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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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 7,243 4,339 60.2 58.8-61.6 2,904 39.8 38.4-41.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 286 140 50.8 43.8-57.7 146 49.2 42.3-56.2
RACE
White 257 129 51.5 44.3-58.6 128 48.5 41.4-55.7
Other 29 11 32.9 14.6-58.4 18 67.1 41.6-85.4
AGE
18-44 37 11 31.9 15.8-53.8 26 68.1 46.2-84.2
45+ 249 129 54.2 46.8-61.4 120 45.8 38.6-53.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 54 43.4 33.5-53.9 78 56.6 46.1-66.5
Some College + 152 85 56.7 47.1-65.9 67 43.3 34.1-52.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 181 83 49.2 40.3-58.1 98 50.8 41.9-59.7
$50,000+ 63 36 61.0 46.5-73.7 27 39.0 26.3-53.5

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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