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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Women's Health

Have had a mammogram within the past 2 years and a clinical breast exam within a year(Women age 40 +)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,488 4,001 62.5 61.0-64.0 2,487 37.5 36.0-39.0
-Western NC 736 444 60.7 56.3-64.9 292 39.3 35.1-43.7
RACE
White 667 408 60.5 56.0-64.9 259 39.5 35.1-44.0
African American 24 16 80.0 59.5-91.6 8 20.0 8.4-40.5
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
40-44 83 48 59.4 46.0-71.6 35 40.6 28.4-54.0
45-54 203 126 59.3 50.6-67.4 77 40.7 32.6-49.4
55-64 168 115 68.6 60.1-76.1 53 31.4 23.9-39.9
65-74 159 106 68.1 59.1-76.0 53 31.9 24.0-40.9
75+ 123 49 40.9 30.5-52.2 74 59.1 47.8-69.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 144 64 46.7 37.1-56.6 80 53.3 43.4-62.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 218 133 60.0 51.5-67.9 85 40.0 32.1-48.5
Some Post-H.S. 192 118 58.4 49.6-66.7 74 41.6 33.3-50.4
College Graduate 181 128 73.1 65.1-79.8 53 26.9 20.2-34.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 102 50 47.9 36.4-59.6 52 52.1 40.4-63.6
$15,000- 24,999 129 71 52.0 42.0-61.8 58 48.0 38.2-58.0
$25,000- 34,999 89 48 52.3 39.7-64.7 41 47.7 35.3-60.3
$35,000- 49,999 83 60 74.7 62.3-84.0 23 25.3 16.0-37.7
$50,000-74,999 85 65 75.2 61.0-85.4 20 24.8 14.6-39.0
$75,000+ 66 48 73.1 59.8-83.2 18 26.9 16.8-40.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 319 173 54.4 47.6-61.1 146 45.6 38.9-52.4
No 407 265 65.5 59.8-70.9 142 34.5 29.1-40.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 12 10 86.7 57.3-96.9 2 13.3 3.1-42.7
Non-Veteran 723 433 60.5 56.1-64.7 290 39.5 35.3-43.9
Currently Serving 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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^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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