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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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 . - .
-Orange County 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 . - .
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 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 . - .
RACE
White 207 165 81.5 75.2-86.5 27 12.5 8.4-18.3 4 1.3 0.5- 3.7 11 4.7 2.4- 8.8 0 0.0 . - .
Other 48 34 65.9 48.1-80.1 4 9.6 3.4-24.2 3 5.3 1.4-17.7 7 19.2 8.6-37.6 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 118 93 77.3 67.2-84.9 13 11.5 6.4-19.7 5 3.6 1.3- 9.2 7 7.7 3.3-17.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 137 106 79.1 70.8-85.5 18 12.3 7.6-19.5 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 11 7.8 4.1-14.3 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 49 35 75.7 60.4-86.4 4 7.2 2.4-19.9 3 6.2 1.8-19.2 7 10.9 4.7-23.2 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 207 165 78.9 71.8-84.6 27 13.1 8.8-19.0 4 1.1 0.4- 2.8 11 6.9 3.5-13.0 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 97 72 73.6 61.9-82.7 12 11.9 6.5-20.8 4 4.2 1.4-11.7 9 10.3 4.6-21.6 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 106 91 87.5 79.5-92.6 10 7.6 4.0-14.0 2 1.0 0.2- 3.8 3 3.9 1.3-11.7 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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