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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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 . - .
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 250 168 68.2 61.6-74.1 33 12.0 8.3-16.9 15 5.1 3.0- 8.6 34 14.8 10.5-20.4 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 250 168 68.2 61.6-74.1 33 12.0 8.3-16.9 15 5.1 3.0- 8.6 34 14.8 10.5-20.4 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 189 131 70.4 62.9-76.9 24 12.0 7.9-17.9 13 5.7 3.2-10.0 21 11.9 7.6-18.1 0 0.0 . - .
Other 59 35 59.9 45.7-72.6 9 12.3 6.0-23.7 2 3.1 0.7-12.4 13 24.7 14.3-39.0 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 89 63 71.4 60.4-80.3 9 9.0 4.5-17.0 4 3.9 1.3-11.0 13 15.8 9.1-25.9 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 159 105 66.6 58.1-74.1 22 13.3 8.5-20.3 11 5.9 3.2-10.7 21 14.2 9.1-21.5 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 126 73 57.3 47.6-66.4 19 13.4 8.3-21.0 7 5.4 2.4-11.5 27 23.9 16.5-33.4 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 124 95 79.4 71.1-85.8 14 10.5 6.0-17.8 8 4.8 2.3- 9.6 7 5.4 2.5-11.1 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 144 90 62.8 53.8-71.1 19 11.8 7.2-18.8 10 6.2 3.2-11.7 25 19.1 12.9-27.5 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 45 37 82.0 67.0-91.1 5 11.2 4.6-24.7 2 3.2 0.8-12.3 1 3.7 0.5-21.7 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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