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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS--WHITE 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 1,529 401 28.0 24.7-31.6 345 19.9 16.7-23.6 246 15.5 13.1-18.2 313 21.7 18.7-25.1 224 14.8 12.3-17.7
GENDER
Male 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
Female 934 204 22.8 18.9-27.3 207 19.4 15.8-23.5 245 30.0 25.7-34.5 157 16.7 13.5-20.7 121 11.1 8.6-14.3
AGE
18-24 152 45 27.4 17.9-39.4 45 34.8 21.6-50.8 35 19.7 12.1-30.3 20 14.1 7.5-24.8 7 4.1 1.5-10.5
25-34 478 108 23.4 18.5-29.2 111 19.9 15.6-25.0 129 23.4 18.8-28.7 84 22.0 16.7-28.4 46 11.3 7.5-16.7
35-44 454 115 30.4 24.3-37.3 84 13.0 9.5-17.5 76 16.4 12.1-21.7 97 21.4 16.4-27.4 82 18.8 13.9-24.9
45-54 297 75 24.7 18.2-32.6 83 24.6 18.0-32.7 6 1.5 0.6- 3.8 74 26.4 19.3-35.0 59 22.7 16.0-31.3
55-64 148 58 43.9 32.8-55.6 22 9.5 4.9-17.8 0 0.0 . - . 38 27.4 18.3-38.8 30 19.2 11.8-29.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 116 34 34.9 23.0-49.0 36 27.7 17.3-41.2 16 12.5 5.7-25.1 14 8.3 4.3-15.4 16 16.7 9.1-28.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 401 118 31.9 25.8-38.7 83 17.9 13.3-23.5 71 15.6 11.6-20.7 70 18.4 13.5-24.5 59 16.2 11.5-22.4
Some Post-H.S. 406 99 21.1 16.2-27.1 110 26.0 18.0-36.0 59 16.8 12.1-22.8 83 23.1 17.1-30.5 55 12.9 8.9-18.4
College Graduate 604 150 27.8 22.7-33.5 116 14.2 10.9-18.3 100 15.4 11.9-19.7 145 28.4 23.0-34.5 93 14.2 10.6-18.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 116 38 27.9 17.2-41.9 29 16.1 9.3-26.5 12 17.2 8.7-31.1 17 14.9 6.3-31.5 20 23.9 13.2-39.5
$15,000- 24,999 209 58 37.8 28.0-48.8 64 24.5 16.5-34.9 38 15.9 10.1-24.1 29 13.8 8.5-21.6 20 7.9 3.9-15.3
$25,000- 34,999 196 48 21.8 14.9-30.8 54 25.5 17.9-34.8 37 17.2 11.3-25.3 27 18.4 11.1-29.1 30 17.1 9.9-27.8
$35,000- 49,999 248 73 32.0 23.8-41.5 58 20.3 13.2-30.0 46 16.4 11.1-23.5 39 21.1 14.0-30.5 32 10.2 6.2-16.4
$50,000-74,999 235 55 23.2 16.0-32.6 46 19.7 9.6-36.2 43 18.7 12.7-26.8 53 20.3 14.0-28.7 38 18.0 11.9-26.4
$75,000+ 273 77 28.0 21.4-35.6 42 15.5 10.1-23.1 39 12.0 8.0-17.7 63 24.0 17.1-32.5 52 20.5 14.3-28.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 109 25 21.1 13.7-31.0 32 29.6 20.2-41.1 22 17.5 11.3-26.0 17 18.3 10.9-29.0 13 13.6 7.7-22.8
Forsyth 103 31 29.2 20.3-40.1 23 23.5 13.6-37.3 12 11.4 6.2-20.2 24 22.8 15.1-33.0 13 13.1 7.3-22.3
Guilford 68 18 26.0 16.1-39.2 16 16.4 9.5-26.8 8 10.0 4.8-19.4 16 25.7 15.0-40.4 10 21.9 11.8-37.0
Henderson/Transylvania 90 22 22.2 14.2-32.9 21 26.8 17.5-38.8 11 12.1 6.5-21.4 22 24.3 15.6-35.8 14 14.5 7.8-25.5
Mecklenburg 93 24 32.3 20.9-46.4 18 19.7 8.6-39.1 14 10.8 6.1-18.3 25 24.4 15.7-35.9 12 12.8 6.5-23.6
Orange 131 35 23.9 14.9-35.9 34 21.5 13.3-32.9 16 10.6 5.8-18.5 23 30.7 13.3-56.2 23 13.3 7.9-21.6
Pitt 120 18 15.6 9.5-24.5 35 33.4 24.4-44.0 17 12.5 7.6-19.9 29 25.8 17.8-35.9 21 12.6 7.7-20.1
Randolph 105 27 22.0 13.9-33.0 26 27.9 17.5-41.4 20 25.8 12.1-46.9 13 10.7 5.6-19.5 19 13.6 7.7-22.8
Robeson 49 17 40.2 23.9-59.1 10 23.7 10.9-44.1 6 8.8 3.7-19.3 10 19.2 9.8-34.4 6 8.0 3.3-18.3
Wake 117 37 31.8 23.2-41.8 24 20.6 13.6-30.0 17 13.2 8.1-20.7 22 20.4 13.2-30.1 17 14.1 8.5-22.3
Western NC 160 36 23.8 17.0-32.3 35 19.5 13.6-27.0 29 15.0 10.2-21.6 35 20.0 13.9-27.7 25 21.7 14.0-32.2
Piedmont NC 202 60 29.5 22.3-37.8 47 25.5 17.3-35.8 38 16.4 11.6-22.7 31 13.6 9.1-20.0 26 15.0 9.8-22.3
Eastern NC 182 51 28.2 21.4-36.3 24 11.1 7.1-16.9 36 17.9 12.6-24.8 46 30.2 22.7-38.8 25 12.6 8.2-18.8

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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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