BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County): (How long has it been since you had your last Pap smear?*)

	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-3 years	> 3 years	Never
North Carolina	6,636	4,692	71.7	70.3-73.0	904	13.1	12.2-14.1	277	3.9	3.4- 4.6	474	6.6	5.9- 7.4	289	4.7	4.0- 5.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	244	168	72.9	65.9-78.9	39	14.5	10.3-20.2	10	2.6	1.2- 5.4	15	5.0	2.5- 9.5	12	5.0	2.4-10.1
GENDER
Male	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
Female	244	168	72.9	65.9-78.9	39	14.5	10.3-20.2	10	2.6	1.2- 5.4	15	5.0	2.5- 9.5	12	5.0	2.4-10.1
RACE
White	201	135	70.4	62.8-77.0	36	16.2	11.4-22.5	6	2.4	1.0- 5.6	13	5.4	2.7-10.5	11	5.5	2.7-11.2
Other	43	33	93.2	83.3-97.4	3	0.9	0.3- 3.3	4	3.9	0.9-14.7	2	1.1	0.3- 4.9	1	0.9	0.1- 6.3
AGE
18-44	111	86	78.5	68.3-86.1	16	13.9	8.2-22.7	4	2.9	0.9- 8.7	3	0.8	0.2- 3.4	2	3.9	1.0-14.5
45+	129	78	66.3	55.9-75.2	23	15.8	9.9-24.2	6	2.4	1.0- 5.9	12	9.2	4.6-17.8	10	6.3	2.8-13.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	109	69	68.0	56.6-77.5	20	16.6	10.3-25.9	2	0.9	0.2- 3.9	12	9.4	4.4-18.9	6	5.2	1.8-14.2
Some College +	133	97	76.4	67.2-83.7	19	13.1	7.8-21.0	8	4.0	1.7- 9.0	3	1.5	0.5- 4.5	6	5.0	1.9-12.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	151	99	71.0	62.0-78.5	26	15.8	10.3-23.4	9	3.6	1.7- 7.8	13	6.2	3.2-11.5	4	3.4	1.0-10.8
$50,000+	47	39	80.2	63.4-90.4	6	12.5	5.3-26.5	1	2.4	0.3-15.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.9	0.7-27.3

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* Respondents who reported having hysterectomy were excluded from both numerator and denominator.* This question was asked of female respondents who reported ever having a Pap smear 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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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months			1-2 years			2-3 years			> 3 years			Never
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,636	4,692	71.7	70.3-73.0	904	13.1	12.2-14.1	277	3.9	3.4- 4.6	474	6.6	5.9- 7.4	289	4.7	4.0- 5.4
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	244	168	72.9	65.9-78.9	39	14.5	10.3-20.2	10	2.6	1.2- 5.4	15	5.0	2.5- 9.5	12	5.0	2.4-10.1
GENDER
Male	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
Female	244	168	72.9	65.9-78.9	39	14.5	10.3-20.2	10	2.6	1.2- 5.4	15	5.0	2.5- 9.5	12	5.0	2.4-10.1
RACE
White	201	135	70.4	62.8-77.0	36	16.2	11.4-22.5	6	2.4	1.0- 5.6	13	5.4	2.7-10.5	11	5.5	2.7-11.2
Other	43	33	93.2	83.3-97.4	3	0.9	0.3- 3.3	4	3.9	0.9-14.7	2	1.1	0.3- 4.9	1	0.9	0.1- 6.3
AGE
18-44	111	86	78.5	68.3-86.1	16	13.9	8.2-22.7	4	2.9	0.9- 8.7	3	0.8	0.2- 3.4	2	3.9	1.0-14.5
45+	129	78	66.3	55.9-75.2	23	15.8	9.9-24.2	6	2.4	1.0- 5.9	12	9.2	4.6-17.8	10	6.3	2.8-13.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	109	69	68.0	56.6-77.5	20	16.6	10.3-25.9	2	0.9	0.2- 3.9	12	9.4	4.4-18.9	6	5.2	1.8-14.2
Some College +	133	97	76.4	67.2-83.7	19	13.1	7.8-21.0	8	4.0	1.7- 9.0	3	1.5	0.5- 4.5	6	5.0	1.9-12.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	151	99	71.0	62.0-78.5	26	15.8	10.3-23.4	9	3.6	1.7- 7.8	13	6.2	3.2-11.5	4	3.4	1.0-10.8
$50,000+	47	39	80.2	63.4-90.4	6	12.5	5.3-26.5	1	2.4	0.3-15.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.9	0.7-27.3

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

Women's Health

How long has it been since you had your last Pap smear?*