BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (How long has it been since your last breast exam?*)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-3 years	> 3 years	Never
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	. - .
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	278	205	72.4	65.8-78.1	28	10.8	7.2-15.9	11	3.0	1.6- 5.6	34	13.9	9.6-19.7	0	0.0	. - .
Buncombe	224	163	72.9	66.0-78.8	24	10.8	7.1-16.2	7	2.9	1.3- 6.4	30	13.4	9.2-19.0	0	0.0	. - .
Cabarrus	263	182	69.9	63.3-75.7	24	9.5	6.0-14.7	11	3.7	1.9- 6.9	46	17.0	12.5-22.6	0	0.0	. - .
Catawba	220	151	66.7	59.3-73.3	28	13.7	9.4-19.6	7	3.3	1.5- 7.4	34	16.3	11.4-22.8	0	0.0	. - .
Cumberland	285	196	67.2	60.8-73.0	33	12.4	8.7-17.5	10	3.5	1.7- 6.9	46	16.9	12.5-22.3	0	0.0	. - .
Davidson	233	148	64.1	56.6-70.9	33	15.9	10.9-22.6	11	4.3	2.3- 8.0	41	15.7	11.1-21.7	0	0.0	. - .
Durham	259	192	75.9	69.8-81.1	33	11.9	8.3-16.8	4	2.1	0.7- 5.6	30	10.2	6.9-14.7	0	0.0	. - .
Forsyth	282	202	72.4	66.2-77.9	33	10.7	7.4-15.2	9	3.2	1.5- 6.4	38	13.7	9.7-19.1	0	0.0	. - .
Gaston	233	152	66.2	59.0-72.7	37	13.5	9.5-18.9	8	4.0	1.9- 8.4	36	16.2	11.5-22.5	0	0.0	. - .
Guilford	246	191	78.0	71.4-83.5	20	9.2	5.6-14.9	8	2.6	1.3- 5.2	27	10.2	6.6-15.3	0	0.0	. - .
Iredell	254	185	72.0	65.4-77.8	35	13.6	9.6-18.9	6	1.7	0.8- 4.0	28	12.6	8.5-18.5	0	0.0	. - .
Johnston	316	217	65.1	58.1-71.6	40	13.1	9.3-18.1	5	2.1	0.8- 5.8	54	19.6	14.3-26.3	0	0.0	. - .
Mecklenburg	388	281	70.3	64.8-75.2	35	9.4	6.6-13.4	15	3.5	2.0- 6.1	57	16.8	12.8-21.7	0	0.0	. - .
New Hanover	222	161	72.2	65.2-78.4	36	16.1	11.4-22.3	5	2.0	0.8- 5.2	20	9.6	6.0-15.0	0	0.0	. - .
Onslow	242	161	63.3	56.2-69.8	30	13.6	9.3-19.5	13	5.9	3.4-10.1	38	17.2	12.4-23.3	0	0.0	. - .
Orange	256	200	78.3	72.0-83.5	31	11.9	8.2-16.9	7	2.1	0.9- 4.9	18	7.7	4.6-12.8	0	0.0	. - .
Pitt	223	156	71.0	64.2-77.0	31	13.6	9.4-19.1	10	4.1	2.0- 8.1	26	11.4	7.6-16.7	0	0.0	. - .
Randolph	207	131	63.3	55.3-70.7	25	11.4	7.5-17.0	16	6.3	3.6-10.8	35	18.9	13.0-26.7	0	0.0	. - .
Robeson	253	168	63.8	56.3-70.7	36	15.4	10.7-21.7	9	3.4	1.6- 7.3	40	17.3	12.2-24.1	0	0.0	. - .
Rowan	284	190	65.9	59.4-71.8	33	10.7	7.3-15.4	16	6.3	3.7-10.4	45	17.2	12.6-22.9	0	0.0	. - .
Union	298	196	68.7	62.3-74.4	33	9.9	6.7-14.4	11	3.2	1.7- 5.9	58	18.2	13.7-23.8	0	0.0	. - .
Wake	358	271	74.7	69.1-79.6	43	11.9	8.5-16.2	11	3.3	1.8- 6.0	33	10.1	6.8-14.8	0	0.0	. - .
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	221	162	72.1	65.1-78.2	21	11.0	7.1-16.6	10	4.5	2.3- 8.4	28	12.5	8.5-18.0	0	0.0	. - .
Northeast Partnership II	318	216	67.9	61.8-73.4	36	11.7	8.2-16.3	12	2.9	1.6- 5.1	54	17.6	13.3-23.0	0	0.0	. - .
Northeast Partnership I	257	178	69.7	63.0-75.7	28	10.7	7.1-15.7	12	5.4	2.9- 9.9	39	14.2	10.0-19.6	0	0.0	. - .
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	230	156	70.5	63.6-76.7	22	9.6	6.2-14.6	16	5.9	3.4-10.2	36	13.9	9.7-19.6	0	0.0	. - .
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	300	207	69.9	63.5-75.6	34	10.5	7.2-14.9	9	2.9	1.4- 5.8	50	16.7	12.1-22.6	0	0.0	. - .
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	250	168	68.2	61.6-74.1	33	12.0	8.3-16.9	15	5.1	3.0- 8.6	34	14.8	10.5-20.4	0	0.0	. - .
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	260	185	72.0	65.7-77.6	32	11.7	8.0-16.7	6	2.1	0.9- 4.9	37	14.2	10.2-19.5	0	0.0	. - .
Chatham/Lee/Moore	273	189	69.1	62.3-75.2	38	13.9	9.9-19.2	14	5.0	2.6- 9.4	32	12.0	7.9-17.8	0	0.0	. - .
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	331	233	68.7	62.7-74.2	37	11.9	8.5-16.4	16	5.0	3.0- 8.3	45	14.4	10.3-19.6	0	0.0	. - .
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	227	158	69.2	62.2-75.4	23	10.5	6.8-16.0	9	2.7	1.3- 5.5	37	17.6	12.7-23.8	0	0.0	. - .
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	220	150	67.1	59.8-73.7	27	12.7	8.4-18.7	15	7.9	4.5-13.6	28	12.3	8.3-17.9	0	0.0	. - .
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	248	157	61.4	54.2-68.0	41	16.1	11.8-21.7	14	5.8	3.3-10.0	36	16.7	11.7-23.3	0	0.0	. - .
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	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	. - .
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	643	437	67.5	63.3-71.5	75	12.1	9.5-15.3	27	4.1	2.7- 6.1	104	16.3	13.3-19.9	0	0.0	. - .
No	8,694	6,080	70.1	68.9-71.3	1,058	12.1	11.3-13.0	346	3.8	3.3- 4.3	1,210	14.1	13.2-15.0	0	0.0	. - .
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	3,176	2,187	68.6	66.7-70.5	380	11.8	10.6-13.2	132	4.0	3.3- 4.9	477	15.5	14.0-17.1	0	0.0	. - .
Piedmont	5,154	3,635	71.0	69.4-72.6	615	11.7	10.6-12.8	198	3.5	3.0- 4.2	706	13.8	12.6-15.1	0	0.0	. - .
Western NC	1,007	695	68.6	65.0-71.9	138	14.2	11.8-17.0	43	4.2	3.0- 5.9	131	13.0	10.7-15.7	0	0.0	. - .
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	593	414	69.8	65.2-74.2	83	14.6	11.5-18.3	22	3.6	2.2- 5.9	74	12.0	9.1-15.6	0	0.0	. - .
Northwest	1,763	1,219	68.9	66.2-71.5	221	12.3	10.6-14.3	74	4.3	3.3- 5.6	249	14.5	12.6-16.6	0	0.0	. - .
Charlotte	1,384	953	68.8	65.6-71.9	158	11.1	9.2-13.3	54	3.8	2.7- 5.2	219	16.3	13.9-19.1	0	0.0	. - .
Greensboro	1,217	881	72.6	69.3-75.7	136	11.3	9.2-13.9	56	3.5	2.6- 4.8	144	12.5	10.3-15.2	0	0.0	. - .
Southern Regional	994	673	66.9	63.3-70.3	126	12.9	10.6-15.5	42	3.9	2.8- 5.5	153	16.3	13.6-19.5	0	0.0	. - .
Coastal	460	323	70.0	65.1-74.4	63	13.0	10.0-16.7	19	3.7	2.3- 5.9	55	13.4	10.1-17.5	0	0.0	. - .
Wake	1,282	925	73.1	69.9-76.2	164	12.1	10.0-14.6	30	2.9	1.9- 4.3	163	11.8	9.7-14.4	0	0.0	. - .
Area L	384	263	70.6	65.2-75.4	36	9.8	6.9-13.7	22	5.1	3.2- 8.1	63	14.5	11.1-18.8	0	0.0	. - .
Eastern	1,188	828	69.9	66.7-72.9	137	11.3	9.3-13.6	51	4.0	2.9- 5.5	172	14.8	12.5-17.3	0	0.0	. - .

Total
Respond.^

1-12 months

1-2 years

2-3 years

> 3 years

Never

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

. - .

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

278

205

72.4

65.8-78.1

10.8

7.2-15.9

3.0

1.6- 5.6

13.9

9.6-19.7

0.0

. - .

Buncombe

224

163

72.9

66.0-78.8

10.8

7.1-16.2

2.9

1.3- 6.4

13.4

9.2-19.0

0.0

. - .

Cabarrus

263

182

69.9

63.3-75.7

9.5

6.0-14.7

3.7

1.9- 6.9

17.0

12.5-22.6

0.0

. - .

Catawba

220

151

66.7

59.3-73.3

13.7

9.4-19.6

3.3

1.5- 7.4

16.3

11.4-22.8

0.0

. - .

Cumberland

285

196

67.2

60.8-73.0

12.4

8.7-17.5

3.5

1.7- 6.9

16.9

12.5-22.3

0.0

. - .

Davidson

233

148

64.1

56.6-70.9

15.9

10.9-22.6

4.3

2.3- 8.0

15.7

11.1-21.7

0.0

. - .

Durham

259

192

75.9

69.8-81.1

11.9

8.3-16.8

2.1

0.7- 5.6

10.2

6.9-14.7

0.0

. - .

Forsyth

282

202

72.4

66.2-77.9

10.7

7.4-15.2

3.2

1.5- 6.4

13.7

9.7-19.1

0.0

. - .

Gaston

233

152

66.2

59.0-72.7

13.5

9.5-18.9

4.0

1.9- 8.4

16.2

11.5-22.5

0.0

. - .

Guilford

246

191

78.0

71.4-83.5

9.2

5.6-14.9

2.6

1.3- 5.2

10.2

6.6-15.3

0.0

. - .

Iredell

254

185

72.0

65.4-77.8

13.6

9.6-18.9

1.7

0.8- 4.0

12.6

8.5-18.5

0.0

. - .

Johnston

316

217

65.1

58.1-71.6

13.1

9.3-18.1

2.1

0.8- 5.8

19.6

14.3-26.3

0.0

. - .

Mecklenburg

388

281

70.3

64.8-75.2

9.4

6.6-13.4

3.5

2.0- 6.1

16.8

12.8-21.7

0.0

. - .

New Hanover

222

161

72.2

65.2-78.4

16.1

11.4-22.3

2.0

0.8- 5.2

9.6

6.0-15.0

0.0

. - .

Onslow

242

161

63.3

56.2-69.8

13.6

9.3-19.5

5.9

3.4-10.1

17.2

12.4-23.3

0.0

. - .

Orange

256

200

78.3

72.0-83.5

11.9

8.2-16.9

2.1

0.9- 4.9

7.7

4.6-12.8

0.0

. - .

Pitt

223

156

71.0

64.2-77.0

13.6

9.4-19.1

4.1

2.0- 8.1

11.4

7.6-16.7

0.0

. - .

Randolph

207

131

63.3

55.3-70.7

11.4

7.5-17.0

6.3

3.6-10.8

18.9

13.0-26.7

0.0

. - .

Robeson

253

168

63.8

56.3-70.7

15.4

10.7-21.7

3.4

1.6- 7.3

17.3

12.2-24.1

0.0

. - .

Rowan

284

190

65.9

59.4-71.8

10.7

7.3-15.4

6.3

3.7-10.4

17.2

12.6-22.9

0.0

. - .

Union

298

196

68.7

62.3-74.4

9.9

6.7-14.4

3.2

1.7- 5.9

18.2

13.7-23.8

0.0

. - .

Wake

358

271

74.7

69.1-79.6

11.9

8.5-16.2

3.3

1.8- 6.0

10.1

6.8-14.8

0.0

. - .

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

221

162

72.1

65.1-78.2

11.0

7.1-16.6

4.5

2.3- 8.4

12.5

8.5-18.0

0.0

. - .

Northeast Partnership II

318

216

67.9

61.8-73.4

11.7

8.2-16.3

2.9

1.6- 5.1

17.6

13.3-23.0

0.0

. - .

Northeast Partnership I

257

178

69.7

63.0-75.7

10.7

7.1-15.7

5.4

2.9- 9.9

14.2

10.0-19.6

0.0

. - .

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

230

156

70.5

63.6-76.7

9.6

6.2-14.6

5.9

3.4-10.2

13.9

9.7-19.6

0.0

. - .

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

300

207

69.9

63.5-75.6

10.5

7.2-14.9

2.9

1.4- 5.8

16.7

12.1-22.6

0.0

. - .

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

250

168

68.2

61.6-74.1

12.0

8.3-16.9

5.1

3.0- 8.6

14.8

10.5-20.4

0.0

. - .

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

260

185

72.0

65.7-77.6

11.7

8.0-16.7

2.1

0.9- 4.9

14.2

10.2-19.5

0.0

. - .

Chatham/Lee/Moore

273

189

69.1

62.3-75.2

13.9

9.9-19.2

5.0

2.6- 9.4

12.0

7.9-17.8

0.0

. - .

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

331

233

68.7

62.7-74.2

11.9

8.5-16.4

5.0

3.0- 8.3

14.4

10.3-19.6

0.0

. - .

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

227

158

69.2

62.2-75.4

10.5

6.8-16.0

2.7

1.3- 5.5

17.6

12.7-23.8

0.0

. - .

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

220

150

67.1

59.8-73.7

12.7

8.4-18.7

7.9

4.5-13.6

12.3

8.3-17.9

0.0

. - .

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

248

157

61.4

54.2-68.0

16.1

11.8-21.7

5.8

3.3-10.0

16.7

11.7-23.3

0.0

. - .

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

378

259

69.2

63.2-74.5

15.9

12.0-20.8

3.8

2.1- 6.8

11.1

7.8-15.7

0.0

. - .

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

643

437

67.5

63.3-71.5

12.1

9.5-15.3

4.1

2.7- 6.1

104

16.3

13.3-19.9

0.0

. - .

8,694

6,080

70.1

68.9-71.3

1,058

12.1

11.3-13.0

346

3.8

3.3- 4.3

1,210

14.1

13.2-15.0

0.0

. - .

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

3,176

2,187

68.6

66.7-70.5

380

11.8

10.6-13.2

132

4.0

3.3- 4.9

477

15.5

14.0-17.1

0.0

. - .

Piedmont

5,154

3,635

71.0

69.4-72.6

615

11.7

10.6-12.8

198

3.5

3.0- 4.2

706

13.8

12.6-15.1

0.0

. - .

Western NC

1,007

695

68.6

65.0-71.9

138

14.2

11.8-17.0

4.2

3.0- 5.9

131

13.0

10.7-15.7

0.0

. - .

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

593

414

69.8

65.2-74.2

14.6

11.5-18.3

3.6

2.2- 5.9

12.0

9.1-15.6

0.0

. - .

Northwest

1,763

1,219

68.9

66.2-71.5

221

12.3

10.6-14.3

4.3

3.3- 5.6

249

14.5

12.6-16.6

0.0

. - .

Charlotte

1,384

953

68.8

65.6-71.9

158

11.1

9.2-13.3

3.8

2.7- 5.2

219

16.3

13.9-19.1

0.0

. - .

Greensboro

1,217

881

72.6

69.3-75.7

136

11.3

9.2-13.9

3.5

2.6- 4.8

144

12.5

10.3-15.2

0.0

. - .

Southern Regional

994

673

66.9

63.3-70.3

126

12.9

10.6-15.5

3.9

2.8- 5.5

153

16.3

13.6-19.5

0.0

. - .

Coastal

460

323

70.0

65.1-74.4

13.0

10.0-16.7

3.7

2.3- 5.9

13.4

10.1-17.5

0.0

. - .

Wake

1,282

925

73.1

69.9-76.2

164

12.1

10.0-14.6

2.9

1.9- 4.3

163

11.8

9.7-14.4

0.0

. - .

Area L

384

263

70.6

65.2-75.4

9.8

6.9-13.7

5.1

3.2- 8.1

14.5

11.1-18.8

0.0

. - .

Eastern

1,188

828

69.9

66.7-72.9

137

11.3

9.3-13.6

4.0

2.9- 5.5

172

14.8

12.5-17.3

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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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