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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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
-Northeast Partnership II 235 42 19.0 13.0-26.7 55 21.5 15.7-28.8 91 38.6 31.0-46.7 28 12.8 8.4-18.9 19 8.2 4.8-13.8
GENDER
Male 86 6 12.1 4.7-27.8 18 18.7 10.3-31.5 38 43.8 31.4-57.0 13 13.0 7.1-22.6 11 12.5 6.3-23.2
Female 149 36 25.8 18.4-35.0 37 24.4 17.5-32.9 53 33.3 25.3-42.5 15 12.5 7.0-21.4 8 3.9 1.9- 8.0
RACE
White 162 19 13.9 7.5-24.3 31 18.3 11.6-27.8 74 43.8 34.3-53.8 24 16.6 10.6-25.0 14 7.4 3.7-14.2
Other 73 23 29.4 18.8-42.9 24 28.1 18.3-40.6 17 27.7 16.8-42.2 4 4.9 1.7-13.5 5 9.8 4.0-22.2
AGE
18-44 64 14 21.3 11.2-36.6 13 19.3 10.0-33.9 24 38.3 25.4-53.2 10 15.7 8.2-28.1 3 5.4 1.5-17.6
45+ 170 28 17.1 11.3-25.0 41 23.1 16.9-30.7 67 38.9 30.8-47.6 18 10.4 6.3-16.6 16 10.5 6.0-17.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 28 19.4 12.6-28.7 33 21.6 13.9-32.0 50 36.1 26.4-47.1 14 11.7 6.5-20.3 13 11.1 5.9-19.9
Some College + 97 14 18.2 8.9-33.6 22 21.4 13.7-31.8 41 42.3 31.1-54.4 14 14.3 8.0-24.4 6 3.7 1.6- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 142 29 23.4 14.9-34.8 33 20.2 12.8-30.3 54 37.4 28.0-47.9 13 8.7 4.5-16.3 13 10.4 5.4-19.0
$50,000+ 61 4 4.2 1.4-11.8 16 27.0 16.7-40.6 25 41.1 28.8-54.7 12 22.1 12.8-35.4 4 5.6 1.9-15.4

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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.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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