2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
Piedmont NC 733 510 68.5 64.4-72.3 223 31.5 27.7-35.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 376 288 74.0 68.4-78.9 88 26.0 21.1-31.6
Non-Hispanic Black 160 118 68.8 59.3-76.9 42 31.2 23.1-40.7
Other 192 101 54.4 45.6-62.8 91 45.6 37.2-54.4
AGE
21-34 232 146 62.1 54.4-69.3 86 37.9 30.7-45.6
35-44 182 128 70.5 62.3-77.6 54 29.5 22.4-37.7
45-54 160 116 72.6 64.1-79.7 44 27.4 20.3-35.9
55-65 143 109 75.1 66.0-82.3 34 24.9 17.7-34.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 176 120 66.6 58.2-74.1 56 33.4 25.9-41.8
College Graduate 376 308 82.9 78.5-86.6 68 17.1 13.4-21.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 176 107 58.9 49.8-67.4 69 41.1 32.6-50.2
No 550 399 72.2 67.7-76.3 151 27.8 23.7-32.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 717 497 68.1 63.9-72.0 220 31.9 28.0-36.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 500 366 73.2 68.4-77.5 134 26.8 22.5-31.6
Unemployed 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 276 225 78.6 72.0-83.9 51 21.4 16.1-28.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 161 94 55.1 46.0-63.9 67 44.9 36.1-54.0
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 380 305 78.7 73.3-83.3 75 21.3 16.7-26.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 161 94 55.1 46.0-63.9 67 44.9 36.1-54.0
HOUSING
Own 380 291 74.6 69.2-79.4 89 25.4 20.6-30.8
Rent 305 189 60.0 53.7-66.1 116 40.0 33.9-46.3
Other arrangement 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 462 329 69.8 64.5-74.6 133 30.2 25.4-35.5
Regional City or Suburban County 174 115 66.2 57.8-73.7 59 33.8 26.3-42.2
Rural 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 242 153 62.3 54.7-69.4 89 37.7 30.6-45.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 478 349 72.1 67.2-76.5 129 27.9 23.5-32.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 274 201 72.1 65.5-77.8 73 27.9 22.2-34.5
2nd Quartile 307 205 64.5 57.6-70.8 102 35.5 29.2-42.4
3rd Quartile 146 99 70.0 61.3-77.5 47 30.0 22.5-38.7
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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