2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
(formerly Women's Health)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,093 5,549 66.6 65.1-68.1 1,544 33.4 31.9-34.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Buncombe 230 186 67.5 58.6-75.3 44 32.5 24.7-41.4
Cumberland 254 198 69.3 61.6-76.1 56 30.7 23.9-38.4
Durham 273 209 62.2 54.3-69.4 64 37.8 30.6-45.7
Forsyth 237 181 64.5 56.1-72.1 56 35.5 27.9-43.9
Gaston 217 176 60.8 50.7-70.0 41 39.2 30.0-49.3
Guilford 305 233 63.8 56.1-70.8 72 36.2 29.2-43.9
Mecklenburg 396 270 59.6 53.2-65.6 126 40.4 34.4-46.8
New Hanover 238 207 69.0 58.2-78.1 31 31.0 21.9-41.8
Union 227 185 72.3 62.7-80.2 42 27.7 19.8-37.3
Wake 404 278 62.1 56.1-67.6 126 37.9 32.4-43.9
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,367 1,883 66.9 64.2-69.5 484 33.1 30.5-35.8
Piedmont 3,748 2,876 65.3 63.1-67.4 872 34.7 32.6-36.9
Western NC 978 790 69.4 65.2-73.4 188 30.6 26.6-34.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 668 542 70.9 65.7-75.6 126 29.1 24.4-34.3
Northwest 1,124 892 67.7 63.8-71.3 232 32.3 28.7-36.2
Charlotte 1,131 860 63.4 59.2-67.4 271 36.6 32.6-40.8
Greensboro 817 639 65.9 61.0-70.4 178 34.1 29.6-39.0
Southern Regional 923 733 68.1 63.4-72.5 190 31.9 27.5-36.6
Southeast 452 374 67.5 60.8-73.6 78 32.5 26.4-39.2
Wake 991 733 64.1 60.0-67.9 258 35.9 32.1-40.0
Area L 238 182 61.9 53.2-70.0 56 38.1 30.0-46.8
Eastern 749 594 68.6 64.2-72.8 155 31.4 27.2-35.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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