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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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 5,036 2,280 45.7 43.6-47.8 2,756 54.3 52.2-56.4
Eastern NC 589 284 49.7 44.8-54.6 305 50.3 45.4-55.2
GENDER
Male 217 104 47.7 39.9-55.6 113 52.3 44.4-60.1
Female 372 180 51.5 45.6-57.4 192 48.5 42.6-54.4
RACE
White 403 187 48.7 43.1-54.4 216 51.3 45.6-56.9
Other 184 95 51.3 41.9-60.5 89 48.7 39.5-58.1
AGE
18-44 344 210 59.2 52.6-65.4 134 40.8 34.6-47.4
45+ 245 74 30.5 24.2-37.6 171 69.5 62.4-75.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 301 138 45.5 38.8-52.4 163 54.5 47.6-61.2
Some College + 287 146 54.7 47.9-61.4 141 45.3 38.6-52.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 330 182 56.1 49.4-62.6 148 43.9 37.4-50.6
$50,000+ 124 47 40.9 31.3-51.3 77 59.1 48.7-68.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 303 133 41.6 35.3-48.2 170 58.4 51.8-64.7
Forsyth 359 154 45.0 39.0-51.2 205 55.0 48.8-61.0
Guilford 308 140 47.3 40.5-54.2 168 52.7 45.8-59.5
Henderson/Transylvania 291 107 39.0 31.6-46.9 184 61.0 53.1-68.4
Mecklenburg 353 184 48.9 42.3-55.5 169 51.1 44.5-57.7
Orange 355 177 50.7 42.6-58.7 178 49.3 41.3-57.4
Pitt 346 182 52.1 45.1-59.0 164 47.9 41.0-54.9
Randolph 313 123 41.8 33.9-50.1 190 58.2 49.9-66.1
Robeson 331 172 54.0 47.1-60.8 159 46.0 39.2-52.9
Wake 360 173 45.7 39.8-51.7 187 54.3 48.3-60.2
Western NC 466 179 38.6 33.5-43.9 287 61.4 56.1-66.5
Piedmont NC 662 272 42.9 38.2-47.8 390 57.1 52.2-61.8

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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