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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston County

HIV/AIDS

As far as you know, have you ever been tested for HIV? Do not count tests you may have had as part of a blood donation.*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,744 2,472 49.5 47.3-51.6 2,272 50.5 48.4-52.7
Gaston County 343 189 53.7 47.7-59.6 154 46.3 40.4-52.3
GENDER
Male 143 68 46.7 37.9-55.7 75 53.3 44.3-62.1
Female 200 121 61.3 53.5-68.5 79 38.7 31.5-46.5
RACE
White 281 147 51.5 45.0-57.9 134 48.5 42.1-55.0
Other 61 41 60.7 45.5-74.1 20 39.3 25.9-54.5
AGE
18-44 211 144 65.3 57.5-72.4 67 34.7 27.6-42.5
45+ 132 45 34.0 25.8-43.3 87 66.0 56.7-74.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 166 90 54.1 45.3-62.7 76 45.9 37.3-54.7
Some College + 177 99 53.4 45.2-61.4 78 46.6 38.6-54.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 193 110 57.1 49.0-64.8 83 42.9 35.2-51.0
$50,000+ 97 47 45.6 35.3-56.2 50 54.4 43.8-64.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 324 164 50.3 44.0-56.6 160 49.7 43.4-56.0
Cumberland 334 246 71.6 59.4-81.4 88 28.4 18.6-40.6
Durham 309 186 55.7 47.6-63.4 123 44.3 36.6-52.4
Forsyth 330 154 45.9 39.6-52.4 176 54.1 47.6-60.4
Guilford 315 174 55.4 49.0-61.7 141 44.6 38.3-51.0
Mecklenburg 351 177 49.2 43.3-55.1 174 50.8 44.9-56.7
New Hanover 314 161 54.9 48.5-61.1 153 45.1 38.9-51.5
Onslow 374 232 67.2 60.8-73.0 142 32.8 27.0-39.2
Wake 356 174 48.6 42.6-54.7 182 51.4 45.3-57.4
Western NC 429 162 38.0 33.0-43.4 267 62.0 56.6-67.0
Piedmont NC 502 228 47.5 42.4-52.7 274 52.5 47.3-57.6
Eastern NC 463 225 49.4 43.9-54.9 238 50.6 45.1-56.1

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* This question was asked only if the respondent (< 65 yrs.) and who believed medical treatments were available for HIV.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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