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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg 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 5,036 2,280 45.7 43.6-47.8 2,756 54.3 52.2-56.4
Mecklenburg County 353 184 48.9 42.3-55.5 169 51.1 44.5-57.7
GENDER
Male 136 66 44.8 34.5-55.5 70 55.2 44.5-65.5
Female 217 118 53.5 45.6-61.3 99 46.5 38.7-54.4
RACE
White 194 93 46.7 37.2-56.5 101 53.3 43.5-62.8
Other 155 88 50.9 41.4-60.4 67 49.1 39.6-58.6
AGE
18-44 229 137 53.0 44.5-61.3 92 47.0 38.7-55.5
45+ 124 47 37.3 28.5-47.2 77 62.7 52.8-71.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 94 44 39.6 28.0-52.5 50 60.4 47.5-72.0
Some College + 259 140 53.7 46.0-61.2 119 46.3 38.8-54.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 144 75 46.9 35.6-58.5 69 53.1 41.5-64.4
$50,000+ 139 72 48.1 38.8-57.6 67 51.9 42.4-61.2
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
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
Eastern NC 589 284 49.7 44.8-54.6 305 50.3 45.4-55.2

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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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