2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening

Have you had a hysterectomy?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,262 569 23.4 21.2-25.8 1,693 76.6 74.2-78.8
Western 266 93 31.2 24.7-38.5 173 68.8 61.5-75.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 237 83 31.3 24.4-39.0 154 68.7 61.0-75.6
Non-Hispanic Black 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 123 37 27.1 18.3-38.3 86 72.9 61.7-81.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 162 54 30.9 22.9-40.1 108 69.1 59.9-77.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 254 91 31.8 25.1-39.4 163 68.2 60.6-74.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 127 30 21.8 14.2-32.0 97 78.2 68.0-85.8
Unemployed 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 144 50 34.6 25.7-44.7 94 65.4 55.3-74.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 197 78 36.8 28.6-45.7 119 63.2 54.3-71.4
Rent 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 170 66 34.6 26.2-44.1 104 65.4 55.9-73.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 106 31 24.8 16.1-36.2 75 75.2 63.8-83.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 153 46 26.3 18.8-35.5 107 73.7 64.5-81.2
2nd Quartile 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*This question was asked of female respondents who reported not being pregnant at the time of interview.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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