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

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 9,337 6,517 69.9 68.8-71.1 1,133 12.1 11.3-12.9 373 3.8 3.3- 4.3 1,314 14.2 13.3-15.1 0 0.0 . - .
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 220 150 67.1 59.8-73.7 27 12.7 8.4-18.7 15 7.9 4.5-13.6 28 12.3 8.3-17.9 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 220 150 67.1 59.8-73.7 27 12.7 8.4-18.7 15 7.9 4.5-13.6 28 12.3 8.3-17.9 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 215 148 67.8 60.4-74.4 25 12.3 8.1-18.4 15 8.1 4.6-13.9 27 11.8 7.9-17.3 0 0.0 . - .
Other 4 1 15.4 1.7-65.7 2 38.5 6.2-85.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 46.2 7.6-90.0 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 78 57 72.4 60.2-82.0 13 15.8 8.7-26.8 4 7.1 2.6-18.3 4 4.7 1.6-12.6 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 142 93 63.8 54.5-72.3 14 10.8 6.1-18.6 11 8.4 4.2-16.0 24 17.0 11.2-25.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 114 68 59.1 48.6-68.8 10 8.9 4.3-17.5 13 13.5 7.4-23.4 23 18.6 12.1-27.5 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 106 82 75.9 65.8-83.8 17 16.9 10.3-26.5 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7 5 5.4 2.1-13.3 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 130 86 62.5 52.6-71.5 18 15.4 9.4-24.3 11 10.4 5.4-19.2 15 11.6 6.9-19.1 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 42 34 80.7 64.4-90.7 5 9.3 3.7-21.5 1 1.8 0.2-11.5 2 8.2 2.1-27.3 0 0.0 . - .

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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 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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