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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 466 172 38.7 32.2-45.6 133 26.0 19.9-33.0 52 12.3 7.9-18.7 66 13.8 9.8-19.1 43 9.2 5.8-14.3
GENDER
Male 171 63 39.4 29.3-50.6 62 33.6 24.1-44.7 0 0.0 . - . 32 17.2 10.7-26.4 14 9.8 4.3-20.9
Female 295 109 38.1 29.9-47.1 71 20.2 13.0-30.0 52 21.5 14.1-31.3 34 11.4 6.9-18.2 29 8.8 5.3-14.2

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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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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