2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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

A mammogram is an x-ray of each breast to look for breast cancer. Have you ever had a mammogram?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,985 3,094 65.8 63.8-67.7 891 34.2 32.3-36.2
-Eastern NC 1,259 995 66.3 62.7-69.8 264 33.7 30.2-37.3
RACE
White 814 658 67.3 62.7-71.6 156 32.7 28.4-37.3
African American 343 271 69.5 62.7-75.5 72 30.5 24.5-37.3
Other minorities 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,197 963 67.6 63.8-71.1 234 32.4 28.9-36.2
AGE
18-34 195 24 11.8 7.4-18.4 171 88.2 81.6-92.6
35-54 338 261 76.8 71.3-81.5 77 23.2 18.5-28.7
55-64 289 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 241 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 185 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 138 106 65.8 55.1-75.1 32 34.2 24.9-44.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 379 299 63.6 56.6-70.0 80 36.4 30.0-43.4
Some Post-H.S. 366 294 68.2 61.5-74.1 72 31.8 25.9-38.5
College Graduate 373 293 66.9 60.7-72.6 80 33.1 27.4-39.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 160 126 65.6 55.1-74.7 34 34.4 25.3-44.9
$15,000- 24,999 207 152 60.3 51.0-69.0 55 39.7 31.0-49.0
$25,000- 34,999 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 341 275 71.6 64.7-77.7 66 28.4 22.3-35.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 386 353 85.2 79.3-89.6 33 14.8 10.4-20.7
No 864 634 59.8 55.5-64.0 230 40.2 36.0-44.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,213 965 66.8 63.1-70.3 248 33.2 29.7-36.9
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,039 831 67.0 62.9-70.7 208 33.0 29.3-37.1
No 220 164 62.8 54.4-70.5 56 37.2 29.5-45.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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.

**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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