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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Women's Health--WHITE Respondents Only

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 2,255 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
AGE
18-24 196 148 75.4 65.1-83.4 15 5.1 2.3-11.1 2 3.3 0.7-14.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3 29 15.7 9.4-24.9
25-34 473 394 83.2 77.3-87.8 42 8.1 5.4-12.0 9 2.0 0.8- 5.3 17 3.2 1.6- 6.6 11 3.4 1.2- 9.4
35-44 470 372 73.5 66.9-79.1 57 14.1 9.9-19.7 12 2.5 1.3- 5.0 27 9.0 5.5-14.4 2 0.9 0.1- 5.7
45-54 404 322 76.7 69.7-82.5 44 12.7 8.4-18.7 9 2.7 1.1- 6.3 22 6.5 3.5-11.7 7 1.4 0.5- 4.0
55-64 269 206 80.4 72.2-86.7 36 11.1 7.2-16.9 3 0.2 0.1- 0.6 20 6.7 2.8-15.4 4 1.6 0.5- 4.6
65-74 239 153 66.4 57.1-74.5 35 12.0 7.3-19.3 14 5.3 2.6-10.8 27 11.0 6.6-17.9 10 5.2 2.1-12.2
75+ 184 84 40.4 31.3-50.3 32 16.1 10.2-24.5 19 10.2 5.9-17.0 29 18.0 10.6-28.9 20 15.2 9.1-24.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 229 132 61.9 51.3-71.5 31 11.1 6.6-18.2 16 8.4 3.6-18.5 33 11.8 6.7-19.9 17 6.8 3.7-12.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 601 420 69.4 63.8-74.6 84 13.3 10.0-17.5 19 3.0 1.6- 5.6 56 9.2 6.3-13.3 22 5.0 2.6- 9.3
Some Post-H.S. 567 442 75.1 69.2-80.3 56 10.4 7.2-14.8 14 1.9 1.0- 3.8 33 7.2 4.5-11.3 22 5.4 2.7-10.3
College Graduate 854 695 84.2 80.4-87.4 91 8.5 6.2-11.5 19 1.9 1.0- 3.4 27 1.8 1.1- 2.9 22 3.6 2.0- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 185 111 58.4 47.3-68.7 28 12.9 7.8-20.6 4 2.7 0.8- 9.0 27 14.9 8.7-24.3 15 11.1 4.7-24.2
$15,000- 24,999 321 206 71.8 64.1-78.4 49 12.2 7.8-18.8 15 2.9 1.5- 5.6 37 8.5 5.4-13.3 14 4.4 2.2- 8.8
$25,000- 34,999 247 197 80.1 72.3-86.0 21 9.5 5.2-16.6 8 2.2 0.8- 5.7 15 5.5 2.9-10.3 6 2.8 1.2- 6.3
$35,000- 49,999 311 261 81.0 73.6-86.7 22 8.5 4.9-14.4 5 0.8 0.3- 2.7 16 5.1 2.5-10.2 7 4.5 1.8-10.6
$50,000-74,999 311 271 86.7 79.5-91.7 21 6.0 3.1-11.3 7 1.6 0.6- 4.0 11 5.6 2.3-12.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
$75,000+ 323 279 86.8 81.0-91.0 33 8.9 5.7-13.8 3 1.6 0.5- 4.8 7 2.7 0.9- 7.4 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 172 126 76.0 68.4-82.3 22 10.6 6.7-16.4 6 2.7 1.1- 6.4 11 5.7 3.0-10.5 7 5.0 2.2-10.9
Forsyth 153 123 81.5 74.1-87.2 15 9.0 5.3-14.9 2 1.8 0.4- 7.2 10 5.3 2.8- 9.9 3 2.3 0.7- 7.8
Guilford 130 96 77.6 69.0-84.4 13 9.0 5.0-15.5 5 2.3 0.9- 6.1 13 8.4 4.6-14.7 3 2.7 0.7-10.8
Henderson/Transylvania 176 124 72.1 63.8-79.1 28 14.6 9.8-21.3 7 2.7 1.2- 5.8 14 9.1 5.0-16.0 3 1.5 0.4- 5.4
Mecklenburg 134 111 84.2 76.3-89.8 11 6.6 3.5-12.3 7 6.0 2.6-13.0 5 3.2 1.3- 7.8 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 179 142 63.2 43.8-79.1 23 24.6 9.7-49.7 4 1.6 0.5- 4.4 4 4.4 0.9-18.8 6 6.3 2.6-14.7
Pitt 142 122 89.9 83.5-94.0 11 5.9 2.9-11.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 4 2.2 0.8- 6.0 4 1.5 0.5- 4.0
Randolph 159 111 73.5 61.1-83.1 20 10.2 6.1-16.6 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 18 12.4 6.2-23.4 7 2.8 1.2- 6.2
Robeson 60 48 80.6 68.0-89.1 3 5.5 1.8-15.7 2 3.0 0.7-12.0 5 8.5 3.3-19.9 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6
Wake 153 124 82.5 73.8-88.7 16 8.2 4.8-13.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 8 7.3 3.0-16.8
Western NC 225 143 65.4 58.1-72.1 35 15.3 10.7-21.3 10 4.9 2.6- 9.2 24 7.9 5.2-11.9 13 6.5 3.4-12.1
Piedmont NC 323 248 75.5 69.3-80.8 26 8.3 5.4-12.6 13 3.3 1.7- 6.3 21 7.7 4.7-12.3 15 5.1 2.7- 9.4
Eastern NC 249 174 70.5 63.4-76.8 40 13.8 9.7-19.1 4 2.3 0.6- 7.9 19 7.9 4.7-13.0 12 5.5 2.7-10.9

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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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