2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,167 1,633 63.6 61.0-66.2 534 36.4 33.8-39.0
RACE
White 1,505 1,193 66.7 63.5-69.9 312 33.3 30.1-36.5
African American 486 343 60.5 55.0-65.7 143 39.5 34.3-45.0
Other minorities 145 75 44.3 35.4-53.6 70 55.7 46.4-64.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 146 65 39.9 31.5-48.8 81 60.1 51.2-68.5
Non-Hispanic 2,006 1,557 65.5 62.7-68.2 449 34.5 31.8-37.3
AGE
18-34 370 47 11.8 8.6-16.0 323 88.2 84.0-91.4
35-54 638 465 72.3 68.2-76.0 173 27.7 24.0-31.8
55-64 392 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 405 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 326 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 238 179 65.0 56.8-72.5 59 35.0 27.5-43.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 555 419 58.8 53.4-64.0 136 41.2 36.0-46.6
Some Post-H.S. 588 436 62.8 57.8-67.6 152 37.2 32.4-42.2
College Graduate 776 590 67.4 63.3-71.3 186 32.6 28.7-36.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 242 158 52.2 44.6-59.7 84 47.8 40.3-55.4
$15,000- 24,999 364 245 55.2 48.9-61.3 119 44.8 38.7-51.1
$25,000- 34,999 199 156 62.2 52.9-70.6 43 37.8 29.4-47.1
$35,000- 49,999 228 182 67.5 58.3-75.6 46 32.5 24.4-41.7
$50,000+ 645 496 67.5 62.7-72.0 149 32.5 28.0-37.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 589 532 82.7 77.3-87.1 57 17.3 12.9-22.7
No 1,569 1,094 58.0 55.0-60.9 475 42.0 39.1-45.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,117 1,595 63.5 60.8-66.1 522 36.5 33.9-39.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 789 585 64.1 59.7-68.3 204 35.9 31.7-40.3
No 1,378 1,048 63.3 60.0-66.6 330 36.7 33.4-40.0

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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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