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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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

When the youngest child in your household is outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour -
How often is his or her skin protected 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 1,653 755 47.4 44.2-50.6 428 24.8 22.3-27.4 289 15.7 13.6-18.0 64 3.5 2.6- 4.7 117 8.6 6.6-11.1
-Piedmont NC 981 439 46.6 42.4-50.8 260 23.5 20.5-26.8 179 16.6 13.9-19.6 39 3.9 2.7- 5.7 64 9.4 6.6-13.2
GENDER
Male 352 152 48.0 41.2-54.9 95 19.8 15.6-24.8 64 16.1 12.0-21.2 17 4.5 2.6- 7.6 24 11.7 6.9-19.1
Female 629 287 45.2 40.5-50.1 165 27.1 23.1-31.5 115 17.1 13.9-20.8 22 3.4 2.1- 5.5 40 7.2 4.9-10.3
RACE
White 690 330 51.8 47.1-56.4 211 29.2 25.3-33.6 113 14.4 11.7-17.6 22 2.9 1.8- 4.7 14 1.7 0.9- 3.1
African American 147 59 42.0 31.9-52.8 26 15.1 9.9-22.4 30 20.0 13.4-28.8 9 8.3 4.0-16.6 23 14.6 9.3-22.1
Other Minorities 139 46 33.2 23.3-44.9 22 11.3 6.9-18.0 36 21.3 13.7-31.5 8 3.8 1.7- 8.3 27 30.4 19.3-44.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 115 29 28.7 18.2-42.2 19 10.0 5.9-16.4 37 26.3 17.0-38.2 7 4.3 1.8- 9.8 23 30.7 18.5-46.5
Non-Hispanic 863 409 50.3 46.1-54.5 240 26.1 22.8-29.8 141 14.5 12.0-17.4 32 3.9 2.6- 5.8 41 5.2 3.5- 7.5
AGE
18-24 44 27 72.6 56.0-84.7 6 9.1 3.4-22.2 2 3.8 0.8-17.4 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1 8 13.4 5.8-28.1
25-34 310 171 50.1 42.8-57.4 59 17.7 13.3-23.1 47 16.4 11.7-22.5 12 4.6 2.4- 8.5 21 11.3 5.9-20.5
35-44 439 167 38.4 33.1-44.0 147 32.1 27.1-37.5 87 18.7 14.9-23.3 20 4.6 2.8- 7.6 18 6.2 3.4-11.0
45-54 147 55 40.5 30.9-50.9 42 28.7 20.7-38.2 32 20.1 13.4-28.9 6 3.2 1.3- 7.5 12 7.5 4.1-13.5
55-64 27 11 31.9 16.1-53.2 6 24.3 9.2-50.4 8 30.4 14.3-53.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 13.4 3.4-40.3
65-74 8 4 34.1 8.7-73.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 18.0 3.3-58.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 47.8 11.8-86.2
75+ 4 2 65.0 17.3-94.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.5 0.6-35.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 29.6 3.9-81.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 122 49 37.6 26.0-50.8 11 6.5 3.2-12.7 31 18.4 11.0-29.2 8 3.8 1.7- 8.1 23 33.7 20.9-49.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 224 96 47.2 38.7-55.8 58 24.1 17.8-31.7 41 16.1 11.1-22.8 8 3.3 1.4- 7.5 21 9.4 5.8-15.0
Some Post-H.S. 238 115 51.6 43.6-59.6 54 18.0 13.3-23.8 50 21.5 15.8-28.6 10 5.4 2.6-11.1 9 3.5 1.7- 6.9
College Graduate 395 178 47.4 41.3-53.5 137 33.9 28.5-39.7 56 12.5 9.4-16.6 13 3.5 1.9- 6.5 11 2.6 1.2- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 68 27 31.9 17.9-50.2 10 10.9 4.9-22.8 16 13.5 5.9-27.8 2 2.3 0.6- 9.2 13 41.3 21.7-64.1
$15,000- 24,999 130 67 49.7 38.8-60.7 17 11.8 6.9-19.5 22 17.4 10.2-28.1 6 4.1 1.7- 9.6 18 16.9 9.8-27.7
$25,000- 34,999 88 40 54.8 41.1-67.9 14 12.6 6.8-22.3 17 16.6 9.5-27.4 9 7.5 3.2-16.6 8 8.4 3.8-17.8
$35,000- 49,999 132 62 46.8 36.0-57.9 36 25.3 17.4-35.4 20 16.1 9.5-26.0 6 4.8 1.7-13.0 8 7.0 2.9-15.9
$50,000-74,999 149 62 39.7 31.0-49.1 48 30.7 22.6-40.1 25 17.9 11.5-26.8 8 7.8 3.6-16.0 6 3.9 1.7- 8.7
$75,000+ 333 146 46.7 40.2-53.3 118 33.2 27.6-39.4 57 16.7 12.6-21.9 8 2.4 1.1- 5.0 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 204 85 49.5 40.2-58.9 52 21.4 15.5-28.8 44 14.9 10.3-20.9 9 4.7 2.2- 9.9 14 9.5 4.8-17.7
No 770 350 45.5 40.8-50.1 208 24.3 20.9-28.1 134 17.1 14.1-20.8 30 3.8 2.5- 5.7 48 9.3 6.1-13.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 62 29 43.1 29.9-57.4 15 21.1 11.4-35.6 15 26.2 15.3-41.0 3 9.6 3.0-26.9 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 919 410 46.8 42.5-51.2 245 23.7 20.5-27.1 164 16.0 13.3-19.1 36 3.6 2.4- 5.2 64 10.0 7.0-14.1

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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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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