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

Women's Health

How long has it been since your last breast exam?*

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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 9,337 6,517 69.9 68.8-71.1 1,133 12.1 11.3-12.9 373 3.8 3.3- 4.3 1,314 14.2 13.3-15.1 0 0.0 . - .
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 378 259 69.2 63.2-74.5 60 15.9 12.0-20.8 15 3.8 2.1- 6.8 44 11.1 7.8-15.7 0 0.0 . - .
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 378 259 69.2 63.2-74.5 60 15.9 12.0-20.8 15 3.8 2.1- 6.8 44 11.1 7.8-15.7 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 315 215 67.0 60.7-72.8 53 17.3 13.1-22.7 12 3.9 2.1- 7.3 35 11.7 8.0-16.7 0 0.0 . - .
Other 63 44 88.8 79.3-94.2 7 2.9 1.2- 6.9 3 2.2 0.4-11.5 9 6.1 2.6-13.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 123 86 71.7 61.6-80.0 19 14.4 8.7-22.9 4 2.3 0.7- 7.1 14 11.6 6.4-20.3 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 251 169 67.0 59.4-73.7 41 17.2 12.2-23.7 11 4.7 2.4- 9.2 30 11.1 7.0-17.1 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 121 69.3 60.2-77.1 25 13.9 9.0-20.9 6 3.4 1.4- 8.1 25 13.4 8.0-21.6 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 199 136 68.7 60.6-75.8 35 17.7 12.2-24.9 9 4.1 1.8- 8.9 19 9.5 5.7-15.4 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 144 66.5 58.6-73.6 40 18.9 13.4-26.1 10 3.5 1.6- 7.3 28 11.1 7.0-17.1 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 67 55 81.9 68.9-90.2 8 11.4 5.5-22.2 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 3 5.4 1.3-19.2 0 0.0 . - .

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* This question was asked of female respondents who reported ever having a clinical breast exam 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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