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

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 (Excludes Buncombe County) 381 183 48.2 42.1-54.4 54 13.4 9.9-18.0 15 4.1 2.3- 7.4 29 8.1 5.3-12.1 100 26.1 21.0-32.0
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 381 183 48.2 42.1-54.4 54 13.4 9.9-18.0 15 4.1 2.3- 7.4 29 8.1 5.3-12.1 100 26.1 21.0-32.0
RACE
White 317 161 50.4 44.0-56.9 45 12.6 9.0-17.2 11 4.3 2.3- 7.9 25 8.8 5.7-13.2 75 23.9 18.8-30.0
Other 64 22 27.8 14.1-47.5 9 21.3 8.9-43.0 4 2.6 0.6-10.9 4 1.6 0.4- 6.1 25 46.7 27.9-66.6
AGE
18-44 124 22 19.8 12.4-30.1 13 9.0 4.6-16.8 4 3.0 1.0- 8.9 7 7.6 3.5-15.9 78 60.5 49.6-70.5
45+ 253 158 64.1 56.7-71.0 41 16.3 11.6-22.5 11 4.9 2.4- 9.6 22 8.5 5.2-13.6 21 6.1 3.5-10.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 79 44.8 35.8-54.1 22 10.7 6.5-16.9 8 4.8 2.2-10.3 17 9.5 5.3-16.3 56 30.3 22.6-39.2
Some College + 197 104 51.5 43.2-59.7 31 14.7 9.8-21.4 7 3.6 1.5- 8.8 12 7.0 3.8-12.7 43 23.1 16.5-31.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 92 37.8 30.4-45.8 33 15.3 10.3-22.1 8 2.8 1.1- 7.0 19 9.2 5.4-15.2 74 34.9 27.6-43.1
$50,000+ 67 40 56.7 42.4-70.0 11 11.7 5.8-22.1 2 3.0 0.7-11.5 4 6.9 2.5-17.9 10 21.7 11.3-37.7

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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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