2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Women age 50-74 who have had a mammogram in the past two years.

(CDC calculated variable. Meets Healthy People 2020 Objective C-17.)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,899 1,553 80.7 78.5-82.7 346 19.3 17.3-21.5
-Eastern NC 633 530 82.0 78.2-85.3 103 18.0 14.7-21.8
RACE
White 407 344 82.5 77.6-86.5 63 17.5 13.5-22.4
African American 185 153 82.3 75.1-87.7 32 17.7 12.3-24.9
Other minorities 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 621 520 82.1 78.2-85.4 101 17.9 14.6-21.8
AGE
50-54 108 88 85.8 78.1-91.1 20 14.2 8.9-21.9
55-64 288 240 81.3 75.3-86.0 48 18.7 14.0-24.7
65-74 237 202 79.9 72.3-85.9 35 20.1 14.1-27.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 195 167 84.6 77.4-89.8 28 15.4 10.2-22.6
Some Post-H.S. 189 153 80.7 73.7-86.2 36 19.3 13.8-26.3
College Graduate 189 170 88.5 82.0-92.8 19 11.5 7.2-18.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 178 158 87.0 79.9-91.9 20 13.0 8.1-20.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 232 189 78.8 71.7-84.4 43 21.2 15.6-28.3
No 397 340 84.5 79.8-88.2 57 15.5 11.8-20.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 619 519 82.0 78.1-85.3 100 18.0 14.7-21.9
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 538 450 81.9 77.7-85.5 88 18.1 14.5-22.3
No 95 80 82.8 72.1-90.0 15 17.2 10.0-27.9

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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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