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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Skin Cancer Prevention

When you are outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour, how often do you stay in the shade?
Would you say:

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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 14,939 1,826 10.5 9.8-11.2 3,614 22.0 21.0-23.1 7,116 50.4 49.2-51.7 1,629 12.1 11.3-13.0 754 4.9 4.4- 5.5
-New Hanover County 357 29 7.5 4.8-11.6 96 24.8 18.8-32.0 156 44.5 37.3-51.9 47 15.7 10.7-22.5 29 7.5 4.8-11.6
GENDER
Male 140 7 4.8 2.0-10.8 33 22.6 13.3-35.6 64 45.5 33.9-57.6 23 18.7 10.6-30.9 13 8.4 4.3-15.7
Female 217 22 10.4 6.2-16.9 63 27.2 20.8-34.6 92 43.4 35.4-51.7 24 12.5 8.0-19.0 16 6.5 3.6-11.7
RACE
White 308 18 4.3 2.5- 7.1 78 25.5 18.7-33.6 147 49.1 41.7-56.6 40 12.7 9.0-17.8 25 8.4 5.2-13.3
Other 47 11 22.2 10.3-41.3 16 20.5 10.5-36.1 9 24.3 8.1-54.0 7 29.3 11.9-55.9 4 3.7 1.2-10.9
AGE
18-44 77 3 5.0 1.5-15.6 14 13.6 7.6-23.3 36 49.8 35.8-63.8 17 24.1 13.5-39.2 7 7.5 3.2-16.6
45+ 278 26 9.2 6.0-14.0 82 32.2 24.1-41.6 118 40.6 33.4-48.2 30 10.4 7.0-15.1 22 7.6 4.5-12.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 97 12 8.5 4.4-16.0 25 15.4 9.3-24.4 32 35.5 21.2-52.8 16 29.1 15.6-47.5 12 11.6 5.8-22.0
Some College + 260 17 7.1 4.0-12.4 71 28.3 20.8-37.2 124 47.8 39.7-56.0 31 10.8 7.2-15.8 17 6.0 3.2-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 157 21 11.8 6.8-19.6 45 22.2 15.2-31.3 60 40.4 28.9-53.0 19 18.7 9.9-32.6 12 6.9 3.4-13.6
$50,000+ 154 5 3.9 1.4-10.4 33 20.2 14.2-27.9 78 51.6 42.5-60.6 26 16.2 10.9-23.5 12 8.1 4.0-15.6

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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