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

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 (Excludes Buncombe County) 277 163 58.7 51.4-65.6 114 41.3 34.4-48.6
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 277 163 58.7 51.4-65.6 114 41.3 34.4-48.6
RACE
White 236 141 57.6 50.0-64.9 95 42.4 35.1-50.0
Other 41 22 71.8 47.1-87.9 19 28.2 12.1-52.9
AGE
18-44 23 13 55.0 31.3-76.6 10 45.0 23.4-68.7
45+ 254 150 59.2 51.6-66.3 104 40.8 33.7-48.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 137 75 54.7 43.8-65.1 62 45.3 34.9-56.2
Some College + 139 87 61.3 51.3-70.4 52 38.7 29.6-48.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 83 54.6 44.7-64.1 70 45.4 35.9-55.3
$50,000+ 50 40 78.3 60.1-89.6 10 21.7 10.4-39.9

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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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