2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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

Women age 21-65 who have had a pap test in the past three years.

(CDC calculated variable. Partially meets Healthy People 2020 Objective C-15.)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,898 1,627 85.8 83.9-87.5 271 14.2 12.5-16.1
-Piedmont NC 1,079 921 85.2 82.6-87.5 158 14.8 12.5-17.4
RACE
White 698 612 88.2 85.2-90.7 86 11.8 9.3-14.8
African American 263 221 82.3 76.3-87.0 42 17.7 13.0-23.7
Other minorities 99 75 75.7 64.9-84.0 24 24.3 16.0-35.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 113 87 79.0 70.2-85.7 26 21.0 14.3-29.8
Non-Hispanic 960 830 86.0 83.3-88.4 130 14.0 11.6-16.7
AGE
21-34 286 236 83.6 78.4-87.8 50 16.4 12.2-21.6
35-54 525 455 85.7 81.9-88.7 70 14.3 11.3-18.1
55-64 240 211 89.1 84.2-92.6 29 10.9 7.4-15.8
65 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 85 64 78.4 67.9-86.1 21 21.6 13.9-32.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 203 154 73.3 65.5-79.9 49 26.7 20.1-34.5
Some Post-H.S. 300 258 88.4 84.0-91.8 42 11.6 8.2-16.0
College Graduate 489 443 90.4 87.2-92.9 46 9.6 7.1-12.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 114 77 66.9 56.6-75.8 37 33.1 24.2-43.4
$15,000- 24,999 158 122 74.4 66.1-81.3 36 25.6 18.7-33.9
$25,000- 34,999 87 67 78.7 68.1-86.5 20 21.3 13.5-31.9
$35,000- 49,999 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 423 397 94.2 91.1-96.3 26 5.8 3.7- 8.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 176 145 78.7 70.0-85.4 31 21.3 14.6-30.0
No 899 774 86.5 83.8-88.8 125 13.5 11.2-16.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,049 894 85.1 82.5-87.4 155 14.9 12.6-17.5
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 395 335 86.0 81.8-89.4 60 14.0 10.6-18.2
No 684 586 84.8 81.4-87.6 98 15.2 12.4-18.6

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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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