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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Women's Health

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%)
All Participants 109907 105150 93.9 93.6-94.3 4,757 6.1 5.7- 6.4
Alabama 1,328 1,285 95.9 94.2-97.1 43 4.1 2.9- 5.8
Alaska 1,204 1,175 97.4 95.6-98.5 29 2.6 1.5- 4.4
Arizona 1,314 1,264 96.2 94.4-97.4 50 3.8 2.6- 5.6
Arkansas 1,497 1,446 96.3 94.8-97.3 51 3.7 2.7- 5.2
California 1,929 1,829 92.2 90.3-93.8 100 7.8 6.2- 9.7
Colorado 1,812 1,746 95.6 94.2-96.7 66 4.4 3.3- 5.8
Connecticut 2,688 2,577 94.2 92.7-95.4 111 5.8 4.6- 7.3
Delaware 1,946 1,887 96.0 93.8-97.4 59 4.0 2.6- 6.2
District of Columbia 1,160 1,110 93.7 91.1-95.6 50 6.3 4.4- 8.9
Florida 2,719 2,573 92.9 91.3-94.2 146 7.1 5.8- 8.7
Georgia 2,266 2,184 95.4 93.8-96.7 82 4.6 3.3- 6.2
Hawaii 2,820 2,683 94.5 93.3-95.5 137 5.5 4.5- 6.7
Idaho 2,041 1,959 94.9 93.3-96.0 82 5.1 4.0- 6.7
Illinois 1,220 1,153 92.9 90.1-94.9 67 7.1 5.1- 9.9
Indiana 2,551 2,449 94.6 93.2-95.7 102 5.4 4.3- 6.8
Iowa 1,623 1,575 96.8 95.5-97.7 48 3.2 2.3- 4.5
Kansas 1,947 1,856 93.8 92.3-95.1 91 6.2 4.9- 7.7
Kentucky 3,083 2,887 92.3 88.8-94.7 196 7.7 5.3-11.2
Louisiana 2,105 2,010 94.3 92.8-95.5 95 5.7 4.5- 7.2
Maine 1,154 1,124 97.3 96.0-98.1 30 2.7 1.9- 4.0
Maryland 2,115 2,049 96.2 94.8-97.3 66 3.8 2.7- 5.2
Massachusetts 3,674 3,490 94.1 92.9-95.1 184 5.9 4.9- 7.1
Michigan 2,674 2,585 95.9 94.6-96.9 89 4.1 3.1- 5.4
Minnesota 2,050 1,994 96.1 94.7-97.1 56 3.9 2.9- 5.3
Mississippi 1,735 1,658 95.3 93.9-96.4 77 4.7 3.6- 6.1
Missouri 2,103 1,994 93.9 92.0-95.3 109 6.1 4.7- 8.0
Montana 1,664 1,599 95.2 93.2-96.6 65 4.8 3.4- 6.8
Nebraska 2,036 1,946 94.3 92.6-95.6 90 5.7 4.4- 7.4
Nevada 1,162 1,114 93.3 90.5-95.4 48 6.7 4.6- 9.5
New Hampshire 2,381 2,309 96.2 95.0-97.1 72 3.8 2.9- 5.0
New Jersey 3,124 2,925 92.8 90.7-94.4 199 7.2 5.6- 9.3
New Mexico 2,065 1,964 94.2 92.4-95.5 101 5.8 4.5- 7.6
New York 2,270 2,146 92.1 90.3-93.6 124 7.9 6.4- 9.7
North Carolina 3,025 2,912 95.2 93.7-96.3 113 4.8 3.7- 6.3
North Dakota 1,299 1,254 95.7 94.0-96.9 45 4.3 3.1- 6.0
Ohio 1,863 1,790 94.9 93.3-96.1 73 5.1 3.9- 6.7
Oklahoma 2,682 2,565 94.2 92.7-95.5 117 5.8 4.5- 7.3
Oregon 1,313 1,266 95.4 93.7-96.7 47 4.6 3.3- 6.3
Pennsylvania 6,224 6,002 95.1 94.1-95.9 222 4.9 4.1- 5.9
Rhode Island 1,852 1,769 94.6 93.1-95.8 83 5.4 4.2- 6.9
South Carolina 1,835 1,781 95.7 93.8-97.0 54 4.3 3.0- 6.2
South Dakota 2,139 2,064 95.2 93.7-96.4 75 4.8 3.6- 6.3
Tennessee 1,308 1,242 94.5 92.7-95.9 66 5.5 4.1- 7.3
Texas 2,679 2,527 92.5 91.0-93.8 152 7.5 6.2- 9.0
Utah 1,614 1,520 90.2 87.3-92.4 94 9.8 7.6-12.7
Vermont 1,986 1,932 96.8 95.6-97.7 54 3.2 2.3- 4.4
Virginia 1,945 1,893 96.8 95.5-97.7 52 3.2 2.3- 4.5
Washington 2,227 2,149 95.1 93.6-96.3 78 4.9 3.7- 6.4
West Virginia 1,455 1,396 95.6 94.0-96.7 59 4.4 3.3- 6.0
Wisconsin 1,982 1,929 96.8 95.5-97.8 53 3.2 2.2- 4.5
Wyoming 1,436 1,386 95.2 93.0-96.8 50 4.8 3.2- 7.0
Guam 430 391 88.1 83.4-91.7 39 11.9 8.3-16.6
Puerto Rico 2,019 1,776 82.2 79.6-84.5 243 17.8 15.5-20.4
Virgin Islands 1,134 1,061 90.3 87.4-92.7 73 9.7 7.3-12.6

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* 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.

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