SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Women's Health--FEMALE Respondents Only

Have you had a hysterectomy?*

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
 View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,062 1,079 24.0 22.2-25.9 2,983 76.0 74.1-77.8
RACE
White 3,107 852 25.9 23.8-28.2 2,255 74.1 71.8-76.2
African American 657 168 21.1 17.3-25.6 489 78.9 74.4-82.7
Asian 41 3 2.7 0.6-11.0 38 97.3 89.0-99.4
Native American 113 34 22.1 13.0-35.1 79 77.9 64.9-87.0
Other Minorities 119 14 11.9 5.8-22.7 105 88.1 77.3-94.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 140 16 14.6 7.7-26.2 124 85.4 73.8-92.3
-English Speaking 70 13 28.3 14.0-48.9 57 71.7 51.1-86.0
-Spanish Speaking 70 3 5.7 1.8-17.0 67 94.3 83.0-98.2
Non-Hispanic 3,916 1,060 24.5 22.6-26.5 2,856 75.5 73.5-77.4
AGE
18-24 296 3 0.9 0.2- 3.8 293 99.1 96.2-99.8
25-34 686 29 4.6 2.8- 7.4 657 95.4 92.6-97.2
35-44 752 96 14.8 11.2-19.2 656 85.2 80.8-88.8
45-54 791 268 35.3 30.5-40.3 523 64.7 59.7-69.5
55-64 600 260 44.8 39.2-50.7 340 55.2 49.3-60.8
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. 632 248 35.6 30.0-41.7 384 64.4 58.3-70.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,190 365 27.4 24.1-31.1 825 72.6 68.9-75.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,022 268 21.1 18.0-24.5 754 78.9 75.5-82.0
College Graduate 1,210 195 14.5 11.9-17.6 1,015 85.5 82.4-88.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 466 166 29.2 23.4-35.8 300 70.8 64.2-76.6
$15,000- 24,999 686 193 25.8 21.0-31.2 493 74.2 68.8-79.0
$25,000- 34,999 486 132 24.6 19.5-30.5 354 75.4 69.5-80.5
$35,000- 49,999 496 115 18.7 14.7-23.5 381 81.3 76.5-85.3
$50,000-74,999 451 86 20.8 16.1-26.4 365 79.2 73.6-83.9
$75,000+ 444 78 16.5 12.4-21.6 366 83.5 78.4-87.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 250 64 23.0 17.3-30.0 186 77.0 70.0-82.7
Forsyth 280 80 25.1 20.0-30.9 200 74.9 69.1-80.0
Guilford 264 67 20.3 15.6-26.0 197 79.7 74.0-84.4
Henderson/Transylvania 283 90 33.5 25.0-43.2 193 66.5 56.8-75.0
Mecklenburg 284 59 18.7 14.3-24.1 225 81.3 75.9-85.7
Orange 256 35 12.0 7.2-19.3 221 88.0 80.7-92.8
Pitt 255 52 16.6 12.1-22.3 203 83.4 77.7-87.9
Randolph 252 72 23.9 18.2-30.7 180 76.1 69.3-81.8
Robeson 262 90 29.3 23.6-35.7 172 70.7 64.3-76.4
Wake 244 38 13.9 9.8-19.3 206 86.1 80.7-90.2
Western NC 372 136 36.3 30.9-42.0 236 63.7 58.0-69.1
Piedmont NC 553 162 28.4 24.2-33.1 391 71.6 66.9-75.8
Eastern NC 507 134 20.6 17.1-24.6 373 79.4 75.4-82.9

Back to Women's Health.

* 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

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 28JUL03.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook