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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Physical Activity

Where did you have your last HIV test: at a private doctor or HMO office, at a counseling and testing site, at a hospital, at a clinic, in a jail or prison, at home, or somewhere else?*

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Private Doctor Hospital Clinic Home Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,146 1,599 50.5 47.8-53.2 492 14.4 12.5-16.5 660 22.1 19.9-24.6 97 3.2 2.3- 4.3 298 9.8 8.3-11.5
-Eastern NC 1,162 568 45.1 40.5-49.7 201 17.1 13.7-21.2 243 22.7 18.8-27.3 30 2.7 1.4- 5.0 120 12.4 9.7-15.8
GENDER
Male 401 167 37.9 30.9-45.4 78 20.0 14.3-27.2 80 24.6 18.0-32.6 13 2.4 1.2- 4.9 63 15.1 10.6-21.1
Female 761 401 51.8 46.2-57.3 123 14.4 10.8-19.0 163 21.0 16.8-25.8 17 2.9 1.1- 7.5 57 9.9 7.0-13.9
RACE
White 670 341 49.0 43.0-54.9 121 17.3 13.0-22.7 118 17.5 13.3-22.8 20 3.6 1.7- 7.3 70 12.6 9.1-17.3
African American 392 190 43.2 35.6-51.1 62 17.2 11.2-25.6 92 25.0 18.8-32.3 8 1.1 0.4- 2.5 40 13.6 8.9-20.2
Other Minorities 95 35 22.4 12.2-37.5 18 16.3 7.5-31.8 32 53.3 35.1-70.6 2 0.9 0.2- 4.0 8 7.2 2.6-18.4
AGE
18-24 111 50 33.3 22.0-46.9 12 20.0 9.7-36.9 33 36.7 23.5-52.2 0 0.0 . - . 16 9.9 4.4-20.9
25-34 348 182 48.0 39.8-56.3 43 13.8 8.4-21.7 85 25.3 18.4-33.9 8 3.3 1.4- 7.6 30 9.6 5.8-15.6
35-44 327 170 49.0 40.8-57.3 49 10.6 7.0-15.7 64 21.0 14.8-28.9 8 1.3 0.6- 2.9 36 18.0 11.9-26.4
45-54 233 100 45.6 35.0-56.6 59 24.9 16.8-35.3 38 14.7 8.6-24.1 11 2.6 1.3- 5.3 25 12.2 6.8-20.8
55-64 143 66 43.3 30.8-56.8 38 28.1 17.7-41.4 23 9.3 5.6-15.2 3 8.9 1.8-34.8 13 10.4 5.3-19.3
65-74 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
75+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 145 54 32.9 22.5-45.3 33 16.9 10.2-26.9 43 33.7 20.9-49.3 3 6.7 1.2-30.5 12 9.8 4.4-20.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 392 192 46.9 38.9-55.0 56 12.2 8.2-17.8 93 25.9 18.6-34.7 11 1.6 0.8- 3.3 40 13.5 8.7-20.3
Some Post-H.S. 345 173 43.2 34.9-52.0 67 24.1 16.3-34.1 66 23.2 16.6-31.5 5 1.6 0.5- 4.6 34 7.9 4.7-13.0
College Graduate 280 149 50.5 41.6-59.3 45 15.2 9.7-23.0 41 13.1 8.2-20.5 11 3.5 1.4- 8.1 34 17.7 11.6-26.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 160 65 40.9 29.3-53.7 33 14.8 9.2-23.1 46 24.6 16.5-35.1 3 8.0 1.3-36.2 13 11.7 5.6-22.8
$15,000- 24,999 248 119 42.3 32.3-53.0 39 17.8 10.2-29.3 66 29.7 19.9-41.9 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 21 9.3 4.4-18.8
$25,000- 34,999 153 76 41.2 29.6-53.8 29 19.6 11.2-32.0 24 21.9 11.9-36.8 6 1.6 0.6- 3.9 18 15.7 8.5-27.2
$35,000- 49,999 176 96 51.3 40.0-62.5 27 14.2 8.0-24.0 36 23.9 15.4-35.3 2 0.4 0.1- 2.4 15 10.1 5.1-19.0
$50,000-74,999 127 71 56.8 43.6-69.1 21 13.3 6.6-24.9 18 17.1 8.9-30.1 2 1.4 0.3- 7.0 15 11.5 5.7-21.7
$75,000+ 127 53 31.5 21.2-43.9 23 22.9 13.0-37.1 18 17.7 9.2-31.1 12 9.6 4.6-18.9 21 18.3 10.4-30.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 134 58 40.1 30.8-50.2 20 14.7 9.2-22.7 39 34.2 24.7-45.1 4 2.5 0.9- 7.1 13 8.4 4.5-15.3
Guilford 157 95 64.3 55.1-72.5 13 6.1 3.4-10.9 19 13.8 8.2-22.2 7 3.5 1.5- 8.0 23 12.3 7.7-19.2
Mecklenburg 178 104 54.9 46.4-63.2 20 8.5 5.3-13.4 30 23.1 16.1-31.9 10 7.1 3.6-13.8 14 6.3 3.6-10.9
Orange 184 92 48.3 36.6-60.1 20 12.8 6.3-24.3 48 24.4 17.3-33.4 10 3.9 1.9- 7.6 14 10.7 5.7-19.1
Wake 184 94 48.4 40.0-56.9 33 17.8 12.2-25.3 34 19.2 13.4-26.6 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 19 13.4 8.2-21.4
Chatham/Lee 108 53 46.3 35.3-57.7 21 17.0 10.6-26.1 23 27.2 17.2-40.2 3 1.8 0.5- 6.4 8 7.6 3.6-15.5
Nash/Wilson 135 73 53.6 43.4-63.5 24 16.2 10.4-24.3 24 19.2 12.3-28.7 4 3.1 1.1- 8.3 10 7.9 4.1-14.6
Craven/Pamlico 154 75 46.9 38.0-56.0 32 21.8 14.9-30.8 28 16.5 10.8-24.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 18 14.4 8.7-23.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 107 62 56.3 45.7-66.3 19 17.2 10.8-26.3 17 20.0 12.4-30.4 4 3.6 1.3- 9.4 5 3.0 1.1- 8.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 125 66 54.1 43.7-64.2 16 11.5 6.7-19.1 28 21.9 14.6-31.6 3 1.9 0.6- 5.9 12 10.5 5.1-20.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 169 70 35.0 26.9-44.2 33 18.5 12.3-26.9 42 30.4 21.4-41.2 4 2.1 0.8- 5.6 20 13.9 8.3-22.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 113 48 30.6 18.8-45.8 20 12.2 6.7-21.3 32 44.5 24.8-66.1 2 1.1 0.2- 4.7 11 11.5 4.6-25.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 187 81 43.3 35.3-51.6 35 16.7 11.7-23.4 51 28.8 21.8-37.1 4 1.5 0.6- 4.0 16 9.6 5.5-16.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 142 78 49.7 38.8-60.7 22 21.8 11.8-36.8 32 21.5 14.1-31.4 3 1.6 0.5- 5.4 7 5.4 2.4-11.5
Northeast NC I 133 64 45.9 36.5-55.6 19 11.7 7.2-18.3 24 20.4 13.4-29.8 7 4.9 2.2-10.9 19 17.1 10.7-26.3
Northeast NC II 162 75 49.1 40.4-57.9 26 12.2 7.9-18.4 39 23.7 16.8-32.2 6 4.4 1.8-10.6 16 10.6 6.2-17.4
Northeastern Partnership 295 139 48.0 41.4-54.7 45 12.0 8.7-16.5 63 22.5 17.3-28.8 13 4.6 2.4- 8.6 35 12.9 9.0-18.0
Mountain AHEC 355 162 45.7 38.6-52.9 66 18.3 13.5-24.3 87 24.3 18.3-31.5 9 3.1 1.1- 8.3 31 8.6 5.3-13.7
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 1,410 756 53.9 50.1-57.7 195 12.5 10.2-15.3 283 21.6 18.5-25.0 51 3.5 2.4- 5.1 125 8.5 6.7-10.8
Western NC 574 275 48.4 42.1-54.7 96 16.3 12.0-21.7 134 23.2 18.4-28.8 16 2.8 1.4- 5.7 53 9.3 6.2-13.9

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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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 percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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