2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening

At your most recent cervical cancer screening, did you have an H.P.V. test?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,376 690 52.4 49.2-55.6 686 47.6 44.4-50.8
Western 237 99 46.1 37.9-54.5 138 53.9 45.5-62.1
GENDER
Female 237 99 46.1 37.9-54.5 138 53.9 45.5-62.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 212 87 44.7 36.2-53.6 125 55.3 46.4-63.8
Non-Hispanic Black 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 160 68 46.1 36.1-56.4 92 53.9 43.6-63.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 234 96 45.6 37.3-54.0 138 54.4 46.0-62.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 110 28 26.2 17.1-37.9 82 73.8 62.1-82.9
Unable to Work 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 11 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 182 68 42.3 33.3-51.9 114 57.7 48.1-66.7
Rent 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 172 68 46.1 36.4-56.0 104 53.9 44.0-63.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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