2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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

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
-Whites 2,829 2,282 68.4 66.0-70.7 547 31.6 29.3-34.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,733 2,235 69.3 66.9-71.6 498 30.7 28.4-33.1
AGE
18-34 371 34 9.1 6.3-12.9 337 90.9 87.1-93.7
35-44 322 182 56.4 50.3-62.3 140 43.6 37.7-49.7
45-54 392 369 94.1 90.8-96.3 23 5.9 3.7- 9.2
55-64 566 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 641 625 97.5 95.9-98.5 16 2.5 1.5- 4.1
75+ 510 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 269 221 71.6 63.4-78.7 48 28.4 21.3-36.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 763 623 66.1 61.3-70.6 140 33.9 29.4-38.7
Some Post-H.S. 775 621 67.6 63.2-71.8 154 32.4 28.2-36.8
College Graduate 1,017 813 70.0 66.3-73.4 204 30.0 26.6-33.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 250 182 57.7 49.6-65.3 68 42.3 34.7-50.4
$15,000- 24,999 437 338 65.6 59.4-71.3 99 34.4 28.7-40.6
$25,000- 34,999 282 225 61.1 53.1-68.6 57 38.9 31.4-46.9
$35,000- 49,999 323 267 71.3 63.8-77.8 56 28.7 22.2-36.2
$50,000- 74,999 317 249 64.2 56.8-71.1 68 35.8 28.9-43.2
$75,000+ 580 471 73.0 68.1-77.5 109 27.0 22.5-31.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 865 794 83.9 79.5-87.4 71 16.1 12.6-20.5
No 1,951 1,477 62.7 59.9-65.4 474 37.3 34.6-40.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,767 2,236 68.6 66.2-70.9 531 31.4 29.1-33.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,670 1,339 68.2 65.1-71.2 331 31.8 28.8-34.9
No 1,159 943 68.6 64.8-72.2 216 31.4 27.8-35.2

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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.

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