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1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-3 years | > 3 years | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 9,537 | 6,519 | 68.3 | 66.8-69.8 | 1,194 | 12.6 | 11.6-13.6 | 456 | 4.3 | 3.8- 4.9 | 759 | 6.9 | 6.3- 7.6 | 609 | 7.9 | 6.9- 9.1 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 262 | 196 | 70.7 | 62.9-77.4 | 29 | 13.2 | 8.8-19.3 | 9 | 4.1 | 1.7- 9.6 | 12 | 4.9 | 2.6- 9.1 | 16 | 7.1 | 3.5-13.9 |
Buncombe | 214 | 153 | 72.9 | 64.8-79.7 | 32 | 14.8 | 10.0-21.4 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.4- 6.1 | 12 | 4.0 | 2.1- 7.4 | 9 | 5.4 | 2.1-13.2 |
Cabarrus | 223 | 164 | 72.3 | 62.4-80.4 | 22 | 12.8 | 6.7-22.9 | 8 | 2.8 | 1.3- 6.1 | 15 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.3 | 14 | 7.4 | 3.5-14.7 |
Catawba | 262 | 180 | 66.5 | 58.3-73.8 | 38 | 15.8 | 10.3-23.4 | 13 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.5 | 13 | 3.6 | 1.9- 6.8 | 18 | 9.3 | 5.1-16.2 |
Cumberland | 303 | 208 | 69.0 | 61.9-75.4 | 40 | 13.5 | 9.3-19.2 | 11 | 5.3 | 2.1-13.0 | 24 | 6.9 | 4.4-10.6 | 20 | 5.3 | 3.2- 8.6 |
Davidson | 235 | 143 | 66.8 | 58.4-74.3 | 33 | 12.2 | 8.1-17.9 | 19 | 6.1 | 3.6-10.1 | 22 | 9.4 | 5.2-16.4 | 18 | 5.5 | 3.0- 9.7 |
Durham | 245 | 182 | 68.8 | 60.8-75.7 | 22 | 10.2 | 6.1-16.5 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 | 20 | 10.4 | 6.3-16.7 | 13 | 9.0 | 5.1-15.3 |
Forsyth | 244 | 180 | 71.9 | 63.2-79.2 | 31 | 11.5 | 7.8-16.8 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.7 | 14 | 5.2 | 2.8- 9.6 | 10 | 8.1 | 3.2-19.1 |
Gaston | 236 | 138 | 58.4 | 48.9-67.3 | 37 | 15.6 | 9.8-24.0 | 19 | 8.7 | 4.3-17.0 | 22 | 8.2 | 5.0-13.1 | 20 | 9.1 | 4.6-17.1 |
Guilford | 253 | 179 | 65.5 | 55.5-74.2 | 31 | 12.0 | 7.9-17.9 | 9 | 3.7 | 1.8- 7.5 | 19 | 6.6 | 3.5-12.1 | 15 | 12.2 | 5.4-25.3 |
Iredell | 273 | 187 | 67.8 | 59.9-74.7 | 31 | 11.4 | 7.0-17.9 | 23 | 9.0 | 5.2-15.1 | 16 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.4 | 16 | 6.5 | 3.5-11.7 |
Johnston | 283 | 192 | 69.2 | 61.7-75.8 | 44 | 13.7 | 9.6-19.2 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.2- 4.8 | 23 | 8.6 | 5.0-14.4 | 14 | 6.1 | 3.2-11.3 |
Mecklenburg | 394 | 277 | 72.9 | 67.2-78.0 | 52 | 11.8 | 8.7-15.9 | 16 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.5 | 25 | 4.5 | 2.9- 7.0 | 24 | 7.5 | 4.4-12.5 |
New Hanover | 221 | 168 | 78.1 | 71.3-83.7 | 30 | 13.0 | 8.7-19.0 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.5- 6.5 | 10 | 3.9 | 1.8- 8.0 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.9 |
Onslow | 234 | 173 | 71.1 | 62.6-78.3 | 32 | 14.8 | 9.5-22.3 | 9 | 4.5 | 2.2- 9.0 | 13 | 4.9 | 2.6- 9.1 | 7 | 4.7 | 1.7-12.8 |
Orange | 220 | 165 | 76.9 | 69.0-83.2 | 22 | 7.7 | 4.9-11.8 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.8 | 21 | 8.8 | 5.2-14.4 | 7 | 4.4 | 1.3-13.9 |
Pitt | 265 | 196 | 72.2 | 64.1-79.0 | 23 | 9.8 | 5.6-16.4 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.9 | 20 | 7.9 | 4.2-14.6 | 16 | 7.0 | 3.8-12.5 |
Randolph | 245 | 163 | 64.5 | 55.4-72.6 | 34 | 16.8 | 11.0-24.9 | 16 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.8 | 15 | 6.3 | 3.1-12.5 | 17 | 7.7 | 3.6-15.7 |
Robeson | 250 | 151 | 57.2 | 49.2-64.8 | 34 | 15.0 | 9.9-22.2 | 13 | 5.2 | 2.8- 9.4 | 26 | 9.2 | 5.9-14.1 | 26 | 13.4 | 8.5-20.5 |
Rowan | 261 | 173 | 69.0 | 61.3-75.8 | 30 | 13.3 | 8.7-19.7 | 21 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.6 | 24 | 6.7 | 4.2-10.6 | 13 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.8 |
Union | 253 | 171 | 69.4 | 61.3-76.5 | 28 | 8.5 | 5.6-12.8 | 17 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.7 | 19 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.4 | 18 | 9.6 | 4.6-19.0 |
Wake | 332 | 243 | 71.0 | 64.0-77.1 | 37 | 14.2 | 9.4-21.0 | 11 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.1 | 21 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.0 | 20 | 6.7 | 4.0-11.0 |
Wayne | 299 | 212 | 77.6 | 71.9-82.4 | 32 | 8.7 | 5.9-12.8 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.2 | 24 | 6.0 | 3.9- 9.3 | 22 | 5.7 | 3.5- 9.0 |
NC REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 3,287 | 2,276 | 69.3 | 67.1-71.5 | 418 | 12.5 | 11.1-14.0 | 127 | 3.7 | 2.9- 4.8 | 250 | 7.2 | 6.0- 8.5 | 216 | 7.3 | 6.0- 8.9 |
Piedmont | 4,553 | 3,164 | 68.8 | 66.6-70.9 | 543 | 12.2 | 10.8-13.8 | 231 | 4.3 | 3.6- 5.1 | 334 | 6.4 | 5.5- 7.4 | 281 | 8.3 | 6.8-10.1 |
Western NC | 1,697 | 1,079 | 64.0 | 60.8-67.1 | 233 | 14.2 | 12.0-16.6 | 98 | 5.5 | 4.3- 7.0 | 175 | 8.8 | 7.3-10.5 | 112 | 7.5 | 5.5-10.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,100 | 695 | 66.2 | 62.4-69.8 | 162 | 14.4 | 11.9-17.3 | 61 | 4.9 | 3.6- 6.7 | 124 | 9.2 | 7.3-11.5 | 58 | 5.3 | 3.6- 7.9 |
Northwest | 1,969 | 1,315 | 66.8 | 63.6-69.9 | 244 | 12.5 | 10.6-14.7 | 129 | 5.8 | 4.7- 7.3 | 146 | 6.9 | 5.4- 8.7 | 135 | 8.0 | 6.0-10.5 |
Charlotte | 1,251 | 845 | 68.9 | 65.1-72.4 | 156 | 11.9 | 9.7-14.5 | 70 | 5.5 | 4.0- 7.5 | 92 | 5.6 | 4.4- 7.2 | 88 | 8.1 | 5.9-11.0 |
Greensboro | 1,110 | 792 | 68.0 | 63.2-72.4 | 128 | 12.3 | 9.8-15.3 | 43 | 3.8 | 2.6- 5.6 | 82 | 6.7 | 4.9- 9.0 | 65 | 9.3 | 5.8-14.4 |
Southern Regional | 953 | 616 | 65.4 | 61.0-69.5 | 124 | 12.8 | 10.2-16.0 | 40 | 4.4 | 2.8- 7.0 | 84 | 7.4 | 5.7- 9.6 | 89 | 10.0 | 7.3-13.5 |
Coastal | 459 | 329 | 72.7 | 67.3-77.4 | 61 | 14.3 | 10.5-19.0 | 17 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.5 | 26 | 4.8 | 3.1- 7.4 | 26 | 5.2 | 3.4- 7.8 |
Wake | 1,023 | 738 | 69.5 | 64.8-73.8 | 118 | 12.4 | 9.4-16.3 | 32 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.1 | 79 | 6.8 | 5.2- 9.0 | 56 | 8.7 | 5.8-12.7 |
Area L | 303 | 207 | 68.9 | 62.1-75.0 | 40 | 12.6 | 8.6-17.9 | 13 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.7 | 23 | 6.6 | 4.1-10.6 | 20 | 8.5 | 5.0-14.0 |
Eastern | 1,369 | 982 | 70.8 | 67.0-74.3 | 161 | 11.8 | 9.8-14.3 | 51 | 3.5 | 2.5- 5.0 | 103 | 8.0 | 5.8-10.8 | 72 | 5.9 | 3.9- 8.8 |
*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 cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.
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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