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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 153 63 46.1 36.2-56.3 51 34.3 25.4-44.4 25 12.6 8.0-19.2 5 1.5 0.6- 4.0 9 5.6 2.7-11.0
GENDER
Male 46 15 37.0 21.8-55.4 21 49.5 32.7-66.4 8 12.5 5.5-25.9 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3 0 0.0 . - .
Female 107 48 52.4 40.7-63.9 30 23.7 15.5-34.4 17 12.7 7.5-20.7 3 1.8 0.5- 6.2 9 9.4 4.7-18.1
RACE
White 125 55 50.6 39.6-61.7 43 33.0 23.5-44.1 17 9.9 5.7-16.5 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 6 4.9 2.1-11.4
African American 7 1 30.7 4.9-79.0 2 23.8 5.0-65.2 2 14.4 2.5-52.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 31.0 7.3-72.1
Other Minorities 20 6 24.1 9.1-50.2 6 43.5 20.8-69.4 6 26.7 11.0-51.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 1 4.3 0.6-25.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 13 3 15.7 4.4-43.1 5 50.8 23.4-77.6 4 27.5 9.3-58.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.0 0.8-33.5
Non-Hispanic 140 60 49.9 39.4-60.5 46 32.2 23.2-42.8 21 10.7 6.5-17.1 5 1.7 0.6- 4.5 8 5.5 2.6-11.4
AGE
18-24 8 5 59.8 22.9-88.2 3 40.2 11.8-77.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 44 19 44.3 27.5-62.4 17 42.8 26.2-61.2 5 8.2 3.1-20.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.8 1.5-14.2
35-44 72 28 46.9 33.8-60.6 21 23.9 15.1-35.8 16 20.6 12.0-33.1 3 2.4 0.6- 8.7 4 6.1 1.9-17.5
45-54 15 4 23.8 8.0-52.8 6 40.2 17.1-68.6 3 21.4 5.9-54.0 1 4.9 0.7-28.4 1 9.8 1.4-45.7
55-64 13 6 45.4 19.3-74.3 4 35.3 12.7-67.1 1 1.3 0.2- 9.4 1 3.9 0.5-24.0 1 14.2 2.1-56.6
65-74 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 19 7 26.3 9.9-53.8 5 40.3 17.2-68.7 5 23.3 8.5-50.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.0 2.4-33.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 42 17 50.7 31.9-69.3 11 28.4 14.6-47.9 9 15.0 7.0-29.3 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 3 4.7 1.4-14.2
Some Post-H.S. 41 21 55.2 37.0-72.0 15 34.2 19.1-53.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 1 2.2 0.3-14.4 3 7.5 2.0-24.7
College Graduate 51 18 41.9 27.2-58.3 20 38.9 24.6-55.4 10 15.1 7.5-28.0 2 1.9 0.4- 8.2 1 2.2 0.3-14.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 17 6 26.8 8.9-57.6 6 52.2 23.4-79.6 4 16.4 5.2-41.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.7 0.6-28.0
$15,000- 24,999 29 12 48.9 27.4-70.8 5 21.9 8.3-46.7 7 17.3 6.9-36.9 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 4 11.0 3.5-29.7
$25,000- 34,999 18 8 41.7 19.7-67.6 5 40.6 17.8-68.4 3 8.9 2.3-29.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.7 2.1-30.4
$35,000- 49,999 28 12 54.8 30.5-77.0 11 32.0 14.8-56.1 2 5.7 1.3-21.3 2 4.4 0.9-18.9 1 3.1 0.4-19.5
$50,000-74,999 24 9 52.3 29.8-73.9 9 33.1 15.7-56.9 5 13.5 4.8-32.6 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 25 10 40.8 22.2-62.5 11 44.2 24.2-66.3 3 12.4 3.7-34.3 1 2.6 0.4-16.5 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 33 15 48.3 29.7-67.4 10 28.7 14.2-49.6 6 19.1 8.0-39.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.9 0.9-14.9
No 117 48 46.5 35.1-58.3 40 35.3 25.1-47.1 19 11.3 6.6-18.6 4 1.6 0.5- 4.8 6 5.2 2.2-11.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 150 60 45.3 35.4-55.7 51 34.7 25.8-45.0 25 12.8 8.1-19.5 5 1.5 0.6- 4.0 9 5.6 2.8-11.1

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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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