2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening

Female respondents with and intact cervix, aged 21-65, who have had a pap test in the past three years.
(CDC calculated variable.)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,233 852 66.7 63.4-69.9 381 33.3 30.1-36.6
Eastern NC 334 237 67.2 60.5-73.3 97 32.8 26.7-39.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 194 148 75.1 67.1-81.7 46 24.9 18.3-32.9
Non-Hispanic Black 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
21-34 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-65 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 240 183 73.2 65.8-79.5 57 26.8 20.5-34.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 306 215 66.9 59.9-73.3 91 33.1 26.7-40.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 222 161 70.1 62.3-76.9 61 29.9 23.1-37.7
Unemployed 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 114 87 75.5 65.5-83.3 27 24.5 16.7-34.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 173 124 67.5 58.7-75.2 49 32.5 24.8-41.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 203 150 69.1 61.0-76.3 53 30.9 23.7-39.0
Rent 105 74 71.7 61.2-80.3 31 28.3 19.7-38.8
Other arrangement 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 119 83 68.0 57.6-77.0 36 32.0 23.0-42.4
Rural 185 129 64.4 54.8-72.9 56 35.6 27.1-45.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 197 129 62.3 53.4-70.5 68 37.7 29.5-46.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 111 86 74.0 63.3-82.5 25 26.0 17.5-36.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 97 74 76.0 64.6-84.6 23 24.0 15.4-35.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 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 2024 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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