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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Women's Health

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

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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 6,636 4,692 71.7 70.3-73.0 904 13.1 12.2-14.1 277 3.9 3.4- 4.6 474 6.6 5.9- 7.4 289 4.7 4.0- 5.4
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 173 116 70.7 63.1-77.3 28 13.7 9.3-19.7 8 4.0 1.9- 8.3 16 9.5 5.7-15.6 5 2.0 0.8- 5.1
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 173 116 70.7 63.1-77.3 28 13.7 9.3-19.7 8 4.0 1.9- 8.3 16 9.5 5.7-15.6 5 2.0 0.8- 5.1
RACE
White 134 92 71.7 63.0-79.0 22 14.7 9.5-22.0 5 2.6 1.1- 6.3 13 9.7 5.4-16.7 2 1.4 0.3- 5.3
Other 38 23 66.6 49.3-80.3 6 10.6 4.5-23.0 3 9.1 2.7-26.5 3 9.1 2.7-26.4 3 4.5 1.3-14.6
AGE
18-44 82 64 80.0 69.7-87.5 9 8.8 4.5-16.5 2 1.5 0.4- 6.0 5 7.6 3.1-17.3 2 2.1 0.5- 8.1
45+ 89 52 61.6 50.1-71.8 17 17.9 10.9-28.0 6 6.8 2.9-15.3 11 11.8 6.2-21.1 3 2.0 0.6- 6.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 44 55.3 43.6-66.5 20 20.8 13.1-31.2 4 5.1 1.8-13.8 12 15.7 8.7-26.8 4 3.0 1.1- 8.4
Some College + 89 72 84.8 76.2-90.7 8 7.2 3.5-14.4 4 3.0 1.1- 8.0 4 3.8 1.4-10.1 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 102 62 66.5 56.2-75.4 17 12.4 7.5-19.8 6 4.9 2.0-11.6 12 12.7 7.0-21.9 5 3.5 1.4- 8.7
$50,000+ 34 28 81.9 64.1-91.9 4 11.0 4.0-26.8 1 2.5 0.3-15.6 1 4.6 0.7-26.3 0 0.0 . - .

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* Respondents who reported having hysterectomy were excluded from both numerator and denominator.* This question was asked of female respondents who reported ever having a Pap smear 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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