2024 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 2,283 1,695 67.7 65.2-70.1 588 32.3 29.9-34.8
Western 405 342 72.7 65.4-78.9 63 27.3 21.1-34.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 342 297 74.2 66.1-81.0 45 25.8 19.0-33.9
Non-Hispanic Black 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 79 79 100 - *** *** ***
75+ 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 164 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 154 137 83.1 72.3-90.3 17 16.9 9.7-27.7
No 246 200 66.5 56.9-74.9 46 33.5 25.1-43.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 400 339 73.6 66.2-79.8 61 26.4 20.2-33.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 180 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 180 148 70.1 59.0-79.2 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 291 259 80.9 73.0-86.8 32 19.1 13.2-27.0
Rent 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 287 246 71.9 63.0-79.3 41 28.1 20.7-37.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 234 199 69.9 59.8-78.3 35 30.1 21.7-40.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 224 187 73.6 63.8-81.6 37 26.4 18.4-36.2
2nd Quartile 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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