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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Women's Health

Have you had a hysterectomy?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,508 2,847 27.9 26.8-29.0 6,661 72.1 71.0-73.2
-Mountain AHEC 601 206 33.6 29.1-38.5 395 66.4 61.5-70.9
RACE
White 512 175 33.9 29.1-39.1 337 66.1 60.9-70.9
African American 32 15 42.3 23.8-63.2 17 57.7 36.8-76.2
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 27 0 0.0 . - . 27 100 . - .
25-34 78 7 8.4 3.8-17.8 71 91.6 82.2-96.2
35-44 98 18 19.1 10.6-32.2 80 80.9 67.8-89.4
45-54 127 45 37.0 27.0-48.2 82 63.0 51.8-73.0
55-64 99 47 49.5 38.0-61.0 52 50.5 39.0-62.0
65-74 89 49 60.1 48.0-71.2 40 39.9 28.8-52.0
75+ 83 40 41.1 28.8-54.7 43 58.9 45.3-71.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 81 30 33.8 22.9-46.9 51 66.2 53.1-77.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 181 72 34.9 26.8-44.0 109 65.1 56.0-73.2
Some Post-H.S. 166 58 38.0 29.2-47.6 108 62.0 52.4-70.8
College Graduate 171 46 27.9 20.7-36.6 125 72.1 63.4-79.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 80 30 30.3 19.6-43.7 50 69.7 56.3-80.4
$15,000- 24,999 103 33 30.1 20.6-41.7 70 69.9 58.3-79.4
$25,000- 34,999 86 22 30.2 19.5-43.6 64 69.8 56.4-80.5
$35,000- 49,999 79 26 32.6 21.4-46.3 53 67.4 53.7-78.6
$50,000-74,999 66 17 26.1 14.4-42.5 49 73.9 57.5-85.6
$75,000+ 56 19 32.3 20.2-47.3 37 67.7 52.7-79.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 219 96 42.0 33.9-50.5 123 58.0 49.5-66.1
No 370 106 28.8 23.5-34.7 264 71.2 65.3-76.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 16 8 47.1 16.6-79.9 8 52.9 20.1-83.4
Non-Veteran 584 198 33.4 28.8-38.2 386 66.6 61.8-71.2
Currently Serving 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .

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* This question was asked of respondents who reported not being pregnant at time of interview.

^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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