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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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 . - .
-Durham County 259 192 75.9 69.8-81.1 33 11.9 8.3-16.8 4 2.1 0.7- 5.6 30 10.2 6.9-14.7 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 259 192 75.9 69.8-81.1 33 11.9 8.3-16.8 4 2.1 0.7- 5.6 30 10.2 6.9-14.7 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 142 109 79.0 71.1-85.1 18 11.9 7.4-18.7 0 0.0 . - . 15 9.1 5.3-15.3 0 0.0 . - .
Other 113 81 73.0 62.9-81.2 14 11.4 6.4-19.5 4 4.5 1.6-11.9 14 11.1 6.2-19.1 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 125 90 74.0 65.0-81.4 19 13.7 8.5-21.3 3 2.6 0.8- 8.4 13 9.6 5.4-16.5 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 133 101 77.9 69.1-84.7 14 9.9 5.6-17.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 17 10.8 6.3-17.8 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 74 49 68.5 55.7-78.9 12 13.7 7.4-24.2 2 3.3 0.8-13.2 11 14.5 7.6-26.0 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 185 143 79.2 72.4-84.8 21 11.1 7.0-16.9 2 1.5 0.3- 6.2 19 8.2 5.1-12.9 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 118 78 65.9 55.5-74.9 17 13.9 8.3-22.4 4 4.8 1.7-12.6 19 15.4 9.5-24.1 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 83 68 82.9 72.8-89.8 11 13.1 7.1-22.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.1 1.4-10.9 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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