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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Skin Cancer Prevention

When you're outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour,
how often do you protect your skin from the sun,
such as by using sunscreens or sunblock or wearing hats or protective clothing?
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 15,114 4,707 27.7 26.6-28.8 3,547 23.6 22.6-24.7 3,481 25.4 24.2-26.5 1,078 8.0 7.4- 8.7 2,301 15.3 14.4-16.3
-Union County 396 115 26.1 20.2-32.9 95 21.0 16.6-26.2 103 30.3 24.1-37.3 40 13.4 9.0-19.4 43 9.3 5.8-14.5
GENDER
Male 147 40 25.9 16.7-37.9 27 14.2 9.0-21.6 41 30.4 21.2-41.6 20 18.1 10.8-28.8 19 11.4 5.7-21.5
Female 249 75 26.2 20.4-33.1 68 28.3 22.0-35.6 62 30.1 22.8-38.7 20 8.3 5.0-13.4 24 7.0 4.4-11.0
RACE
White 333 93 20.8 16.4-26.1 84 23.1 18.1-29.1 94 35.2 28.1-43.0 32 14.7 9.5-22.0 30 6.2 4.1- 9.2
Other 60 19 40.9 23.4-61.1 11 14.4 7.1-26.8 9 14.6 7.0-27.8 8 9.3 3.9-20.6 13 20.8 8.9-41.2
AGE
18-44 131 27 20.8 12.2-33.2 27 15.2 9.9-22.6 51 39.4 28.8-51.0 16 16.1 9.1-26.8 10 8.6 3.5-19.5
45+ 260 86 31.4 25.1-38.5 66 27.4 21.2-34.6 52 20.6 15.3-27.2 23 10.3 6.5-16.1 33 10.2 7.0-14.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 46 31.9 20.3-46.3 26 14.9 9.1-23.3 28 25.7 15.2-40.0 14 13.0 6.5-24.3 24 14.6 7.4-26.7
Some College + 257 68 22.0 16.8-28.3 69 24.9 19.2-31.6 75 33.3 26.4-41.1 26 13.7 8.5-21.4 19 6.1 3.4-10.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 154 48 31.4 20.1-45.5 30 16.6 10.6-25.0 36 25.7 15.9-38.7 12 9.5 4.0-21.2 28 16.8 9.2-28.6
$50,000+ 179 52 24.8 18.6-32.3 50 26.1 19.4-34.1 52 34.5 26.8-43.1 18 11.9 7.3-18.8 7 2.7 1.2- 5.9

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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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