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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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 . - .
-Union County 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 . - .
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 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 . - .
RACE
White 258 173 70.8 64.2-76.6 31 11.0 7.3-16.1 10 3.3 1.7- 6.3 44 14.9 10.7-20.3 0 0.0 . - .
Other 40 23 59.4 41.4-75.2 2 5.1 1.3-18.6 1 2.6 0.4-16.3 14 32.9 18.8-51.0 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 135 99 71.0 61.1-79.2 13 9.2 4.8-16.8 5 3.4 1.4- 8.1 18 16.5 10.2-25.6 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 161 95 65.9 57.4-73.6 20 10.8 6.7-16.8 6 3.1 1.3- 7.1 40 20.2 14.4-27.7 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 120 71 57.6 47.3-67.3 13 10.8 6.1-18.3 6 4.9 2.1-11.0 30 26.7 18.3-37.2 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 178 125 75.6 67.9-81.9 20 9.3 5.5-15.5 5 2.2 0.9- 5.2 28 13.0 8.6-19.0 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 69 54.6 44.2-64.6 16 13.4 8.0-21.4 5 4.2 1.7-10.1 31 27.8 19.2-38.4 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 115 90 80.9 71.6-87.7 8 7.4 3.2-16.2 5 2.8 1.1- 6.8 12 8.9 4.8-15.8 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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