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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 395 50 9.9 7.0-14.0 92 19.1 14.9-24.2 195 48.1 41.2-55.1 40 15.7 10.0-23.7 18 7.2 3.4-14.8
GENDER
Male 145 14 8.0 4.2-14.7 19 13.7 8.1-22.2 80 44.9 34.4-55.9 21 22.2 12.6-36.0 11 11.1 4.4-25.4
Female 250 36 12.0 8.0-17.5 73 24.8 19.3-31.3 115 51.5 43.7-59.2 19 8.8 4.9-15.2 7 3.0 1.3- 6.9
RACE
White 331 30 4.8 3.2- 7.1 74 17.4 13.2-22.8 177 57.1 49.6-64.3 36 14.7 9.6-21.9 14 5.9 2.4-14.2
Other 61 20 28.1 16.2-44.1 16 21.9 12.1-36.4 17 18.5 10.2-31.4 4 19.6 5.9-48.6 4 11.9 3.1-36.4
AGE
18-44 131 11 7.7 3.9-14.7 22 12.9 7.9-20.5 77 49.6 38.2-61.1 18 21.6 12.0-35.6 3 8.2 2.4-24.5
45+ 259 39 12.6 8.7-17.9 67 25.3 19.4-32.2 116 46.7 39.5-54.0 22 9.3 5.7-14.7 15 6.2 3.6-10.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 29 12.5 7.7-19.7 36 18.1 11.6-27.0 54 39.5 28.1-52.2 12 15.5 6.1-34.3 10 14.4 5.7-32.0
Some College + 253 21 8.3 4.9-13.9 55 19.3 14.2-25.8 141 53.9 46.0-61.5 28 15.8 10.1-24.0 8 2.6 1.2- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 156 31 16.8 10.4-25.9 40 19.6 13.0-28.6 62 33.9 24.4-44.9 14 16.6 6.8-35.0 9 13.1 4.8-31.0
$50,000+ 178 10 4.9 2.4- 9.8 32 15.8 10.7-22.8 110 63.9 55.6-71.5 19 11.8 7.3-18.5 7 3.6 1.6- 7.9

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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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