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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

Women's Health

How long has it been since you had your last Pap smear?*

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  Total
Respond.#
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,998 2,260 75.8 73.2-78.1 354 11.3 9.5-13.3 92 2.9 2.1- 3.9 179 5.2 4.2- 6.6 113 4.9 3.7- 6.4
Henderson/ Transylvania 193 138 73.7 65.9-80.2 28 12.6 8.4-18.4 8 3.2 1.5- 6.8 16 9.3 5.3-15.7 3 1.3 0.4- 4.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 187 139 77.5 70.4-83.3 23 10.1 6.5-15.5 7 2.7 1.2- 6.1 11 5.1 2.7- 9.5 7 4.5 2.0- 9.9
Forsyth 204 163 79.9 72.8-85.5 20 8.3 5.2-13.0 3 2.4 0.7- 7.5 11 3.9 2.1- 7.2 7 5.5 2.5-11.9
Guilford 198 154 78.0 68.1-85.5 22 9.4 6.0-14.4 5 1.4 0.5- 3.8 13 5.2 2.8- 9.3 4 6.0 1.4-21.9
Mecklenburg 228 186 81.9 75.4-87.0 21 7.7 4.8-12.1 11 5.9 3.1-11.0 6 1.9 0.8- 4.2 4 2.6 0.8- 7.9
Orange 220 171 66.4 49.7-79.8 28 21.2 8.9-42.6 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8 6 4.0 1.0-14.5 9 6.8 3.3-13.7
Pitt 204 167 86.9 81.3-91.0 16 5.5 3.1- 9.5 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 11 4.5 2.3- 8.4 8 2.4 1.1- 4.9
Randolph 182 127 72.3 61.0-81.3 23 10.4 6.4-16.5 4 2.2 0.6- 7.3 20 11.6 6.1-21.1 8 3.4 1.5- 7.7
Robeson 174 133 80.1 73.2-85.6 20 10.5 6.6-16.4 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4 14 6.5 3.7-11.2 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9
Wake 207 162 79.9 72.5-85.7 25 10.3 6.6-15.6 6 1.6 0.7- 3.7 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6 11 7.5 3.7-14.8
Western NC 236 149 64.3 57.1-71.0 36 15.2 10.7-21.1 13 5.6 3.2- 9.9 24 7.6 5.0-11.4 14 7.3 3.9-13.1
Piedmont NC 393 306 76.7 70.6-81.8 32 9.1 5.5-14.6 14 3.0 1.6- 5.5 24 6.6 4.2-10.4 17 4.6 2.6- 8.2
Eastern NC 372 265 73.5 67.9-78.5 60 14.4 10.7-19.0 9 2.1 0.8- 5.4 20 5.5 3.3- 8.9 18 4.5 2.5- 8.1

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Henderson/Transylvania Counties. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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* Respondents who reported having hysterectomy were excluded from both numerator and denominator.* This question was asked of female respondents who reported ever having a Pap smear and those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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