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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Women's Health

Have you had a hysterectomy?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,131 1,148 26.3 24.3-28.3 2,983 73.7 71.7-75.7
RACE
White 3,160 905 28.4 26.1-30.8 2,255 71.6 69.2-73.9
African American 664 175 22.8 18.7-27.4 489 77.2 72.6-81.3
Asian 41 3 2.7 0.6-11.0 38 97.3 89.0-99.4
Native American 120 41 25.7 16.2-38.3 79 74.3 61.7-83.8
Other Minorities 120 15 13.2 6.8-24.1 105 86.8 75.9-93.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 142 18 16.6 9.3-28.0 124 83.4 72.0-90.7
-English Speaking 72 15 32.4 17.7-51.6 57 67.6 48.4-82.3
-Spanish Speaking 70 3 5.7 1.8-17.0 67 94.3 83.0-98.2
Non-Hispanic 3,983 1,127 26.8 24.8-28.9 2,856 73.2 71.1-75.2
AGE
18-24 296 3 0.9 0.2- 3.8 293 99.1 96.2-99.8
25-34 691 34 5.6 3.6- 8.8 657 94.4 91.2-96.4
35-44 775 119 19.3 15.2-24.2 656 80.7 75.8-84.8
45-54 821 298 40.1 35.1-45.4 523 59.9 54.6-64.9
55-64 611 271 46.3 40.6-52.1 340 53.7 47.9-59.4
65-74 502 220 42.8 36.5-49.4 282 57.2 50.6-63.5
75+ 435 203 45.3 38.7-52.1 232 54.7 47.9-61.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 641 257 37.4 31.6-43.6 384 62.6 56.4-68.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,219 394 30.8 27.3-34.7 825 69.2 65.3-72.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,032 278 22.3 19.1-25.9 754 77.7 74.1-80.9
College Graduate 1,231 216 16.5 13.6-19.9 1,015 83.5 80.1-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 468 168 29.3 23.5-35.9 300 70.7 64.1-76.5
$15,000- 24,999 693 200 27.2 22.3-32.7 493 72.8 67.3-77.7
$25,000- 34,999 498 144 27.9 22.3-34.3 354 72.1 65.7-77.7
$35,000- 49,999 508 127 22.6 17.8-28.1 381 77.4 71.9-82.2
$50,000-74,999 466 101 25.0 19.7-31.1 365 75.0 68.9-80.3
$75,000+ 456 90 19.4 14.8-25.1 366 80.6 74.9-85.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 252 66 23.7 18.0-30.7 186 76.3 69.3-82.0
Forsyth 283 83 25.7 20.7-31.5 200 74.3 68.5-79.3
Guilford 268 71 22.1 17.0-28.0 197 77.9 72.0-83.0
Henderson/Transylvania 288 95 36.5 28.0-46.1 193 63.5 53.9-72.0
Mecklenburg 288 63 20.1 15.5-25.7 225 79.9 74.3-84.5
Orange 257 36 12.4 7.5-19.8 221 87.6 80.2-92.5
Pitt 257 54 17.3 12.7-23.2 203 82.7 76.8-87.3
Randolph 259 79 26.8 20.8-33.8 180 73.2 66.2-79.2
Robeson 272 100 32.5 26.6-39.0 172 67.5 61.0-73.4
Wake 245 39 15.5 10.7-22.0 206 84.5 78.0-89.3
Western NC 381 145 38.9 33.5-44.6 236 61.1 55.4-66.5
Piedmont NC 563 172 30.8 26.4-35.6 391 69.2 64.4-73.6
Eastern NC 518 145 23.5 19.6-27.8 373 76.5 72.2-80.4

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* This question was asked of respondents who reported not being pregnant at time of interview.

#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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