2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Women age 40-74 who have had a mammogram in the past two years.

(CDC calculated variable.)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,325 1,030 77.9 75.2-80.4 295 22.1 19.6-24.8
Western 236 182 75.5 68.2-81.6 54 24.5 18.4-31.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 197 158 78.5 71.0-84.5 39 21.5 15.5-29.0
Non-Hispanic Black 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
35-44 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50-54 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 95 77 78.1 66.9-86.3 18 21.9 13.7-33.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 159 123 76.1 67.1-83.3 36 23.9 16.7-32.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 233 179 75.4 68.0-81.5 54 24.6 18.5-32.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 101 80 79.2 67.9-87.3 21 20.8 12.7-32.1
Unemployed 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 114 89 78.1 67.4-86.0 25 21.9 14.0-32.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 179 142 77.6 69.3-84.1 37 22.4 15.9-30.7
Rent 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 168 126 71.3 62.0-79.0 42 28.7 21.0-38.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 133 98 70.3 59.8-79.1 35 29.7 20.9-40.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 127 102 81.8 73.2-88.1 25 18.2 11.9-26.8
2nd Quartile 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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