2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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

How long has it been since you had your last Pap test?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never had test
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,613 2,632 59.5 57.7-61.3 749 14.9 13.7-16.2 332 7.1 6.1- 8.1 661 10.8 9.8-11.9 239 7.6 6.5- 8.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Buncombe 160 86 62.3 52.9-70.9 27 11.8 7.6-17.8 *** *** *** 23 10.4 6.4-16.5 *** *** ***
Cumberland 180 107 58.1 49.1-66.5 33 17.4 11.8-24.9 *** *** *** 19 10.0 6.0-16.2 *** *** ***
Durham 194 112 61.9 53.0-70.0 37 18.4 12.4-26.3 *** *** *** 21 7.3 4.3-12.3 *** *** ***
Forsyth 157 85 53.3 43.6-62.7 31 19.9 13.4-28.4 *** *** *** 15 7.0 3.9-12.3 *** *** ***
Gaston 130 73 67.0 56.1-76.4 27 17.3 10.4-27.4 *** *** *** 25 12.9 7.5-21.1 *** *** ***
Guilford 201 124 58.4 49.4-66.9 38 21.6 14.7-30.5 *** *** *** 17 6.4 3.7-10.9 *** *** ***
Mecklenburg 286 181 62.7 55.2-69.6 38 10.8 7.5-15.5 26 12.2 7.5-19.3 21 4.8 2.9- 7.8 20 9.4 5.4-16.1
New Hanover 166 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 35 15.6 9.4-24.9 *** *** ***
Union 157 88 62.9 52.3-72.4 27 12.3 7.3-19.9 14 10.2 5.6-17.8 25 13.9 7.8-23.6 *** *** ***
Wake 301 197 67.5 61.1-73.3 48 14.3 10.5-19.3 *** *** *** 26 7.6 4.9-11.6 20 7.0 4.1-11.6
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,549 869 57.8 54.6-61.0 249 15.5 13.4-17.9 116 6.8 5.3- 8.6 241 12.5 10.6-14.7 74 7.4 5.5- 9.8
Piedmont 2,470 1,444 60.9 58.4-63.4 406 14.6 13.0-16.4 175 7.5 6.2- 9.2 316 8.9 7.8-10.2 129 8.0 6.4- 9.9
Western NC 594 319 56.3 51.1-61.4 94 12.8 10.1-16.3 41 7.2 4.9-10.3 104 14.6 11.6-18.3 36 9.1 6.0-13.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 413 218 58.2 51.9-64.3 67 12.1 9.0-16.0 27 5.3 3.4- 8.2 75 14.2 10.8-18.5 26 10.2 6.2-16.3
Northwest 685 388 55.7 51.0-60.3 108 15.6 12.6-19.0 60 8.6 6.3-11.6 90 10.6 8.2-13.5 39 9.5 6.5-13.7
Charlotte 757 443 62.6 57.7-67.2 118 11.9 9.4-14.9 56 9.8 6.7-14.0 105 8.6 6.6-11.0 35 7.2 4.6-11.2
Greensboro 511 294 57.6 51.9-63.1 84 16.7 12.8-21.6 32 7.5 5.0-11.1 73 9.6 7.3-12.5 28 8.6 5.5-13.3
Southern Regional 606 327 56.2 50.6-61.6 109 16.2 12.8-20.3 43 6.9 4.4-10.7 98 14.5 11.0-18.9 29 6.2 3.7-10.2
Southeast 309 177 55.2 47.6-62.6 34 11.5 7.4-17.4 21 4.9 2.8- 8.2 61 15.7 11.2-21.5 16 12.7 7.4-21.0
Wake 706 417 62.6 58.1-66.9 133 16.7 13.7-20.2 41 5.2 3.5- 7.7 75 8.4 6.3-11.0 40 7.1 4.8-10.4
Area L 153 92 66.0 56.8-74.2 17 9.6 5.6-15.9 *** *** *** 24 12.8 7.9-20.2 *** *** ***
Eastern 473 276 60.4 55.1-65.6 79 16.4 12.7-20.8 42 8.1 5.7-11.3 60 10.2 7.6-13.6 *** *** ***

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*Respondents who reported having hysterectomy were excluded from both numerator and denominator. This question was asked of female respondents who reported ever having a Pap smear and those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

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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