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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Women's Health--WHITE Respondents Only

Have you had a hysterectomy?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,160 905 28.4 26.1-30.8 2,255 71.6 69.2-73.9
AGE
18-24 199 3 1.4 0.3- 5.9 196 98.6 94.1-99.7
25-34 500 28 7.6 4.7-12.1 472 92.4 87.9-95.3
35-44 550 77 19.5 14.6-25.5 473 80.5 74.5-85.4
45-54 625 221 40.5 34.6-46.6 404 59.5 53.4-65.4
55-64 491 218 47.9 41.6-54.3 273 52.1 45.7-58.4
65-74 424 179 41.0 34.3-48.0 245 59.0 52.0-65.7
75+ 371 179 49.1 41.8-56.4 192 50.9 43.6-58.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 421 187 45.4 38.0-53.1 234 54.6 46.9-62.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 915 314 33.7 29.5-38.2 601 66.3 61.8-70.5
Some Post-H.S. 789 225 23.6 19.8-27.9 564 76.4 72.1-80.2
College Graduate 1,031 177 16.6 13.4-20.3 854 83.4 79.7-86.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 312 125 33.7 26.5-41.7 187 66.3 58.3-73.5
$15,000- 24,999 459 137 32.1 25.7-39.4 322 67.9 60.6-74.3
$25,000- 34,999 362 113 31.9 25.0-39.7 249 68.1 60.3-75.0
$35,000- 49,999 411 103 21.4 16.5-27.2 308 78.6 72.8-83.5
$50,000-74,999 405 92 25.8 20.0-32.5 313 74.2 67.5-80.0
$75,000+ 401 78 20.6 15.4-27.0 323 79.4 73.0-84.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 227 56 22.8 16.7-30.3 171 77.2 69.7-83.3
Forsyth 216 66 29.1 22.9-36.1 150 70.9 63.9-77.1
Guilford 181 50 22.4 16.8-29.2 131 77.6 70.8-83.2
Henderson/Transylvania 263 87 33.4 26.6-40.9 176 66.6 59.1-73.4
Mecklenburg 176 43 25.3 18.9-33.1 133 74.7 66.9-81.1
Orange 209 29 11.9 6.5-20.7 180 88.1 79.3-93.5
Pitt 184 41 19.0 13.2-26.5 143 81.0 73.5-86.8
Randolph 236 77 29.3 22.7-36.9 159 70.7 63.1-77.3
Robeson 106 45 44.2 34.2-54.7 61 55.8 45.3-65.8
Wake 179 26 15.6 10.4-22.6 153 84.4 77.4-89.6
Western NC 361 136 38.5 33.0-44.4 225 61.5 55.6-67.0
Piedmont NC 465 143 31.9 27.0-37.2 322 68.1 62.8-73.0
Eastern NC 357 106 26.3 21.4-31.9 251 73.7 68.1-78.6

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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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