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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Women's Health

A Pap smear is a test for cancer of the cervix. Have you ever had a Pap smear?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,713 6,424 95.4 94.6-96.0 289 4.6 4.0- 5.4
-Gaston County 156 144 93.6 88.1-96.7 12 6.4 3.3-11.9
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 156 144 93.6 88.1-96.7 12 6.4 3.3-11.9
RACE
White 127 118 93.0 86.0-96.7 9 7.0 3.3-14.0
Other 28 25 95.4 86.2-98.6 3 4.6 1.4-13.8
AGE
18-44 79 76 96.5 86.6-99.2 3 3.5 0.8-13.4
45+ 73 65 91.3 82.9-95.8 8 8.7 4.2-17.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 76 68 90.9 80.4-96.0 8 9.1 4.0-19.6
Some College + 79 75 96.1 89.6-98.6 4 3.9 1.4-10.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 94 88 94.0 85.6-97.7 6 6.0 2.3-14.4
$50,000+ 31 30 97.1 81.9-99.6 1 2.9 0.4-18.1

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* Respondents who reported having hysterectomy were excluded from both numerator and denominator

^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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