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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

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 . - .
-NE 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 . - .
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 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 . - .
RACE
White 204 144 69.9 62.5-76.4 18 9.2 5.6-14.6 10 4.2 2.2- 8.0 32 16.7 11.6-23.4 0 0.0 . - .
Other 113 71 64.8 54.2-74.1 18 15.3 9.1-24.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 22 19.0 12.1-28.7 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 86 62 69.4 57.2-79.3 9 11.0 5.5-21.0 2 1.6 0.4- 6.6 13 18.0 10.1-30.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 231 153 67.1 60.0-73.4 27 12.0 7.9-17.6 10 3.5 1.8- 6.6 41 17.5 12.7-23.6 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 180 110 61.7 53.5-69.3 18 11.0 6.8-17.5 7 2.8 1.3- 6.1 45 24.4 18.1-32.1 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 138 106 76.2 66.8-83.6 18 12.5 7.4-20.3 5 2.9 1.1- 7.2 9 8.5 4.0-17.0 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 121 61.9 53.8-69.5 24 14.1 9.1-21.1 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9 44 22.6 16.6-30.0 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 51 45 90.2 78.9-95.8 3 3.4 1.0-10.8 3 6.4 2.1-18.1 0 0.0 . - . 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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