2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening

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 2,312 1,692 68.3 65.6-70.8 620 31.7 29.2-34.4
Western 270 212 71.7 63.9-78.4 58 28.3 21.6-36.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 239 189 73.0 65.2-79.6 50 27.0 20.4-34.8
Non-Hispanic Black 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 126 103 77.5 67.1-85.3 23 22.5 14.7-32.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 164 124 69.3 59.8-77.5 40 30.7 22.5-40.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 258 203 71.6 63.6-78.5 55 28.4 21.5-36.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 145 121 78.4 68.6-85.7 24 21.6 14.3-31.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 198 178 84.5 75.9-90.4 20 15.5 9.6-24.1
Rent 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 172 139 73.3 62.9-81.6 33 26.7 18.4-37.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 155 114 64.9 54.4-74.2 41 35.1 25.8-45.6
2nd Quartile 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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