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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS--FEMALE 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 3,023 1,400 48.8 46.1-51.5 1,623 51.2 48.5-53.9
RACE
White 2,235 951 44.6 41.6-47.7 1,284 55.4 52.3-58.4
African American 539 304 58.5 52.0-64.7 235 41.5 35.3-48.0
Asian 35 15 37.9 19.9-60.0 20 62.1 40.0-80.1
Native American 87 51 66.9 51.6-79.2 36 33.1 20.8-48.4
Other Minorities 109 66 63.9 50.5-75.5 43 36.1 24.5-49.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 122 71 60.0 46.6-72.0 51 40.0 28.0-53.4
-English Speaking 57 31 59.3 40.7-75.6 26 40.7 24.4-59.3
-Spanish Speaking 65 40 60.3 42.4-75.8 25 39.7 24.2-57.6
Non-Hispanic 2,898 1,328 48.1 45.4-50.8 1,570 51.9 49.2-54.6
AGE
18-24 291 178 65.2 56.9-72.6 113 34.8 27.4-43.1
25-34 668 465 70.7 65.4-75.4 203 29.3 24.6-34.6
35-44 728 418 55.7 50.4-60.8 310 44.3 39.2-49.6
45-54 769 228 27.1 22.8-31.9 541 72.9 68.1-77.2
55-64 567 111 19.5 15.2-24.6 456 80.5 75.4-84.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 325 145 48.6 39.9-57.4 180 51.4 42.6-60.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 868 389 49.1 44.3-54.0 479 50.9 46.0-55.7
Some Post-H.S. 812 396 49.1 44.1-54.1 416 50.9 45.9-55.9
College Graduate 1,016 470 48.3 43.9-52.8 546 51.7 47.2-56.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 271 145 54.4 44.9-63.6 126 45.6 36.4-55.1
$15,000- 24,999 488 272 63.6 56.8-69.8 216 36.4 30.2-43.2
$25,000- 34,999 375 193 55.8 48.2-63.1 182 44.2 36.9-51.8
$35,000- 49,999 428 205 46.9 40.3-53.6 223 53.1 46.4-59.7
$50,000-74,999 420 181 44.2 37.5-51.1 239 55.8 48.9-62.5
$75,000+ 405 158 39.4 32.9-46.2 247 60.6 53.8-67.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 181 82 42.2 34.0-50.7 99 57.8 49.3-66.0
Forsyth 215 87 43.1 35.6-50.9 128 56.9 49.1-64.4
Guilford 194 80 42.4 34.1-51.1 114 57.6 48.9-65.9
Henderson/Transylvania 169 67 45.0 33.7-56.9 102 55.0 43.1-66.3
Mecklenburg 217 118 53.5 45.6-61.3 99 46.5 38.7-54.4
Orange 207 108 57.6 45.5-68.9 99 42.4 31.1-54.5
Pitt 206 106 53.7 44.0-63.1 100 46.3 36.9-56.0
Randolph 174 77 51.4 38.6-64.0 97 48.6 36.0-61.4
Robeson 192 100 54.5 46.2-62.6 92 45.5 37.4-53.8
Wake 214 108 50.2 42.5-58.0 106 49.8 42.0-57.5
Western NC 260 106 42.3 35.6-49.2 154 57.7 50.8-64.4
Piedmont NC 422 181 47.6 41.7-53.5 241 52.4 46.5-58.3
Eastern NC 372 180 51.5 45.6-57.4 192 48.5 42.6-54.4

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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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