2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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

Had a mammogram within the past 2 years and a clinical breast exam within a year (Age 40+)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,275 3,061 58.0 56.2-59.7 2,214 42.0 40.3-43.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Buncombe 179 107 60.5 51.7-68.6 72 39.5 31.4-48.3
Cumberland 178 114 64.2 55.5-72.0 64 35.8 28.0-44.5
Durham 189 129 66.5 57.8-74.2 60 33.5 25.8-42.2
Forsyth 181 113 59.5 50.7-67.8 68 40.5 32.2-49.3
Gaston 170 92 56.5 46.6-65.9 78 43.5 34.1-53.4
Guilford 223 133 58.3 50.4-65.8 90 41.7 34.2-49.6
Mecklenburg 245 140 58.8 50.8-66.4 105 41.2 33.6-49.2
New Hanover 195 124 64.2 54.6-72.8 71 35.8 27.2-45.4
Union 173 92 52.4 42.5-62.1 81 47.6 37.9-57.5
Wake 267 161 61.6 54.5-68.2 106 38.4 31.8-45.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,784 1,037 57.9 54.9-60.8 747 42.1 39.2-45.1
Piedmont 2,719 1,579 58.0 55.6-60.4 1,140 42.0 39.6-44.4
Western NC 772 445 58.2 53.8-62.5 327 41.8 37.5-46.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 530 298 58.5 53.3-63.6 232 41.5 36.4-46.7
Northwest 851 508 58.3 54.1-62.3 343 41.7 37.7-45.9
Charlotte 807 445 56.5 51.6-61.2 362 43.5 38.8-48.4
Greensboro 618 351 56.1 51.3-60.8 267 43.9 39.2-48.7
Southern Regional 690 408 61.8 56.8-66.6 282 38.2 33.4-43.2
Southeast 359 218 58.3 51.6-64.7 141 41.7 35.3-48.4
Wake 692 417 59.5 54.8-64.1 275 40.5 35.9-45.2
Area L 165 93 54.7 45.7-63.5 72 45.3 36.5-54.3
Eastern 563 323 57.1 52.2-62.0 240 42.9 38.0-47.8

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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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