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

Women's Health

Have had a mammogram within the past 2 years and a clinical breast exam within a year(Women age 40 +)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,488 4,001 62.5 61.0-64.0 2,487 37.5 36.0-39.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 160 90 56.9 48.2-65.1 70 43.1 34.9-51.8
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 160 90 56.9 48.2-65.1 70 43.1 34.9-51.8
RACE
White 157 89 57.6 48.9-65.9 68 42.4 34.1-51.1
Other 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 17 8 46.5 24.2-70.3 9 53.5 29.7-75.8
45+ 143 82 58.4 49.2-67.0 61 41.6 33.0-50.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 97 49 51.6 40.5-62.6 48 48.4 37.4-59.5
Some College + 63 41 65.6 52.2-76.9 22 34.4 23.1-47.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 88 50 52.4 40.8-63.8 38 47.6 36.2-59.2
$50,000+ 32 23 74.5 55.7-87.1 9 25.5 12.9-44.3

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^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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