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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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 . - .
-Guilford County 246 191 78.0 71.4-83.5 20 9.2 5.6-14.9 8 2.6 1.3- 5.2 27 10.2 6.6-15.3 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 246 191 78.0 71.4-83.5 20 9.2 5.6-14.9 8 2.6 1.3- 5.2 27 10.2 6.6-15.3 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 164 134 84.2 77.0-89.5 12 5.7 3.1-10.5 3 1.2 0.4- 3.8 15 8.8 4.8-15.7 0 0.0 . - .
Other 80 56 68.2 55.2-78.8 8 15.8 7.7-29.5 5 5.0 2.0-11.9 11 11.0 5.7-20.1 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 81 71 87.3 77.2-93.3 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 2 2.2 0.5- 8.7 7 8.5 3.9-17.7 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 161 116 71.8 62.9-79.2 19 14.0 8.4-22.3 6 2.8 1.2- 6.3 20 11.5 6.8-18.6 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 87 64 71.8 58.7-82.1 6 8.7 3.1-22.0 2 2.0 0.5- 8.2 15 17.5 9.8-29.2 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 159 127 81.6 74.3-87.1 14 9.6 5.5-16.1 6 2.9 1.3- 6.4 12 6.0 3.2-10.8 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 122 87 70.7 60.0-79.5 12 12.3 6.3-22.4 6 3.6 1.6- 8.0 17 13.5 7.7-22.6 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 68 63 94.6 87.0-97.8 3 3.3 1.0-10.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.2 0.5- 8.9 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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