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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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%)
TOTAL 6,881 3,169 47.1 45.3-49.0 3,712 52.9 51.0-54.7
GENDER
Male 2,588 1,124 43.7 40.8-46.7 1,464 56.3 53.3-59.2
Female 4,293 2,045 50.6 48.3-52.9 2,248 49.4 47.1-51.7
RACE
White 4,892 2,115 44.6 42.4-46.8 2,777 55.4 53.2-57.6
African American 1,450 789 55.7 51.6-59.8 661 44.3 40.2-48.4
Asian 44 19 33.6 15.9-57.5 25 66.4 42.5-84.1
Native American 183 89 57.2 43.8-69.6 94 42.8 30.4-56.2
Other Minorities 290 145 48.7 40.0-57.5 145 51.3 42.5-60.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 304 149 47.8 39.2-56.5 155 52.2 43.5-60.8
-English Speaking 112 65 59.0 42.9-73.4 47 41.0 26.6-57.1
-Spanish Speaking 192 84 44.1 34.1-54.6 108 55.9 45.4-65.9
Non-Hispanic 6,574 3,017 47.1 45.2-49.0 3,557 52.9 51.0-54.8
AGE
18-24 566 302 45.6 39.4-52.0 264 54.4 48.0-60.6
25-34 1,384 935 66.2 62.2-69.9 449 33.8 30.1-37.8
35-44 1,731 944 55.2 51.7-58.7 787 44.8 41.3-48.3
45-54 1,768 652 36.7 33.2-40.3 1,116 63.3 59.7-66.8
55-64 1,432 336 22.4 19.4-25.8 1,096 77.6 74.2-80.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 835 334 41.3 35.8-47.0 501 58.7 53.0-64.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,086 926 45.9 42.4-49.4 1,160 54.1 50.6-57.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,834 882 49.2 45.4-53.0 952 50.8 47.0-54.6
College Graduate 2,119 1,025 49.1 46.0-52.2 1,094 50.9 47.8-54.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 671 385 57.7 51.1-64.0 286 42.3 36.0-48.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,237 603 52.1 47.4-56.7 634 47.9 43.3-52.6
$25,000- 34,999 811 378 48.7 43.0-54.3 433 51.3 45.7-57.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,022 459 45.0 40.5-49.6 563 55.0 50.4-59.5
$50,000-74,999 863 378 43.7 38.8-48.8 485 56.3 51.2-61.2
$75,000+ 1,022 492 51.8 47.3-56.2 530 48.2 43.8-52.7
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
Graham/Swain/Jackson 302 113 39.0 27.4-52.1 189 61.0 47.9-72.6
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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