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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Women's Health

Have had a mammogram within the past 2 years and a clinical breast exam within a year(Women age 40 +)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,488 4,001 62.5 61.0-64.0 2,487 37.5 36.0-39.0
-Mountain AHEC 435 266 61.0 55.2-66.5 169 39.0 33.5-44.8
RACE
White 380 238 60.6 54.5-66.4 142 39.4 33.6-45.5
African American 17 12 90.2 73.9-96.7 5 9.8 3.3-26.1
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
40-44 46 28 59.1 40.6-75.3 18 40.9 24.7-59.4
45-54 125 79 61.3 49.9-71.6 46 38.7 28.4-50.1
55-64 98 69 69.5 58.2-78.9 29 30.5 21.1-41.8
65-74 89 56 66.0 53.5-76.6 33 34.0 23.4-46.5
75+ 77 34 42.8 29.7-56.9 43 57.2 43.1-70.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 61 31 49.4 34.5-64.4 30 50.6 35.6-65.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 131 73 57.5 46.3-68.0 58 42.5 32.0-53.7
Some Post-H.S. 121 74 57.1 45.9-67.7 47 42.9 32.3-54.1
College Graduate 121 87 72.6 62.6-80.8 34 27.4 19.2-37.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 57 30 54.6 38.3-69.9 27 45.4 30.1-61.7
$15,000- 24,999 70 38 53.1 39.2-66.7 32 46.9 33.3-60.8
$25,000- 34,999 55 25 44.2 29.1-60.4 30 55.8 39.6-70.9
$35,000- 49,999 53 35 68.4 52.2-81.1 18 31.6 18.9-47.8
$50,000-74,999 51 41 78.5 58.0-90.6 10 21.5 9.4-42.0
$75,000+ 40 33 80.3 63.0-90.7 7 19.7 9.3-37.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 187 106 55.8 46.6-64.5 81 44.2 35.5-53.4
No 239 155 65.3 57.7-72.3 84 34.7 27.7-42.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 10 9 90.6 54.0-98.8 1 9.4 1.2-46.0
Non-Veteran 424 256 60.6 54.8-66.2 168 39.4 33.8-45.2
Currently Serving 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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^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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