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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Women's Health

Have you had a hysterectomy?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,131 1,148 26.3 24.3-28.3 2,983 73.7 71.7-75.7
Western NC 381 145 38.9 33.5-44.6 236 61.1 55.4-66.5
GENDER
Male 9 9 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Female 372 136 36.3 30.9-42.0 236 63.7 58.0-69.1
RACE
White 361 136 38.5 33.0-44.4 225 61.5 55.6-67.0
Other 20 9 46.1 23.7-70.2 11 53.9 29.8-76.3
AGE
18-44 138 19 15.3 9.4-23.9 119 84.7 76.1-90.6
45+ 243 126 55.7 48.7-62.4 117 44.3 37.6-51.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 94 44.8 37.2-52.7 121 55.2 47.3-62.8
Some College + 166 51 30.9 23.8-39.0 115 69.1 61.0-76.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 88 37.4 30.7-44.7 149 62.6 55.3-69.3
$50,000+ 49 14 30.9 18.7-46.6 35 69.1 53.4-81.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 252 66 23.7 18.0-30.7 186 76.3 69.3-82.0
Forsyth 283 83 25.7 20.7-31.5 200 74.3 68.5-79.3
Guilford 268 71 22.1 17.0-28.0 197 77.9 72.0-83.0
Henderson/Transylvania 288 95 36.5 28.0-46.1 193 63.5 53.9-72.0
Mecklenburg 288 63 20.1 15.5-25.7 225 79.9 74.3-84.5
Orange 257 36 12.4 7.5-19.8 221 87.6 80.2-92.5
Pitt 257 54 17.3 12.7-23.2 203 82.7 76.8-87.3
Randolph 259 79 26.8 20.8-33.8 180 73.2 66.2-79.2
Robeson 272 100 32.5 26.6-39.0 172 67.5 61.0-73.4
Wake 245 39 15.5 10.7-22.0 206 84.5 78.0-89.3
Piedmont NC 563 172 30.8 26.4-35.6 391 69.2 64.4-73.6
Eastern NC 518 145 23.5 19.6-27.8 373 76.5 72.2-80.4

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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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