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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

Women's Health

A Pap smear is a test for cancer of the cervix. Have you ever had a Pap smear?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,713 6,424 95.4 94.6-96.0 289 4.6 4.0- 5.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 248 236 95.1 90.1-97.6 12 4.9 2.4- 9.9
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 248 236 95.1 90.1-97.6 12 4.9 2.4- 9.9
RACE
White 205 194 94.6 89.0-97.4 11 5.4 2.6-11.0
Other 43 42 99.1 93.7-99.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3
AGE
18-44 111 109 96.1 85.5-99.0 2 3.9 1.0-14.5
45+ 133 123 93.9 86.9-97.3 10 6.1 2.7-13.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 106 94.9 86.0-98.3 6 5.1 1.7-14.0
Some College + 134 128 95.1 87.6-98.1 6 4.9 1.9-12.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 152 148 96.6 89.3-99.0 4 3.4 1.0-10.7
$50,000+ 47 46 95.1 72.7-99.3 1 4.9 0.7-27.3

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* Respondents who reported having hysterectomy were excluded from both numerator and denominator

^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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