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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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 . - .
-New Hanover County 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 . - .
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 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 . - .
RACE
White 184 130 70.6 62.8-77.4 33 18.1 12.6-25.2 5 2.4 0.9- 6.2 16 8.9 5.3-14.6 0 0.0 . - .
Other 37 30 80.6 62.1-91.4 3 5.9 1.8-17.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 13.5 4.6-33.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 83 62 73.4 61.3-82.7 13 17.0 9.7-28.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 9.7 4.4-19.7 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 138 98 71.2 62.2-78.8 23 15.6 10.1-23.5 5 3.6 1.4- 8.9 12 9.6 5.3-16.7 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 67 43 64.6 50.9-76.3 10 14.1 7.0-26.2 4 5.2 1.8-14.5 10 16.1 8.4-28.7 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 154 118 76.2 67.9-82.9 26 17.2 11.5-24.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 9 6.1 3.0-12.0 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 112 81 72.8 62.5-81.2 15 12.3 7.0-20.8 4 3.5 1.2-10.0 12 11.3 6.1-20.2 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 55 40 73.9 60.1-84.2 12 21.7 12.3-35.4 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 2 3.0 0.7-11.6 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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