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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Orange County

Women's Health

How long has it been since your last breast exam?*

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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%)
North Carolina 4,063 3,007 73.4 71.2-75.5 409 10.9 9.4-12.6 113 2.7 2.1- 3.5 89 1.9 1.4- 2.6 445 11.1 9.6-12.8
Orange County 256 202 67.4 52.1-79.7 29 17.4 6.7-38.1 3 1.4 0.4- 5.0 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 19 13.1 7.2-22.6
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 256 202 67.4 52.1-79.7 29 17.4 6.7-38.1 3 1.4 0.4- 5.0 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 19 13.1 7.2-22.6
RACE
White 208 170 66.0 47.3-80.7 23 20.1 7.1-45.2 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 11 12.6 5.9-24.9
Other 46 30 70.7 53.7-83.3 6 8.6 3.5-19.6 1 3.9 0.5-22.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 8 15.5 6.7-31.7
AGE
18-44 128 92 61.1 40.7-78.2 20 25.3 9.3-53.0 3 2.3 0.6- 8.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 12 10.8 5.5-20.3
45+ 128 110 77.6 59.9-88.9 9 4.7 2.2- 9.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.1 0.3- 4.8 7 16.6 6.3-37.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 28 41.4 16.2-72.1 8 43.0 12.6-79.9 1 0.9 0.1- 7.3 2 2.2 0.5- 9.8 3 12.4 2.5-43.6
Some College + 214 174 76.8 67.7-84.0 21 8.1 5.0-12.8 2 1.6 0.4- 6.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 16 13.3 7.2-23.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 104 76 67.4 53.4-78.8 12 9.1 4.8-16.7 3 3.7 1.0-12.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 12 19.1 9.3-35.1
$50,000+ 89 83 92.1 82.6-96.6 3 4.5 1.4-13.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 2 2.4 0.5-10.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 254 190 76.2 69.9-81.6 25 8.8 5.7-13.5 10 3.8 1.8- 7.5 5 1.9 0.7- 4.9 24 9.3 6.0-14.1
Forsyth 282 218 75.0 68.4-80.6 23 8.8 5.7-13.4 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1 3 1.8 0.6- 5.8 34 13.0 8.7-18.9
Guilford 265 202 74.8 66.4-81.7 24 11.1 5.8-20.0 9 2.8 1.4- 5.9 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8 24 9.6 5.8-15.6
Henderson/Transylvania 280 195 69.0 61.5-75.7 31 12.2 8.0-18.1 8 3.2 1.5- 6.7 5 2.7 1.0- 7.1 41 12.8 9.0-18.0
Mecklenburg 285 224 79.4 73.5-84.2 24 6.9 4.4-10.5 9 3.9 2.0- 7.7 9 3.5 1.7- 7.1 19 6.3 3.7-10.6
Pitt 255 201 82.7 77.0-87.2 22 7.0 4.3-11.0 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 5 1.5 0.6- 3.7 23 7.9 5.0-12.3
Randolph 248 178 72.9 63.7-80.5 19 7.7 4.5-12.8 9 3.6 1.7- 7.4 11 3.7 1.9- 7.3 31 12.1 7.2-19.6
Robeson 263 180 68.2 61.0-74.5 26 8.5 5.6-12.5 5 1.4 0.5- 3.6 10 4.4 2.3- 8.3 42 17.5 12.2-24.5
Wake 246 187 77.4 70.6-83.0 30 10.7 7.2-15.7 6 1.6 0.7- 3.9 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 22 9.9 5.9-16.0
Western NC 371 249 67.0 61.2-72.3 44 13.6 9.7-18.8 18 4.8 2.9- 7.8 11 2.3 1.2- 4.3 49 12.3 8.9-16.6
Piedmont NC 553 416 73.1 68.0-77.6 54 11.8 8.5-16.2 17 2.8 1.6- 4.8 10 1.6 0.8- 3.2 56 10.7 7.9-14.4
Eastern NC 505 365 72.4 67.4-76.8 58 10.8 8.0-14.4 11 2.2 1.1- 4.3 10 2.0 1.0- 4.0 61 12.7 9.4-16.9

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* This question was asked of female respondents who reported ever having a clinical breast exam 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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