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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 593 298 50.6 45.6-55.5 77 12.5 9.6-16.1 25 4.0 2.5- 6.4 43 7.6 5.4-10.6 150 25.3 21.1-29.9
RACE
White 506 268 52.9 47.6-58.0 64 11.6 8.8-15.2 20 4.2 2.5- 6.8 35 7.7 5.4-11.0 119 23.6 19.4-28.4
African American 31 12 36.9 19.6-58.4 6 19.3 7.1-42.8 1 1.9 0.3-12.8 2 6.4 1.5-23.3 10 35.4 17.1-59.3
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 42.9 4.5-92.3 1 57.1 7.7-95.5
AGE
18-24 26 3 13.7 3.5-41.2 1 7.4 1.1-37.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.5 0.5-21.2 21 75.4 49.7-90.5
25-34 78 7 10.3 3.9-24.2 4 3.9 1.3-11.3 0 0.0 . - . 6 10.4 4.4-22.7 61 75.4 61.2-85.6
35-44 97 35 34.6 24.3-46.6 16 13.8 7.6-23.6 5 4.2 1.4-11.5 6 6.3 2.5-15.1 35 41.1 29.6-53.7
45-54 125 80 67.0 56.0-76.4 17 14.3 8.0-24.2 8 5.5 2.4-12.5 8 4.8 2.1-10.8 12 8.3 4.0-16.5
55-64 96 71 76.9 66.3-85.0 9 7.7 3.8-15.2 4 3.7 1.3-10.2 4 6.6 2.3-17.1 8 5.1 2.4-10.6
65-74 89 58 66.1 53.6-76.7 20 22.4 14.1-33.9 4 4.5 1.1-16.3 4 5.1 1.5-16.2 3 1.9 0.5- 6.9
75+ 78 41 49.0 35.5-62.7 10 15.3 7.6-28.6 4 7.8 2.6-21.4 14 20.4 11.3-33.9 9 7.4 3.2-16.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 78 37 47.4 34.5-60.8 9 13.3 6.6-25.1 4 6.8 2.4-17.5 7 10.3 4.6-21.6 21 22.1 13.1-34.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 178 77 45.3 36.1-54.9 21 10.0 6.0-16.2 11 5.1 2.4-10.2 18 10.2 5.8-17.4 51 29.4 21.6-38.6
Some Post-H.S. 167 84 47.4 38.3-56.7 26 15.0 9.5-23.0 8 3.8 1.5- 9.3 14 8.6 4.8-14.8 35 25.2 17.4-35.0
College Graduate 168 100 62.0 53.2-70.1 20 10.7 6.5-17.0 2 2.0 0.4- 8.7 4 2.6 0.8- 7.9 42 22.7 16.3-30.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 78 32 37.3 24.9-51.7 12 17.0 8.8-30.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 7 12.3 5.0-27.5 26 32.7 20.2-48.2
$15,000- 24,999 103 50 44.5 33.4-56.2 15 15.3 8.3-26.5 7 5.1 2.0-12.2 7 8.9 4.1-18.3 24 26.2 17.0-38.1
$25,000- 34,999 85 29 31.5 20.9-44.4 9 14.1 6.7-27.3 8 5.6 2.5-12.1 7 8.2 3.7-17.4 32 40.6 28.7-53.7
$35,000- 49,999 79 33 45.2 32.6-58.4 13 14.8 8.2-25.2 2 3.9 0.8-16.3 7 5.4 2.0-13.7 24 30.7 20.1-43.9
$50,000-74,999 66 41 58.9 43.7-72.6 7 9.4 4.0-20.5 1 2.1 0.3-13.7 5 8.4 3.1-20.5 12 21.2 10.6-37.8
$75,000+ 55 36 61.8 45.7-75.7 6 7.3 2.8-18.1 1 2.1 0.3-13.3 3 6.2 1.9-18.2 9 22.6 11.3-40.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 212 116 58.3 49.8-66.4 29 15.9 10.5-23.4 11 4.6 2.0-10.0 20 8.9 5.1-15.1 36 12.2 8.0-18.1
No 368 177 47.3 41.2-53.5 47 10.9 7.8-15.1 12 3.1 1.6- 5.6 21 6.5 4.1-10.1 111 32.3 26.6-38.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 14 8 48.1 20.8-76.5 1 5.0 0.7-29.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 16.4 3.7-49.8 3 30.5 8.6-67.0
Non-Veteran 578 289 50.6 45.6-55.6 76 12.6 9.7-16.2 25 4.1 2.5- 6.5 41 7.5 5.3-10.5 147 25.2 21.1-29.9
Currently Serving 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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