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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS--MALE 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 859 294 34.8 30.2-39.6 224 23.8 19.3-28.9 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 210 24.7 20.7-29.3 129 16.6 13.2-20.8
RACE
White 595 197 33.6 28.4-39.4 138 20.5 15.3-27.0 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 156 27.1 22.1-32.7 103 18.7 14.5-23.8
African American 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
Asian 5 3 78.0 35.4-95.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.8 1.2-53.7 1 11.2 1.3-54.8
Native American 27 14 28.5 11.9-54.1 6 22.5 7.9-49.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 31.8 8.0-71.5 3 17.1 4.6-47.0
Other Minorities 55 16 33.1 17.3-54.0 18 29.9 14.6-51.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 14 19.6 8.9-37.8 6 16.5 6.1-37.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 56 20 39.1 22.7-58.3 14 15.0 7.0-29.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 14 21.9 10.8-39.4 7 23.2 10.1-45.1
-English Speaking 23 9 23.2 8.9-48.2 4 5.1 1.4-16.9 1 2.1 0.3-14.1 5 30.6 10.5-62.3 4 39.0 14.7-70.4
-Spanish Speaking 33 11 49.4 27.1-72.0 10 21.5 9.1-42.7 0 0.0 . - . 9 16.2 6.6-34.5 3 12.9 2.9-42.2
Non-Hispanic 802 274 34.5 29.8-39.6 210 24.5 19.8-29.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 195 24.8 20.6-29.5 122 16.2 12.7-20.4
AGE
18-24 64 14 18.7 8.8-35.3 29 48.2 29.1-67.9 0 0.0 . - . 16 26.1 13.7-43.9 5 7.0 2.4-18.9
25-34 245 82 35.4 27.4-44.3 68 21.4 15.4-28.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 59 25.2 18.2-33.8 35 17.8 11.5-26.6
35-44 240 88 39.2 30.7-48.5 48 15.9 10.8-22.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 67 26.6 19.4-35.2 36 18.2 11.7-27.2
45-54 207 71 33.2 25.1-42.3 61 29.2 20.8-39.4 0 0.0 . - . 42 20.9 13.8-30.5 33 16.7 10.5-25.5
55-64 103 39 45.2 32.4-58.7 18 9.8 5.3-17.6 0 0.0 . - . 26 23.6 14.1-36.7 20 21.3 12.5-34.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 100 30 32.4 20.9-46.5 38 33.5 21.8-47.7 0 0.0 . - . 15 11.1 5.9-19.8 17 23.0 13.4-36.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 248 94 38.6 30.4-47.6 59 18.8 13.4-25.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 59 23.7 16.7-32.5 35 18.7 12.3-27.3
Some Post-H.S. 211 68 27.8 19.8-37.7 65 31.6 20.6-45.1 0 0.0 . - . 50 26.0 18.0-35.9 28 14.6 8.6-23.7
College Graduate 297 101 38.6 31.0-46.9 62 17.0 12.1-23.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 85 30.9 23.6-39.3 48 13.4 8.7-20.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 68 23 22.9 12.2-38.8 22 34.0 19.0-53.0 0 0.0 . - . 10 8.3 3.8-17.2 13 34.8 18.7-55.3
$15,000- 24,999 131 45 42.0 29.9-55.1 48 31.7 21.2-44.4 0 0.0 . - . 30 22.8 13.9-35.0 8 3.5 1.5- 8.2
$25,000- 34,999 121 41 32.7 21.8-46.0 40 31.2 20.5-44.4 0 0.0 . - . 21 20.2 11.3-33.5 19 15.8 8.0-28.9
$35,000- 49,999 139 54 39.1 28.1-51.4 40 27.0 17.0-40.0 0 0.0 . - . 26 23.0 13.8-35.6 19 10.9 5.8-19.7
$50,000-74,999 103 37 33.5 20.6-49.3 17 18.7 5.3-48.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 29 24.3 14.5-37.8 19 23.4 12.4-39.6
$75,000+ 159 55 33.3 24.5-43.5 25 13.3 7.5-22.4 0 0.0 . - . 47 30.4 21.1-41.6 32 23.0 14.8-33.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 48 14 24.8 14.1-39.7 14 32.2 18.5-49.7 0 0.0 . - . 13 29.4 17.0-45.8 7 13.7 6.1-27.7
Forsyth 66 22 32.1 20.9-45.9 14 25.3 13.4-42.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 20 28.1 18.0-41.0 9 13.0 6.4-24.6
Guilford 59 19 31.7 19.9-46.6 12 16.9 8.7-30.3 0 0.0 . - . 19 32.2 19.6-48.1 9 19.2 9.8-34.0
Henderson/Transylvania 38 9 22.0 11.3-38.3 12 34.4 20.0-52.4 0 0.0 . - . 12 29.3 16.5-46.5 5 14.3 5.3-32.9
Mecklenburg 65 29 43.0 29.1-58.1 16 24.0 11.5-43.3 0 0.0 . - . 14 20.0 11.4-32.8 6 13.0 5.5-27.8
Orange 68 24 34.4 23.5-47.3 16 26.6 16.2-40.5 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 13 20.0 11.6-32.3 14 17.4 10.1-28.3
Pitt 75 14 18.0 10.5-29.3 26 36.6 25.3-49.7 0 0.0 . - . 26 35.6 24.2-48.9 9 9.8 4.8-18.9
Randolph 43 13 29.0 16.8-45.3 14 35.5 21.2-52.9 0 0.0 . - . 7 16.7 7.7-32.4 9 18.8 9.3-34.5
Robeson 70 30 37.9 25.4-52.2 22 35.7 23.0-50.8 0 0.0 . - . 11 14.9 7.9-26.3 7 11.5 4.3-27.1
Wake 65 22 31.9 20.8-45.5 19 24.9 15.5-37.6 0 0.0 . - . 16 25.9 15.8-39.5 8 17.2 7.1-36.1
Western NC 70 22 30.2 19.5-43.5 16 18.6 10.9-30.1 0 0.0 . - . 14 19.5 11.4-31.5 18 31.7 19.8-46.4
Piedmont NC 89 38 42.1 29.9-55.3 25 30.2 17.8-46.2 0 0.0 . - . 14 10.5 5.3-19.8 12 17.2 9.4-29.4
Eastern NC 103 38 32.3 23.2-42.8 18 16.9 10.1-27.0 0 0.0 . - . 31 37.1 27.2-48.3 16 13.7 8.1-22.1

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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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