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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Graham/Swain/Jackson Counties

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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%)
North Carolina 6,881 3,169 47.1 45.3-49.0 3,712 52.9 51.0-54.7
-Graham/Swain/Jackson 302 113 39.0 27.4-52.1 189 61.0 47.9-72.6
GENDER
Male 118 47 40.7 22.3-62.0 71 59.3 38.0-77.7
Female 184 66 36.8 29.2-45.2 118 63.2 54.8-70.8
RACE
White 251 95 38.7 31.5-46.4 156 61.3 53.6-68.5
Other 50 18 41.1 12.3-77.7 32 58.9 22.3-87.7
AGE
18-44 158 82 47.5 30.2-65.4 76 52.5 34.6-69.8
45+ 144 31 20.7 14.2-29.2 113 79.3 70.8-85.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 125 44 37.8 18.6-61.8 81 62.2 38.2-81.4
Some College + 176 69 40.5 31.8-49.9 107 59.5 50.1-68.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 70 39.6 23.5-58.2 114 60.4 41.8-76.5
$50,000+ 65 25 38.6 26.1-52.7 40 61.4 47.3-73.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 306 135 41.7 35.2-48.4 171 58.3 51.6-64.8
Guilford 335 158 53.5 47.1-59.7 177 46.5 40.3-52.9
Mecklenburg 356 182 46.5 40.0-53.2 174 53.5 46.8-60.0
Orange 367 185 48.1 39.9-56.3 182 51.9 43.7-60.1
Wake 376 187 46.9 40.8-53.0 189 53.1 47.0-59.2
Chatham/Lee 277 110 36.1 29.7-43.1 167 63.9 56.9-70.3
Nash/Wilson 273 135 50.9 43.9-57.9 138 49.1 42.1-56.1
Craven/Pamlico 302 154 49.3 42.5-56.1 148 50.7 43.9-57.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 314 109 33.6 27.8-40.0 205 66.4 60.0-72.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 327 125 36.7 30.0-43.9 202 63.3 56.1-70.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 359 171 44.1 35.4-53.1 188 55.9 46.9-64.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 364 188 52.6 46.6-58.4 176 47.4 41.6-53.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 301 142 48.6 41.4-55.9 159 51.4 44.1-58.6
Northeast NC I 325 133 40.4 33.7-47.6 192 59.6 52.4-66.3
Northeast NC II 361 162 41.4 35.5-47.5 199 58.6 52.5-64.5
Northeastern Partnership 686 295 41.1 36.5-45.7 391 58.9 54.3-63.5
Mountain AHEC 887 356 38.2 33.5-43.3 531 61.8 56.7-66.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,392 1,165 49.6 46.1-53.0 1,227 50.4 47.0-53.9
Piedmont 3,045 1,429 47.6 45.0-50.2 1,616 52.4 49.8-55.0
Western NC 1,444 575 40.1 36.0-44.3 869 59.9 55.7-64.0

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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 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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