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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 838 479 58.2 53.1-63.1 359 41.8 36.9-46.9
GENDER
Male 299 175 57.8 49.5-65.7 124 42.2 34.3-50.5
Female 539 304 58.5 52.0-64.7 235 41.5 35.3-48.0
AGE
18-24 90 64 73.0 57.7-84.3 26 27.0 15.7-42.3
25-34 187 140 72.4 62.0-80.8 47 27.6 19.2-38.0
35-44 226 139 59.8 50.2-68.7 87 40.2 31.3-49.8
45-54 214 91 40.9 32.2-50.3 123 59.1 49.7-67.8
55-64 121 45 34.2 23.8-46.5 76 65.8 53.5-76.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 114 56 51.0 36.5-65.4 58 49.0 34.6-63.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 306 172 54.4 45.7-62.8 134 45.6 37.2-54.3
Some Post-H.S. 240 150 66.4 57.1-74.6 90 33.6 25.4-42.9
College Graduate 175 100 60.3 50.4-69.4 75 39.7 30.6-49.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 108 62 54.6 39.4-69.0 46 45.4 31.0-60.6
$15,000- 24,999 190 113 56.2 44.4-67.3 77 43.8 32.7-55.6
$25,000- 34,999 141 88 69.2 57.5-78.8 53 30.8 21.2-42.5
$35,000- 49,999 118 68 65.6 52.6-76.6 50 34.4 23.4-47.4
$50,000-74,999 61 34 66.9 49.4-80.8 27 33.1 19.2-50.6
$75,000+ 57 29 54.1 37.0-70.3 28 45.9 29.7-63.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 16 10 55.5 28.4-79.6 6 44.5 20.4-71.6
Forsyth 79 41 55.8 42.9-67.9 38 44.2 32.1-57.1
Guilford 100 61 58.5 45.1-70.7 39 41.5 29.3-54.9
Henderson/Transylvania 10 6 79.3 39.6-95.7 4 20.7 4.3-60.4
Mecklenburg 116 76 66.2 55.9-75.2 40 33.8 24.8-44.1
Orange 34 18 49.8 30.5-69.1 16 50.2 30.9-69.5
Pitt 88 52 57.4 43.4-70.4 36 42.6 29.6-56.6
Randolph 10 4 46.8 16.3-79.9 6 53.2 20.1-83.7
Robeson 77 46 56.8 39.5-72.6 31 43.2 27.4-60.5
Wake 66 41 69.9 55.3-81.4 25 30.1 18.6-44.7
Western NC 14 5 38.6 16.1-67.3 9 61.4 32.7-83.9
Piedmont NC 90 48 57.4 44.1-69.6 42 42.6 30.4-55.9
Eastern NC 138 71 53.2 42.9-63.2 67 46.8 36.8-57.1

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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, 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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