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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Women's Health--WHITE Respondents Only

A Pap smear is a test for cancer of the cervix. Have you ever had a Pap smear?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,274 2,191 95.2 93.3-96.5 83 4.8 3.5- 6.7
AGE
18-24 196 167 84.3 75.1-90.6 29 15.7 9.4-24.9
25-34 473 462 96.6 90.6-98.8 11 3.4 1.2- 9.4
35-44 473 471 99.1 94.4-99.9 2 0.9 0.1- 5.6
45-54 404 397 98.6 96.0-99.5 7 1.4 0.5- 4.0
55-64 273 269 98.5 95.4-99.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.6
65-74 243 233 94.9 88.1-97.9 10 5.1 2.1-11.9
75+ 192 172 85.7 77.1-91.5 20 14.3 8.5-22.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 234 217 93.3 88.1-96.4 17 6.7 3.6-11.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 608 586 95.1 90.9-97.4 22 4.9 2.6- 9.1
Some Post-H.S. 570 548 94.7 89.8-97.3 22 5.3 2.7-10.2
College Graduate 857 835 96.4 93.5-98.0 22 3.6 2.0- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 189 174 89.1 76.3-95.4 15 10.9 4.6-23.7
$15,000- 24,999 326 312 95.6 91.4-97.8 14 4.4 2.2- 8.6
$25,000- 34,999 248 242 97.3 93.8-98.8 6 2.7 1.2- 6.2
$35,000- 49,999 311 304 95.5 89.4-98.2 7 4.5 1.8-10.6
$50,000-74,999 313 312 99.9 99.3- 100 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
$75,000+ 323 322 100 99.7- 100 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 173 166 95.0 89.2-97.8 7 5.0 2.2-10.8
Forsyth 153 150 97.7 92.2-99.3 3 2.3 0.7- 7.8
Guilford 133 130 97.3 89.4-99.4 3 2.7 0.6-10.6
Henderson/Transylvania 178 175 98.5 94.7-99.6 3 1.5 0.4- 5.3
Mecklenburg 134 134 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 180 174 93.7 85.3-97.4 6 6.3 2.6-14.7
Pitt 142 138 98.5 96.0-99.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.0
Randolph 161 154 97.2 93.9-98.8 7 2.8 1.2- 6.1
Robeson 61 59 97.6 90.5-99.4 2 2.4 0.6- 9.5
Wake 153 145 92.7 83.2-97.0 8 7.3 3.0-16.8
Western NC 227 214 93.5 88.0-96.6 13 6.5 3.4-12.0
Piedmont NC 328 313 95.0 90.7-97.3 15 5.0 2.7- 9.3
Eastern NC 251 239 94.6 89.2-97.3 12 5.4 2.7-10.8

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* Respondents who reported having hysterectomy were excluded from both numerator and denominator

#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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