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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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 9,537 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
-New Hanover County 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
RACE
White 194 149 79.2 72.0-85.0 27 13.9 9.1-20.7 8 3.6 1.7- 7.4 7 2.2 1.0- 4.7 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5
Other 26 18 70.2 46.8-86.3 3 6.6 1.9-20.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.3 4.4-41.5 2 7.9 1.8-28.0
AGE
18-44 51 41 85.7 73.1-92.9 8 12.2 5.6-24.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 170 127 73.4 65.0-80.4 22 13.5 8.5-20.6 7 4.2 1.8- 9.1 9 5.8 2.7-12.3 5 3.2 1.2- 7.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 47 76.1 61.6-86.4 5 8.5 3.3-20.1 3 4.3 1.4-12.8 5 9.1 3.1-23.8 1 2.0 0.3-13.0
Some College + 159 120 78.7 70.6-85.0 25 14.4 9.2-21.8 5 2.7 1.0- 7.1 5 2.3 0.8- 6.0 4 1.9 0.7- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 96 70 77.6 65.9-86.2 13 11.1 5.4-21.4 3 2.2 0.6- 7.3 6 5.5 2.0-14.5 4 3.6 1.2-10.1
$50,000+ 93 72 78.5 68.2-86.1 12 13.0 7.2-22.4 5 4.8 1.9-11.7 3 2.7 0.8- 9.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9

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*This question was asked of female respondents who reported ever having a clinical breast exam and those 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.

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