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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Women's Health

How long has it been since you had your last mammogram?*

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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 9,394 4,424 45.9 44.7-47.2 1,151 11.7 10.9-12.5 411 4.1 3.6- 4.6 698 6.9 6.3- 7.6 2,710 31.4 30.2-32.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 223 97 42.8 35.9-49.9 25 11.9 7.8-17.6 13 4.2 2.3- 7.5 18 9.8 5.9-15.7 70 31.4 25.1-38.4
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 223 97 42.8 35.9-49.9 25 11.9 7.8-17.6 13 4.2 2.3- 7.5 18 9.8 5.9-15.7 70 31.4 25.1-38.4
RACE
White 218 96 43.2 36.3-50.4 24 11.6 7.6-17.4 13 4.3 2.3- 7.6 18 10.0 6.1-16.1 67 30.9 24.6-37.9
Other 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 30.8 3.8-83.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 69.2 16.8-96.2
AGE
18-44 79 12 17.1 9.6-28.6 7 8.7 4.1-17.6 1 1.9 0.3-12.0 4 6.1 2.3-15.5 55 66.2 54.0-76.5
45+ 144 85 58.5 49.3-67.1 18 13.8 8.4-21.8 12 5.6 3.1-10.0 14 12.0 6.8-20.5 15 10.1 5.7-17.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 53 45.2 35.5-55.3 13 12.1 6.6-21.2 6 3.4 1.5- 7.6 13 12.9 7.0-22.5 31 26.5 18.5-36.3
Some College + 107 44 40.1 30.8-50.3 12 11.6 6.6-19.7 7 5.1 2.2-11.3 5 6.4 2.6-14.6 39 36.8 27.7-47.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 132 56 40.3 31.5-49.7 14 11.6 6.6-19.7 4 2.2 0.8- 6.0 11 10.0 5.2-18.4 47 35.9 27.4-45.4
$50,000+ 42 24 54.3 38.5-69.3 4 10.7 4.0-25.7 2 3.5 0.8-14.0 3 9.3 2.9-26.4 9 22.2 11.8-37.8

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* This question was asked of female respondents who reported ever having a mammogram and those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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