15.7
-English Speaking 31 4 15.0 4.9-37.3 5 16.6 5.3-41.4 16 50.9 29.8-71.7 5 13.8 5.2-31.8 1 3.8 0.5-22.7
-Spanish Speaking 69 13 16.4 8.8-28.5 21 30.6 19.8-44.2 23 30.3 19.5-44.0 8 14.0 6.3-28.3 4 8.6 3.2-21.2
Non-Hispanic 996 127 13.6 10.9-16.8 222 25.3 22.0-29.0 473 43.9 40.2-47.8 112 11.5 9.2-14.2 62 5.7 4.2- 7.6
AGE
18-24 70 17 26.1 14.9-41.7 25 35.2 23.2-49.5 17 23.7 13.5-38.2 5 8.0 2.9-20.6 6 6.9 2.9-15.6
25-34 372 76 18.9 14.9-23.7 103 29.1 23.9-34.9 143 38.1 32.5-44.0 36 10.6 7.3-15.2 14 3.2 1.8- 5.6
35-44 471 34 6.1 4.1- 9.2 84 19.2 15.2-24.0 255 53.0 47.7-58.2 67 15.0 11.6-19.3 31 6.6 4.5- 9.8
45-54 132 8 5.2 2.5-10.5 23 20.0 12.8-30.0 77 54.6 44.3-64.4 15 10.7 6.1-18.2 9 9.5 4.1-20.7
55-64 34 6 16.7 6.7-35.8 8 24.3 11.6-44.1 13 45.7 27.1-65.5 3 8.9 2.4-27.9 4 4.4 1.4-12.9
65-74 13 0 0.0 . - . 4 38.7 13.9-71.1 7 48.3 20.4-77.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 13.0 2.3-48.5
75+ 5 2 45.8 11.3-84.9 1 4.2 0.5-27.9 1 26.1 3.6-76.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 24.0 3.3-74.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 125 15 12.4 5.7-24.9 37 32.2 22.3-44.0 49 31.2 22.5-41.3 14 15.6 7.9-28.5 10 8.6 3.9-18.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 270 49 18.2 12.5-25.8 62 24.2 18.1-31.4 118 42.7 35.2-50.4 25 9.6 6.1-15.0 16 5.3 3.0- 9.2
Some Post-H.S. 313 45 16.0 11.4-22.0 60 22.6 17.1-29.2 138 39.5 33.2-46.1 48 15.1 11.0-20.4 22 6.8 4.2-11.0
College Graduate 390 35 9.1 6.3-13.0 88 25.7 20.7-31.4 209 51.5 45.7-57.4 39 9.3 6.5-13.1 19 4.3 2.6- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 105 21 17.0 10.4-26.5 27 31.1 19.6-45.4 40 35.3 24.9-47.4 8 8.6 3.5-19.3 9 8.1 3.8-16.4
$15,000- 24,999 156 28 18.9 12.2-28.2 46 27.8 20.4-36.7 62 38.2 29.4-47.9 15 13.5 7.1-24.4 5 1.5 0.6- 3.7
$25,000- 34,999 130 24 16.6 10.6-25.2 26 27.9 18.7-39.4 48 33.2 24.4-43.3 15 9.6 5.2-16.9 17 12.7 7.2-21.4
$35,000- 49,999 166 20 17.8 9.5-30.8 36 22.3 15.5-31.1 82 43.8 34.4-53.7 18 10.0 6.0-16.2 10 6.1 3.1-11.6
$50,000-74,999 162 17 13.5 7.9-22.1 39 24.9 18.1-33.2 74 43.5 34.9-52.6 24 15.8 10.0-24.0 8 2.3 1.1- 4.8
$75,000+ 266 16 5.9 3.4-10.0 44 20.1 14.5-27.2 159 56.4 49.2-63.4 36 12.3 8.6-17.4 11 5.3 2.6-10.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 253 36 15.1 10.2-21.9 53 22.5 16.4-30.0 118 44.2 36.6-52.1 29 13.6 8.6-21.0 17 4.5 2.6- 7.8
No 838 108 13.5 10.6-17.0 195 26.2 22.6-30.2 390 43.0 39.0-47.2 96 11.2 9.0-14.0 49 6.0 4.3- 8.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 28 7 41.3 20.5-65.7 6 19.8 8.4-40.1 11 30.6 14.2-53.9 3 6.5 1.9-20.4 1 1.8 0.2-11.9
Non-Veteran 1,071 137 13.0 10.5-16.0 242 25.4 22.2-28.9 503 43.8 40.2-47.5 123 11.9 9.7-14.5 66 5.9 4.4- 7.8

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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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