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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for North Carolina

HIV/AIDS

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  Total
Respond.#		 Routine Checkup Just to Find out Due to Pregnancy Military Induction Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,439 659 29.3 26.2-32.6 502 19.3 17.1-21.8 341 13.9 11.8-16.4 192 6.4 5.2- 7.8 745 31.0 28.1-34.1
GENDER
Male 972 295 34.2 29.8-39.0 202 20.2 16.8-24.1 2 0.0 0.0- 0.2 159 11.8 9.4-14.7 314 33.7 29.4-38.3
Female 1,467 364 24.8 20.6-29.6 300 18.6 15.8-21.8 339 26.5 22.6-30.9 33 1.4 0.9- 2.3 431 28.6 24.8-32.7
RACE
White 1,688 429 30.0 26.0-34.4 335 16.9 14.6-19.6 233 13.6 11.0-16.7 140 6.8 5.3- 8.8 551 32.6 28.9-36.4
African American 574 184 27.7 22.6-33.5 134 26.4 21.0-32.6 83 13.8 10.1-18.6 33 5.1 3.2- 8.1 140 27.0 21.6-33.2
Other Minorities 137 34 24.8 16.0-36.3 24 18.2 10.1-30.6 21 18.2 10.2-30.2 15 6.3 3.1-12.2 43 32.5 22.7-44.2
HISPANIC
Yes 89 22 26.7 16.1-40.9 12 9.4 4.8-17.5 14 18.6 9.2-34.0 14 11.6 6.1-21.0 27 33.7 21.6-48.5
No 2,347 637 29.5 26.3-32.9 488 19.6 17.3-22.1 327 13.8 11.6-16.3 177 6.1 4.9- 7.6 718 31.0 28.0-34.1
AGE
18-24 334 96 29.1 22.0-37.5 77 26.7 20.3-34.2 70 22.1 15.8-29.9 43 7.8 5.1-11.8 48 14.3 9.5-20.9
25-34 783 192 24.4 20.2-29.2 165 20.5 16.3-25.5 165 20.4 16.5-25.1 72 7.6 5.5-10.5 189 27.0 22.2-32.4
35-44 698 180 26.9 22.3-32.1 136 16.8 13.4-20.9 93 14.0 9.9-19.6 49 6.8 4.2-10.8 240 35.4 30.2-41.1
45-54 418 125 39.6 30.5-49.5 79 15.1 10.6-21.0 13 1.5 0.7- 3.5 19 3.1 1.7- 5.6 182 40.7 32.6-49.4
55-64 206 66 32.1 23.3-42.3 45 17.1 11.1-25.3 0 0.0 . - . 9 4.4 2.1- 9.1 86 46.5 36.5-56.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 217 60 30.4 21.6-41.0 67 26.1 18.0-36.2 27 16.7 9.1-28.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.4 60 26.1 17.9-36.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 679 200 29.2 24.0-34.9 132 23.9 19.0-29.5 97 13.9 10.0-19.0 66 6.0 4.2- 8.4 184 27.1 22.3-32.5
Some Post-H.S. 690 180 28.0 23.2-33.5 141 18.4 14.7-22.6 107 16.0 12.5-20.3 66 9.6 6.7-13.6 196 28.0 23.3-33.2
College Graduate 851 219 30.1 24.1-37.0 162 13.8 11.1-17.0 110 11.4 8.5-15.3 57 6.0 4.1- 8.8 303 38.6 32.8-44.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 199 56 29.0 18.9-41.7 56 26.1 17.4-37.3 26 14.9 7.2-28.2 6 1.4 0.6- 3.5 55 28.6 19.4-40.1
$15,000- 24,999 426 123 29.6 22.8-37.4 109 23.9 18.2-30.7 67 13.1 9.3-18.3 34 8.4 4.9-14.0 93 25.0 18.6-32.7
$25,000- 34,999 363 94 31.7 24.6-39.7 83 20.5 15.3-26.9 47 13.8 8.2-22.3 37 8.0 5.0-12.6 102 26.1 19.9-33.4
$35,000- 49,999 439 121 24.8 19.8-30.7 78 17.8 13.2-23.7 70 18.9 13.9-25.1 46 10.4 6.9-15.2 124 28.1 22.6-34.3
$50,000+ 711 179 30.1 23.7-37.4 117 14.2 10.7-18.6 97 11.7 8.6-15.8 50 4.8 3.3- 6.9 268 39.2 33.0-45.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 162 39 27.0 19.5-36.1 44 27.0 19.9-35.5 14 6.8 3.9-11.6 6 5.6 2.5-11.9 59 33.7 26.1-42.3
Cumberland 244 55 23.0 16.7-30.8 38 15.4 10.9-21.2 35 12.7 8.9-17.7 55 28.5 21.9-36.2 61 20.4 15.5-26.3
Durham 184 60 35.9 28.0-44.7 37 18.4 12.8-25.7 30 17.4 11.6-25.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 56 27.9 21.0-36.1
Forsyth 152 43 30.2 22.3-39.6 40 25.9 18.4-35.2 10 5.5 2.9-10.3 6 6.0 2.6-13.5 53 32.3 24.6-41.1
Gaston 188 63 32.8 25.8-40.7 33 19.6 13.7-27.3 28 11.9 7.9-17.6 5 2.8 1.1- 6.9 59 32.8 25.5-41.1
Guilford 171 47 28.0 21.1-36.1 46 28.6 20.8-37.9 21 10.5 6.7-16.0 7 5.0 2.3-10.3 50 27.9 20.8-36.5
Mecklenburg 176 48 30.7 23.3-39.3 44 22.8 16.4-30.8 23 10.2 6.7-15.4 4 2.5 0.9- 6.6 57 33.8 26.3-42.1
New Hanover 158 39 31.0 22.9-40.5 35 22.9 16.0-31.7 24 11.1 7.3-16.6 7 4.0 1.8- 8.5 53 31.0 23.7-39.3
Onslow 228 56 26.1 17.0-37.8 26 9.3 5.8-14.7 34 12.1 8.1-17.7 65 31.9 23.5-41.8 47 20.5 12.3-32.0
Wake 170 46 26.2 19.3-34.5 40 25.4 18.4-33.9 23 13.1 8.2-20.3 7 3.6 1.5- 8.2 54 31.7 24.4-40.0
Western NC 159 31 21.7 15.0-30.3 37 21.6 15.2-29.7 27 14.3 9.7-20.7 11 7.2 3.8-13.3 53 35.2 27.3-44.0
Piedmont NC 227 70 34.3 25.6-44.1 43 15.5 11.0-21.3 32 14.2 9.1-21.6 5 1.9 0.7- 5.3 77 34.1 26.4-42.7
Eastern NC 220 62 28.0 21.6-35.4 39 17.6 12.1-24.9 40 18.4 13.0-25.4 13 6.7 3.6-12.2 66 29.4 22.7-37.0

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* This question was asked only of respondents (< 65 yrs.) who reported having ever been tested 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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