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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

HIV/AIDS

I am going to read you a list of reasons why some people have been tested for HIV. Not including blood donations, which of these wouldyou say was the main reason for your last HIV test?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Routine Checkup Just to Find out Due to Pregnancy It was required Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,230 646 30.5 27.7-33.5 532 21.6 18.8-24.7 343 15.3 13.2-17.6 419 19.6 17.2-22.3 290 13.0 11.0-15.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 129 34 23.8 16.6-32.9 36 29.4 20.7-39.9 24 17.0 11.2-24.9 19 17.2 10.6-26.7 16 12.7 7.5-20.6
Forsyth 148 47 30.8 22.9-39.9 33 23.2 15.2-33.8 19 12.8 7.8-20.4 34 22.7 16.1-31.0 15 10.5 6.1-17.5
Guilford 138 42 30.4 22.2-40.1 32 20.9 13.8-30.2 15 9.3 5.4-15.7 34 25.8 17.7-36.2 15 13.6 7.8-22.4
Mecklenburg 183 54 32.8 25.0-41.7 41 20.9 13.2-31.5 28 13.3 8.9-19.4 37 18.9 13.3-26.0 23 14.2 8.6-22.3
Orange 173 49 26.1 17.9-36.3 44 22.0 14.8-31.6 21 10.4 6.2-17.1 31 27.3 13.3-47.9 28 14.1 8.9-21.7
Pitt 180 37 22.5 16.2-30.4 57 33.5 25.8-42.1 22 11.1 7.1-16.9 36 22.4 15.7-30.9 28 10.5 6.8-15.8
Randolph 119 29 21.5 14.0-31.5 32 29.7 19.7-42.0 23 25.1 12.6-43.7 16 11.9 6.7-20.2 19 11.9 6.8-19.8
Robeson 167 55 31.3 23.3-40.7 43 26.7 18.8-36.5 26 15.5 10.2-22.8 27 16.5 11.0-24.0 16 9.9 5.0-18.6
Wake 171 53 29.7 22.6-38.1 39 21.0 15.0-28.6 27 15.6 10.5-22.7 29 17.5 11.8-25.1 23 16.1 9.6-25.9
Western NC 175 41 25.0 18.2-33.2 38 19.4 13.8-26.6 32 14.4 9.9-20.5 36 18.8 13.2-26.1 28 22.4 14.9-32.2
Piedmont NC 264 85 31.1 24.6-38.3 64 27.1 19.7-36.0 45 16.4 11.7-22.7 39 12.5 8.6-17.8 31 12.9 8.7-18.8
Eastern NC 278 96 33.4 27.3-40.2 46 15.2 10.9-20.8 46 16.2 11.8-21.9 58 25.7 19.8-32.5 32 9.5 6.4-13.8

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Henderson/Transylvania Counties. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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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, 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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