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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
RACE
White 2,255 1,692 74.6 71.7-77.3 263 10.8 9.1-12.8 68 3.0 2.0- 4.3 149 6.7 5.3- 8.5 83 4.9 3.5- 6.8
African American 504 394 80.1 73.3-85.5 62 13.5 8.7-20.4 14 2.0 1.0- 3.9 18 1.5 0.7- 3.3 16 2.9 1.3- 6.2
Asian 35 23 64.4 41.5-82.2 3 7.2 1.3-31.8 2 5.4 1.0-24.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 6 22.8 8.9-47.1
Native American 79 66 91.1 83.5-95.4 8 5.3 2.3-12.0 2 1.5 0.3- 6.0 3 2.1 0.6- 6.7 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 105 70 73.4 59.9-83.6 13 10.6 4.1-24.7 6 5.2 1.9-13.3 8 2.2 0.7- 6.9 8 8.6 3.7-18.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 124 84 76.9 64.2-86.1 19 7.0 3.3-14.3 8 6.3 2.7-13.8 7 2.3 0.6- 8.1 6 7.4 2.1-22.7
-English Speaking 56 43 84.4 68.5-93.1 8 6.1 2.1-16.6 2 4.3 1.0-16.0 3 5.2 0.9-25.0 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 68 41 73.4 56.2-85.6 11 7.5 2.8-18.1 6 7.2 2.7-18.2 4 1.0 0.3- 2.8 6 10.9 3.2-31.4
Non-Hispanic 2,870 2,172 75.6 73.0-78.0 335 11.6 9.8-13.7 84 2.7 1.9- 3.8 172 5.4 4.3- 6.8 107 4.7 3.6- 6.2
AGE
18-24 292 225 75.8 66.7-83.1 22 7.3 3.0-16.6 5 3.2 1.0- 9.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 38 13.4 8.6-20.2
25-34 658 555 85.8 81.4-89.3 56 7.3 5.1-10.2 12 1.5 0.6- 3.7 19 2.2 1.1- 4.5 16 3.2 1.4- 7.2
35-44 649 504 73.4 67.7-78.4 85 16.2 12.0-21.4 16 2.2 1.2- 4.0 38 6.9 4.3-10.9 6 1.3 0.5- 3.8
45-54 524 412 76.6 70.6-81.7 59 12.6 8.8-17.7 15 3.7 1.9- 7.0 29 6.0 3.5-10.1 9 1.1 0.4- 3.0
55-64 337 252 77.7 70.3-83.6 49 12.5 8.5-18.1 6 1.0 0.4- 3.0 23 5.4 2.3-12.2 7 3.4 1.4- 8.2
65-74 276 176 66.8 58.3-74.3 41 11.6 7.3-17.8 17 5.8 3.0-10.7 29 9.9 6.1-15.9 13 5.9 2.8-12.1
75+ 223 108 48.6 39.4-57.8 38 14.4 9.4-21.5 21 8.0 4.7-13.4 33 15.5 9.3-24.6 23 13.5 8.4-21.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 383 238 71.7 64.4-78.1 55 9.4 6.2-14.0 25 6.8 3.5-12.6 42 7.0 4.1-11.7 23 5.1 3.1- 8.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 826 588 70.3 65.0-75.0 116 14.9 11.1-19.8 26 2.8 1.6- 4.7 64 7.0 4.9-10.0 32 5.0 3.0- 8.2
Some Post-H.S. 759 593 76.4 71.4-80.7 80 10.8 8.0-14.4 18 2.3 1.3- 4.0 39 5.4 3.4- 8.5 29 5.1 2.8- 9.1
College Graduate 1,023 837 84.1 80.6-87.1 101 8.0 5.9-10.6 23 1.7 0.9- 2.9 34 2.0 1.2- 3.3 28 4.2 2.5- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 299 192 64.7 55.8-72.8 46 15.7 10.2-23.5 8 2.7 1.0- 7.2 34 10.1 6.2-16.2 19 6.7 2.8-14.8
$15,000- 24,999 490 335 75.6 69.7-80.7 68 11.1 7.6-15.9 20 3.1 1.7- 5.4 45 5.5 3.6- 8.5 22 4.7 2.7- 8.2
$25,000- 34,999 353 289 78.9 69.9-85.7 29 11.9 6.1-21.9 10 1.8 0.8- 4.1 17 3.8 2.0- 7.1 8 3.7 1.6- 8.0
$35,000- 49,999 384 320 81.3 74.9-86.4 28 7.9 4.8-12.8 7 1.1 0.4- 2.8 19 5.1 2.6- 9.7 10 4.5 2.1- 9.5
$50,000-74,999 364 318 87.9 81.6-92.2 25 5.7 3.1-10.1 8 1.4 0.6- 3.5 12 4.9 2.1-11.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
$75,000+ 367 314 84.7 78.4-89.4 39 9.5 6.3-14.2 3 1.3 0.4- 3.9 8 2.2 0.8- 6.0 3 2.2 0.5- 9.9
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
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
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

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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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