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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Women's Health

Have you had a hysterectomy?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,508 2,847 27.9 26.8-29.0 6,661 72.1 71.0-73.2
-Piedmont NC 5,250 1,582 27.4 26.0-28.9 3,668 72.6 71.1-74.0
RACE
White 4,056 1,285 29.4 27.7-31.1 2,771 70.6 68.9-72.3
African American 905 263 26.2 22.9-29.7 642 73.8 70.3-77.1
Other Minorities 35 1 0.6 0.1- 4.6 34 99.4 95.4-99.9
AGE
18-24 248 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 246 99.1 96.5-99.8
25-34 842 25 2.6 1.6- 4.2 817 97.4 95.8-98.4
35-44 999 129 13.5 11.0-16.3 870 86.5 83.7-89.0
45-54 1,003 344 34.3 30.7-38.0 659 65.7 62.0-69.3
55-64 860 409 47.4 43.3-51.5 451 52.6 48.5-56.7
65-74 700 382 53.5 48.7-58.1 318 46.5 41.9-51.3
75+ 598 291 50.2 45.3-55.1 307 49.8 44.9-54.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 825 335 36.4 32.4-40.6 490 63.6 59.4-67.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,479 536 32.8 29.9-35.7 943 67.2 64.3-70.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,329 408 28.8 25.9-31.9 921 71.2 68.1-74.1
College Graduate 1,612 302 18.1 15.9-20.5 1,310 81.9 79.5-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 621 232 33.3 29.0-38.0 389 66.7 62.0-71.0
$15,000- 24,999 865 293 32.0 28.2-36.0 572 68.0 64.0-71.8
$25,000- 34,999 581 164 27.9 23.5-32.8 417 72.1 67.2-76.5
$35,000- 49,999 641 170 24.8 21.1-28.9 471 75.2 71.1-78.9
$50,000-74,999 607 155 26.2 22.1-30.7 452 73.8 69.3-77.9
$75,000+ 735 141 18.8 15.6-22.5 594 81.2 77.5-84.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,660 715 40.5 37.6-43.5 945 59.5 56.5-62.4
No 3,476 838 22.1 20.5-23.9 2,638 77.9 76.1-79.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 69 28 44.2 30.1-59.2 41 55.8 40.8-69.9
Non-Veteran 5,178 1,553 27.1 25.7-28.6 3,625 72.9 71.4-74.3
Currently Serving 3 1 32.5 3.8-85.3 2 67.5 14.7-96.2

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* This question was asked of respondents who reported not being pregnant at time of interview.

^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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