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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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
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
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 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
RACE
White 351 233 65.9 59.9-71.5 42 13.8 9.8-19.2 17 5.0 3.0- 8.2 10 2.2 1.1- 4.3 49 12.9 9.5-17.5
Other 20 16 85.8 62.3-95.7 2 9.8 2.1-35.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 1 3.6 0.5-22.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 134 91 64.6 54.3-73.7 16 14.8 8.2-25.1 5 3.4 1.2- 8.9 6 3.6 1.5- 8.1 16 13.7 8.0-22.6
45+ 234 156 68.6 61.8-74.8 28 12.9 8.7-18.8 13 5.9 3.3-10.3 5 1.4 0.6- 3.5 32 11.1 7.7-15.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 209 132 61.6 53.4-69.2 29 17.3 11.4-25.4 10 4.4 2.2- 8.6 7 2.5 1.1- 5.7 31 14.1 9.4-20.6
Some College + 162 117 74.1 66.4-80.6 15 8.7 5.1-14.3 8 5.3 2.6-10.9 4 2.0 0.7- 5.3 18 9.8 6.0-15.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 156 67.6 60.1-74.3 24 13.7 8.5-21.2 11 4.6 2.4- 8.5 7 2.3 1.1- 4.9 33 11.8 8.2-16.8
$50,000+ 46 37 79.2 63.2-89.4 3 5.9 1.9-17.0 3 7.5 2.2-22.3 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 2 6.4 1.5-23.3
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
Orange 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
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
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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