2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
(formerly 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 had exam
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,866 4,432 63.9 62.4-65.4 820 11.8 10.9-12.8 330 4.8 4.2- 5.5 694 9.3 8.5-10.2 590 10.2 9.2-11.2
COUNTY/REGIONS
Buncombe 223 145 67.3 59.1-74.5 27 8.8 5.7-13.2 *** *** *** 25 9.4 6.0-14.6 *** *** ***
Cumberland 249 169 67.2 59.7-73.9 21 7.9 4.8-12.8 16 5.3 3.0- 9.4 19 7.5 4.5-12.2 24 12.1 7.6-18.9
Durham 263 190 68.3 60.4-75.2 32 15.1 10.0-22.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Forsyth 229 160 68.1 60.2-75.1 27 12.5 8.0-18.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 9.6 5.6-16.0
Gaston 210 128 60.9 51.3-69.7 32 13.9 8.7-21.4 *** *** *** 25 14.1 8.1-23.6 *** *** ***
Guilford 303 211 64.5 57.0-71.4 35 13.9 9.2-20.5 *** *** *** 23 5.2 3.2- 8.2 25 13.3 8.3-20.6
Mecklenburg 388 248 64.2 57.8-70.1 47 10.5 7.3-15.0 *** *** *** 39 9.6 6.4-14.2 39 12.0 8.3-17.2
New Hanover 228 158 68.2 58.4-76.5 24 12.8 7.7-20.7 *** *** *** 25 7.9 4.5-13.4 *** *** ***
Union 223 142 66.0 57.0-74.1 29 10.5 6.4-16.7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 397 267 69.1 63.5-74.3 45 10.4 7.6-14.1 *** *** *** 33 7.0 4.7-10.4 37 10.3 6.9-15.1
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,282 1,449 62.7 60.1-65.3 279 12.1 10.5-13.9 124 5.3 4.2- 6.7 228 9.3 7.9-11.0 202 10.5 8.8-12.4
Piedmont 3,645 2,377 64.6 62.5-66.6 436 11.8 10.5-13.2 159 4.3 3.5- 5.2 355 8.7 7.6-10.0 318 10.6 9.2-12.2
Western NC 939 606 62.5 58.3-66.5 105 11.1 8.6-14.3 47 6.3 4.4- 8.8 111 11.0 8.8-13.8 70 9.1 6.6-12.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 636 403 63.8 58.6-68.7 71 9.8 7.0-13.6 28 5.2 3.2- 8.4 80 10.7 8.2-13.8 54 10.5 7.3-14.8
Northwest 1,089 722 63.6 60.0-67.2 125 13.2 10.8-16.1 62 5.6 4.2- 7.5 100 8.9 7.0-11.2 80 8.7 6.7-11.2
Charlotte 1,100 687 63.3 59.2-67.2 144 11.1 8.8-13.8 44 3.7 2.3- 5.7 118 10.6 8.2-13.5 107 11.4 8.8-14.6
Greensboro 801 529 63.5 58.9-67.8 89 12.1 9.3-15.6 33 5.3 3.5- 7.9 81 7.9 6.1-10.2 69 11.2 8.3-15.0
Southern Regional 890 567 64.0 59.4-68.3 107 10.9 8.4-13.9 48 5.1 3.3- 7.9 83 9.0 6.5-12.2 85 11.1 8.3-14.6
Southeast 433 289 64.1 57.7-70.0 50 15.0 10.8-20.5 *** *** *** 44 7.7 5.2-11.2 34 10.3 6.7-15.6
Wake 964 633 65.4 61.5-69.1 126 12.7 10.4-15.3 40 4.1 2.8- 6.0 85 7.5 5.8- 9.8 80 10.3 7.8-13.5
Area L 229 143 61.6 53.5-69.1 21 8.1 4.9-13.2 *** *** *** 29 13.6 8.9-20.4 22 10.9 6.8-17.1
Eastern 724 459 63.2 58.8-67.3 87 10.7 8.4-13.5 45 6.5 4.6- 9.1 74 10.0 7.7-12.9 59 9.6 7.1-13.0

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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.

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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