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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

HIV/AIDS

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%)
All Participants 79,980 20,568 27.7 27.1-28.3 16,073 20.1 19.5-20.6 11,911 13.7 13.3-14.1 15,555 18.7 18.3-19.2 15,873 19.8 19.3-20.3
Alabama 1,025 369 37.9 34.4-41.5 184 17.4 14.8-20.3 144 12.4 10.3-14.8 172 17.7 15.0-20.7 156 14.7 12.2-17.6
Alaska 1,253 312 26.0 22.4-30.0 296 23.9 20.4-27.8 187 14.5 11.8-17.8 220 18.0 15.1-21.3 238 17.6 14.8-20.7
Arizona 1,004 253 25.9 22.0-30.2 193 17.7 14.3-21.6 112 10.5 8.3-13.2 222 23.0 19.3-27.1 224 22.9 18.7-27.7
Arkansas 1,147 373 32.2 29.1-35.5 181 15.5 13.1-18.2 170 14.3 12.2-16.6 212 19.7 17.1-22.7 211 18.3 15.7-21.1
California 1,642 439 28.2 25.6-30.9 408 24.3 21.9-26.8 190 11.2 9.6-13.0 248 15.7 13.7-18.0 357 20.6 18.4-23.1
Colorado 1,489 372 26.0 23.5-28.7 285 18.5 16.4-20.8 225 14.3 12.5-16.3 252 18.4 16.2-20.8 355 22.8 20.5-25.3
Connecticut 1,833 405 23.4 21.0-25.9 313 17.4 15.2-19.8 286 14.4 12.7-16.4 394 21.4 19.2-23.8 435 23.4 21.1-25.9
Delaware 1,510 311 22.3 18.6-26.5 377 25.3 22.1-28.8 241 14.7 12.5-17.2 306 20.9 17.9-24.2 275 16.9 14.4-19.7
District of Columbia 1,260 409 35.7 32.2-39.4 412 31.3 28.0-34.7 61 4.7 3.4- 6.4 179 14.1 11.7-16.9 199 14.2 12.0-16.7
Florida 2,282 710 31.3 29.0-33.7 397 17.2 15.4-19.2 279 11.2 9.8-12.7 408 18.7 16.8-20.8 488 21.7 19.6-23.9
Georgia 2,092 571 27.7 25.1-30.6 430 21.5 18.6-24.7 300 12.7 11.1-14.5 417 20.4 18.1-23.0 374 17.6 15.6-19.8
Hawaii 1,855 331 16.3 14.2-18.7 539 25.7 23.1-28.6 264 13.8 11.9-16.0 480 32.0 29.1-35.0 241 12.1 10.3-14.2
Idaho 1,541 414 27.5 24.9-30.3 290 18.6 16.3-21.3 257 15.9 13.9-18.1 264 18.6 16.3-21.0 316 19.4 17.1-21.8
Illinois 1,633 372 23.3 21.0-25.8 363 23.4 21.0-26.0 259 15.2 13.3-17.2 445 25.6 23.3-28.0 194 12.5 10.6-14.6
Indiana 1,752 412 25.4 23.0-27.9 312 17.6 15.6-19.8 347 18.9 17.0-21.1 311 19.0 16.9-21.3 370 19.1 17.1-21.2
Iowa 817 187 23.4 20.1-27.1 140 18.3 15.1-21.9 115 13.0 10.6-15.8 198 24.8 21.4-28.4 177 20.6 17.4-24.2
Kansas 1,305 227 17.2 15.1-19.6 286 22.7 20.1-25.5 204 15.0 13.0-17.2 351 28.1 25.4-31.0 237 17.0 14.9-19.3
Kentucky 1,541 400 26.8 23.7-30.2 294 22.1 18.7-25.9 385 22.4 19.4-25.6 206 13.6 11.2-16.3 256 15.2 12.7-18.1
Louisiana 1,694 491 29.0 26.5-31.7 295 17.9 15.7-20.3 289 14.6 12.9-16.5 312 19.8 17.6-22.2 307 18.7 16.5-21.2
Maine 746 158 24.1 20.6-27.9 166 20.8 17.7-24.3 81 10.0 8.0-12.5 157 22.5 19.2-26.1 184 22.7 19.6-26.2
Maryland 1,779 528 32.0 29.2-34.9 313 18.5 16.1-21.3 256 12.5 10.9-14.4 336 18.2 16.1-20.5 346 18.8 16.4-21.4
Massachusetts 2,688 594 21.6 19.6-23.6 633 22.7 20.8-24.8 286 10.1 8.9-11.6 551 23.5 21.5-25.7 624 22.0 20.1-24.1
Michigan 1,964 580 31.6 29.0-34.4 248 12.8 10.9-15.0 225 11.1 9.6-12.9 402 20.2 18.0-22.5 509 24.3 21.9-26.8
Minnesota 1,192 262 22.7 20.1-25.6 277 23.3 20.6-26.2 196 15.6 13.5-18.0 258 22.1 19.5-25.0 199 16.3 14.1-18.8
Mississippi 1,364 424 31.7 28.7-34.9 238 19.1 16.4-22.2 190 12.1 10.3-14.0 260 20.0 17.5-22.8 252 17.1 14.9-19.6
Missouri 1,354 340 28.1 24.9-31.6 267 20.7 17.9-23.7 227 13.7 11.8-15.9 246 18.2 15.6-21.2 274 19.3 16.7-22.2
Montana 1,131 243 21.0 18.0-24.3 221 20.7 17.6-24.2 134 11.9 9.6-14.7 255 23.4 20.2-26.9 278 23.0 19.9-26.5
Nebraska 1,058 230 22.5 19.5-25.8 220 23.3 19.7-27.3 197 16.7 14.3-19.4 274 26.1 22.9-29.4 137 11.4 9.4-13.8
Nevada 1,247 377 31.1 27.4-35.1 248 21.8 18.0-26.2 142 13.1 10.3-16.5 220 15.1 12.5-18.1 260 18.9 16.1-22.1
New Hampshire 1,672 349 22.1 19.8-24.4 320 19.6 17.4-22.1 229 13.1 11.4-15.1 364 21.9 19.8-24.2 410 23.2 21.0-25.6
New Jersey 1,990 516 27.6 23.5-32.0 350 18.7 15.4-22.5 271 12.7 10.2-15.7 458 21.8 18.5-25.6 395 19.2 15.7-23.3
New Mexico 1,518 416 27.9 25.1-30.8 357 23.2 20.7-25.9 191 11.8 10.1-13.7 309 21.2 18.8-23.8 245 16.0 13.8-18.5
New York 1,604 421 27.5 24.9-30.2 359 21.3 19.0-23.8 277 15.8 13.9-17.8 212 13.1 11.3-15.2 335 22.3 19.8-25.0
North Carolina 2,230 646 30.5 27.7-33.5 532 21.6 18.8-24.7 343 15.2 13.1-17.6 419 19.6 17.2-22.3 290 13.0 11.0-15.3
North Dakota 703 163 23.8 20.3-27.7 127 16.9 14.1-20.2 99 14.0 11.4-17.0 175 25.9 22.2-29.8 139 19.4 16.3-23.0
Ohio 1,202 300 25.7 22.9-28.8 247 20.0 17.4-22.9 160 13.2 11.2-15.5 218 18.7 16.2-21.4 277 22.4 19.8-25.2
Oklahoma 1,784 383 23.2 20.9-25.7 360 19.3 17.2-21.5 331 17.1 15.3-19.2 450 25.8 23.4-28.3 260 14.6 12.7-16.6
Oregon 1,027 211 20.4 17.7-23.4 250 26.1 23.0-29.5 145 13.8 11.6-16.3 174 17.7 15.2-20.5 247 22.1 19.3-25.0
Pennsylvania 3,736 873 24.5 22.7-26.4 730 20.7 18.8-22.7 597 14.5 13.1-16.0 673 17.8 16.2-19.5 863 22.5 20.7-24.3
Rhode Island 1,364 367 27.4 24.7-30.2 274 18.2 16.0-20.7 174 12.9 11.0-15.1 253 20.9 18.4-23.6 296 20.6 18.2-23.3
South Carolina 1,542 510 32.8 29.8-36.0 247 16.8 14.3-19.6 241 13.9 12.0-16.0 257 18.3 15.9-21.1 287 18.2 15.7-21.0
South Dakota 970 194 19.5 16.7-22.7 159 16.3 13.6-19.4 120 12.6 10.3-15.4 320 33.6 30.0-37.5 177 17.9 15.2-21.0
Tennessee 1,022 293 28.7 25.7-32.0 161 16.3 13.8-19.1 185 17.5 15.1-20.3 207 19.0 16.4-21.8 176 18.5 15.7-21.6
Texas 2,348 685 30.0 27.9-32.3 434 18.1 16.3-20.0 376 15.2 13.7-16.9 369 16.3 14.6-18.1 484 20.4 18.5-22.4
Utah 1,086 269 25.9 22.2-29.9 179 18.5 15.4-22.1 153 12.7 10.4-15.3 176 16.7 12.8-21.4 309 26.3 22.9-30.0
Vermont 1,346 281 22.8 20.3-25.6 283 19.6 17.4-22.1 170 12.4 10.6-14.5 294 21.9 19.6-24.5 318 23.2 20.8-25.9
Virginia 1,683 553 33.5 30.4-36.8 268 16.7 14.3-19.4 222 12.4 10.5-14.7 335 20.0 17.3-22.9 305 17.4 15.1-20.1
Washington 1,830 416 23.7 21.2-26.3 393 21.3 19.0-23.8 302 15.2 13.4-17.1 277 16.6 14.5-18.8 442 23.3 21.0-25.8
West Virginia 910 221 27.1 23.8-30.6 168 17.1 14.6-20.0 180 18.5 15.9-21.4 169 19.0 16.4-22.1 172 18.3 15.7-21.2
Wisconsin 1,315 337 26.0 23.0-29.2 234 15.6 13.4-18.1 198 14.8 12.7-17.2 219 18.9 16.3-21.7 327 24.7 22.0-27.7
Wyoming 1,034 257 26.5 23.2-30.1 180 17.9 15.3-20.9 164 15.5 13.2-18.2 193 19.7 17.0-22.8 240 20.3 17.8-23.1
Guam 334 82 25.0 20.0-30.7 64 19.5 15.0-25.1 51 12.9 9.6-17.1 87 26.9 21.5-33.1 50 15.6 11.7-20.6
Puerto Rico 1,442 340 21.8 19.3-24.4 336 22.7 20.1-25.4 326 22.7 20.2-25.5 259 18.7 16.3-21.4 181 14.2 12.0-16.7
Virgin Islands 1,090 391 35.3 31.8-39.1 235 22.9 19.7-26.4 157 15.5 12.8-18.6 132 11.8 9.6-14.4 175 14.5 12.1-17.2

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* 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.

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