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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Women's Health

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

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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 9,394 4,424 45.9 44.7-47.2 1,151 11.7 10.9-12.5 411 4.1 3.6- 4.6 698 6.9 6.3- 7.6 2,710 31.4 30.2-32.6
-Gaston County 238 112 45.9 38.9-53.1 36 13.3 9.2-18.7 7 2.8 1.2- 6.6 19 10.0 6.3-15.7 64 28.0 21.9-35.0
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 238 112 45.9 38.9-53.1 36 13.3 9.2-18.7 7 2.8 1.2- 6.6 19 10.0 6.3-15.7 64 28.0 21.9-35.0
RACE
White 199 95 46.6 38.9-54.5 32 13.3 9.1-19.0 5 2.7 0.9- 7.4 17 10.8 6.5-17.3 50 26.7 20.1-34.4
Other 38 17 44.4 28.1-61.9 4 13.6 4.9-32.5 2 3.5 0.8-14.2 2 7.1 1.8-24.4 13 31.3 17.7-49.1
AGE
18-44 89 21 26.9 17.6-38.8 8 8.8 4.1-17.7 3 3.6 1.0-12.3 8 10.4 4.9-20.8 49 50.4 38.8-62.0
45+ 145 89 61.5 52.4-70.0 28 17.4 11.7-25.3 4 2.3 0.7- 6.9 11 10.2 5.6-17.8 13 8.5 4.7-15.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 125 59 46.2 36.4-56.3 19 14.0 8.5-22.1 3 2.6 0.6-10.1 11 10.6 5.8-18.7 33 26.6 18.6-36.6
Some College + 112 52 45.1 35.2-55.3 17 12.6 7.4-20.7 4 3.1 1.1- 8.7 8 9.5 4.5-19.1 31 29.7 21.1-40.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 147 67 42.4 33.7-51.7 21 12.7 7.9-19.8 6 3.6 1.3- 9.2 15 13.0 7.6-21.3 38 28.3 20.5-37.7
$50,000+ 43 22 50.8 35.2-66.2 6 13.7 5.7-29.7 1 3.0 0.4-18.7 4 10.2 3.8-24.6 10 22.3 11.9-37.7

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* This question was asked of female respondents who reported ever having a mammogram 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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