BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (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 would you say was the main reason for your last HIV test?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity

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 would you 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
TOTAL	3,143	1,066	35.8	33.2-38.5	606	17.1	15.3-19.2	611	19.0	17.1-21.2	498	17.2	15.2-19.3	362	10.9	9.3-12.7
GENDER
Male	1,112	482	46.1	41.6-50.6	237	18.3	15.3-21.8	0	0.0	. - .	248	23.0	19.5-27.0	145	12.6	9.8-15.9
Female	2,031	584	26.9	24.1-30.0	369	16.1	13.9-18.6	611	35.5	32.3-38.8	250	12.1	10.2-14.3	217	9.4	7.9-11.3
RACE
White	2,098	666	35.0	31.8-38.3	382	15.7	13.5-18.1	414	18.6	16.4-21.2	366	19.2	16.6-21.9	270	11.5	9.6-13.8
African American	783	310	38.8	33.8-44.0	184	24.2	19.9-29.0	133	14.0	11.1-17.5	92	12.0	9.0-15.7	64	11.1	7.8-15.6
Asian	18	4	43.8	10.8-83.3	1	1.4	0.2-10.5	3	20.6	4.7-57.7	6	13.3	3.9-37.1	4	20.9	5.2-56.0
Native American	88	37	41.3	24.2-60.8	20	22.1	10.0-42.0	10	5.6	2.6-11.8	10	17.5	4.4-49.4	11	13.5	6.4-26.1
Other Minorities	145	46	33.0	22.1-46.1	16	8.8	4.3-17.1	48	39.8	28.6-52.1	23	15.4	8.7-26.0	12	3.0	1.4- 6.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic	147	47	33.8	22.7-47.0	18	10.8	5.7-19.5	47	36.1	25.4-48.4	25	15.8	8.8-26.6	10	3.5	1.4- 8.4
-English Speaking	64	16	21.6	10.0-40.4	11	21.2	9.5-40.9	17	29.0	14.5-49.6	16	20.9	9.5-39.9	4	7.3	2.0-23.6
-Spanish Speaking	83	31	39.0	24.8-55.4	7	6.3	2.3-16.2	30	39.2	25.7-54.6	9	13.6	6.0-27.9	6	1.8	0.7- 4.8
Non-Hispanic	2,993	1,018	36.0	33.3-38.8	588	17.7	15.7-19.8	563	17.6	15.7-19.6	472	17.3	15.2-19.5	352	11.5	9.8-13.4
AGE
18-24	302	90	34.0	26.2-42.8	67	17.8	12.6-24.5	96	30.0	23.0-38.0	28	12.9	7.8-20.7	21	5.4	3.1- 9.0
25-34	931	288	35.1	30.4-40.1	156	16.7	13.5-20.6	297	26.3	22.6-30.4	116	13.1	10.2-16.8	74	8.7	5.8-12.8
35-44	931	303	32.8	28.5-37.5	163	15.6	12.6-19.2	188	18.5	15.2-22.3	160	19.8	16.1-24.0	117	13.3	10.5-16.7
45-54	645	237	38.9	33.0-45.0	139	18.5	14.4-23.4	28	3.9	2.3- 6.3	134	23.8	18.9-29.6	107	15.0	11.3-19.7
55-64	334	148	47.2	39.0-55.5	81	20.3	14.8-27.2	2	0.2	0.0- 0.7	60	18.8	13.6-25.3	43	13.6	8.9-20.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	331	116	41.3	32.9-50.3	73	14.3	10.0-20.0	68	26.1	19.0-34.6	39	9.8	5.9-15.9	35	8.5	5.1-13.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	919	335	36.7	31.8-41.9	187	21.1	17.3-25.5	188	16.8	13.7-20.4	121	16.3	12.6-20.9	88	9.1	6.3-12.9
Some Post-H.S.	878	297	34.1	29.2-39.2	176	19.9	16.1-24.3	160	18.1	14.4-22.3	144	17.7	14.0-22.1	101	10.3	7.6-13.8
College Graduate	1,013	317	34.4	30.1-39.0	170	11.9	9.6-14.6	194	19.0	15.9-22.4	194	20.5	17.1-24.4	138	14.3	11.4-17.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	383	137	34.2	26.9-42.4	103	28.5	21.0-37.4	72	20.8	14.6-28.8	32	8.8	5.1-14.8	39	7.7	4.9-11.9
$15,000- 24,999	602	216	37.6	31.1-44.5	157	22.4	17.7-27.9	114	19.6	15.1-25.2	56	11.7	7.7-17.4	59	8.6	5.7-12.7
$25,000- 34,999	376	131	40.2	32.0-48.8	81	17.7	13.0-23.8	69	18.0	12.9-24.7	44	13.0	7.6-21.3	51	11.1	7.1-16.9
$35,000- 49,999	457	167	37.6	31.4-44.3	85	16.5	12.5-21.5	86	18.5	13.7-24.4	64	17.1	12.3-23.2	55	10.3	7.2-14.5
$50,000-74,999	373	122	33.3	26.4-41.1	61	14.6	10.4-20.0	80	20.9	16.0-26.7	68	19.9	14.7-26.5	42	11.2	7.6-16.4
$75,000+	486	160	37.8	31.7-44.3	55	11.5	7.9-16.4	94	14.1	10.9-18.1	113	22.0	17.5-27.3	64	14.6	10.0-20.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	135	36	25.1	17.5-34.6	35	28.3	19.9-38.7	23	16.2	10.5-24.2	18	14.7	8.5-24.0	23	15.6	9.6-24.4
Guilford	154	55	36.9	28.2-46.6	27	14.8	9.4-22.5	27	18.1	11.9-26.5	24	13.6	8.6-20.8	21	16.6	10.4-25.4
Mecklenburg	180	58	32.8	25.3-41.2	37	21.2	15.3-28.7	42	21.9	16.0-29.1	26	15.8	10.3-23.4	17	8.3	5.0-13.6
Orange	183	54	22.9	16.2-31.5	48	23.2	16.2-32.1	27	21.0	11.2-36.1	31	16.1	10.5-23.8	23	16.7	8.0-31.6
Wake	183	68	35.7	27.9-44.3	32	17.5	12.0-24.9	35	20.0	13.9-27.9	28	15.0	9.9-21.9	20	11.9	7.4-18.5
Chatham/Lee	109	46	40.6	30.2-52.0	14	8.7	4.8-15.3	22	20.0	12.8-29.8	14	14.4	8.4-23.7	13	16.2	8.0-29.8
Nash/Wilson	135	50	33.7	25.2-43.5	25	19.2	12.4-28.7	23	17.3	11.2-25.8	19	13.6	8.3-21.4	18	16.1	8.5-28.3
Craven/Pamlico	154	46	32.6	24.5-41.9	30	14.1	9.6-20.4	35	21.8	15.3-30.1	22	17.6	11.2-26.4	21	13.9	8.5-21.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	108	31	28.9	20.4-39.1	18	14.6	8.9-23.1	26	24.5	16.5-34.9	21	21.0	13.7-30.9	12	11.0	5.9-19.4
Appalachian/Wilkes	125	41	34.6	25.1-45.7	25	19.6	12.8-28.7	23	20.1	12.9-29.8	18	14.0	8.6-21.9	18	11.8	6.6-20.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance	170	53	36.7	27.5-47.1	47	24.1	17.3-32.4	32	15.3	10.4-21.9	25	17.0	10.3-26.8	13	6.9	3.4-13.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	113	36	30.2	17.7-46.5	30	38.3	18.6-62.9	16	8.8	4.6-16.2	19	14.1	7.5-24.9	12	8.6	4.3-16.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	187	68	38.9	30.9-47.4	32	18.0	12.3-25.6	37	17.6	12.6-24.0	30	16.1	10.9-23.1	20	9.5	5.8-14.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	142	53	41.6	30.6-53.6	20	10.2	6.2-16.3	27	17.2	11.4-25.0	24	18.4	11.9-27.3	18	12.6	7.1-21.3
Northeast NC I	132	55	42.6	33.2-52.5	19	15.6	9.8-24.0	31	22.8	15.8-31.8	17	13.9	8.0-23.2	10	5.0	2.5- 9.8
Northeast NC II	161	57	31.4	24.1-39.8	29	20.4	13.7-29.1	30	17.4	11.9-24.7	27	19.3	13.0-27.7	18	11.5	6.9-18.4
Northeastern Partnership	293	112	35.3	29.3-41.7	48	18.7	13.7-25.0	61	19.3	14.7-24.8	44	17.4	12.6-23.6	28	9.3	6.0-14.0
Mountain AHEC	355	105	30.2	23.9-37.4	87	24.9	18.9-32.2	60	18.6	13.6-24.8	52	12.2	8.7-17.0	51	14.0	9.8-19.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,161	404	36.4	31.8-41.2	202	16.7	13.7-20.4	232	16.7	13.8-20.0	193	20.8	17.0-25.2	130	9.4	7.2-12.1
Piedmont	1,408	489	36.1	32.5-39.9	273	16.6	14.0-19.4	277	20.3	17.5-23.5	217	15.7	13.2-18.7	152	11.2	9.0-14.0
Western NC	574	173	32.7	26.7-39.2	131	21.0	16.5-26.2	102	19.0	14.5-24.4	88	14.2	10.5-18.9	80	13.2	9.6-17.8

Total
Respond.^

Routine Checkup

Just to Find out

Due to Pregnancy

It Was Required

Other

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

3,143

1,066

35.8

33.2-38.5

606

17.1

15.3-19.2

611

19.0

17.1-21.2

498

17.2

15.2-19.3

362

10.9

9.3-12.7

GENDER

Male

1,112

482

46.1

41.6-50.6

237

18.3

15.3-21.8

0.0

. - .

248

23.0

19.5-27.0

145

12.6

9.8-15.9

Female

2,031

584

26.9

24.1-30.0

369

16.1

13.9-18.6

611

35.5

32.3-38.8

250

12.1

10.2-14.3

217

9.4

7.9-11.3

RACE

White

2,098

666

35.0

31.8-38.3

382

15.7

13.5-18.1

414

18.6

16.4-21.2

366

19.2

16.6-21.9

270

11.5

9.6-13.8

African American

783

310

38.8

33.8-44.0

184

24.2

19.9-29.0

133

14.0

11.1-17.5

12.0

9.0-15.7

11.1

7.8-15.6

Asian

43.8

10.8-83.3

1.4

0.2-10.5

20.6

4.7-57.7

13.3

3.9-37.1

20.9

5.2-56.0

Native American

41.3

24.2-60.8

22.1

10.0-42.0

5.6

2.6-11.8

17.5

4.4-49.4

13.5

6.4-26.1

Other Minorities

145

33.0

22.1-46.1

8.8

4.3-17.1

39.8

28.6-52.1

15.4

8.7-26.0

3.0

1.4- 6.2

HISPANIC

Hispanic

147

33.8

22.7-47.0

10.8

5.7-19.5

36.1

25.4-48.4

15.8

8.8-26.6

3.5

1.4- 8.4

-English Speaking

21.6

10.0-40.4

21.2

9.5-40.9

29.0

14.5-49.6

20.9

9.5-39.9

7.3

2.0-23.6

-Spanish Speaking

39.0

24.8-55.4

6.3

2.3-16.2

39.2

25.7-54.6

13.6

6.0-27.9

1.8

0.7- 4.8

Non-Hispanic

2,993

1,018

36.0

33.3-38.8

588

17.7

15.7-19.8

563

17.6

15.7-19.6

472

17.3

15.2-19.5

352

11.5

9.8-13.4

AGE

18-24

302

34.0

26.2-42.8

17.8

12.6-24.5

30.0

23.0-38.0

12.9

7.8-20.7

5.4

3.1- 9.0

25-34

931

288

35.1

30.4-40.1

156

16.7

13.5-20.6

297

26.3

22.6-30.4

116

13.1

10.2-16.8

8.7

5.8-12.8

35-44

931

303

32.8

28.5-37.5

163

15.6

12.6-19.2

188

18.5

15.2-22.3

160

19.8

16.1-24.0

117

13.3

10.5-16.7

45-54

645

237

38.9

33.0-45.0

139

18.5

14.4-23.4

3.9

2.3- 6.3

134

23.8

18.9-29.6

107

15.0

11.3-19.7

55-64

334

148

47.2

39.0-55.5

20.3

14.8-27.2

0.2

0.0- 0.7

18.8

13.6-25.3

13.6

8.9-20.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

331

116

41.3

32.9-50.3

14.3

10.0-20.0

26.1

19.0-34.6

9.8

5.9-15.9

8.5

5.1-13.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

919

335

36.7

31.8-41.9

187

21.1

17.3-25.5

188

16.8

13.7-20.4

121

16.3

12.6-20.9

9.1

6.3-12.9

Some Post-H.S.

878

297

34.1

29.2-39.2

176

19.9

16.1-24.3

160

18.1

14.4-22.3

144

17.7

14.0-22.1

101

10.3

7.6-13.8

College Graduate

1,013

317

34.4

30.1-39.0

170

11.9

9.6-14.6

194

19.0

15.9-22.4

194

20.5

17.1-24.4

138

14.3

11.4-17.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

383

137

34.2

26.9-42.4

103

28.5

21.0-37.4

20.8

14.6-28.8

8.8

5.1-14.8

7.7

4.9-11.9

$15,000- 24,999

602

216

37.6

31.1-44.5

157

22.4

17.7-27.9

114

19.6

15.1-25.2

11.7

7.7-17.4

8.6

5.7-12.7

$25,000- 34,999

376

131

40.2

32.0-48.8

17.7

13.0-23.8

18.0

12.9-24.7

13.0

7.6-21.3

11.1

7.1-16.9

$35,000- 49,999

457

167

37.6

31.4-44.3

16.5

12.5-21.5

18.5

13.7-24.4

17.1

12.3-23.2

10.3

7.2-14.5

$50,000-74,999

373

122

33.3

26.4-41.1

14.6

10.4-20.0

20.9

16.0-26.7

19.9

14.7-26.5

11.2

7.6-16.4

$75,000+

486

160

37.8

31.7-44.3

11.5

7.9-16.4

14.1

10.9-18.1

113

22.0

17.5-27.3

14.6

10.0-20.8

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

135

25.1

17.5-34.6

28.3

19.9-38.7

16.2

10.5-24.2

14.7

8.5-24.0

15.6

9.6-24.4

Guilford

154

36.9

28.2-46.6

14.8

9.4-22.5

18.1

11.9-26.5

13.6

8.6-20.8

16.6

10.4-25.4

Mecklenburg

180

32.8

25.3-41.2

21.2

15.3-28.7

21.9

16.0-29.1

15.8

10.3-23.4

8.3

5.0-13.6

Orange

183

22.9

16.2-31.5

23.2

16.2-32.1

21.0

11.2-36.1

16.1

10.5-23.8

16.7

8.0-31.6

Wake

183

35.7

27.9-44.3

17.5

12.0-24.9

20.0

13.9-27.9

15.0

9.9-21.9

11.9

7.4-18.5

Chatham/Lee

109

40.6

30.2-52.0

8.7

4.8-15.3

20.0

12.8-29.8

14.4

8.4-23.7

16.2

8.0-29.8

Nash/Wilson

135

33.7

25.2-43.5

19.2

12.4-28.7

17.3

11.2-25.8

13.6

8.3-21.4

16.1

8.5-28.3

Craven/Pamlico

154

32.6

24.5-41.9

14.1

9.6-20.4

21.8

15.3-30.1

17.6

11.2-26.4

13.9

8.5-21.9

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

108

28.9

20.4-39.1

14.6

8.9-23.1

24.5

16.5-34.9

21.0

13.7-30.9

11.0

5.9-19.4

Appalachian/Wilkes

125

34.6

25.1-45.7

19.6

12.8-28.7

20.1

12.9-29.8

14.0

8.6-21.9

11.8

6.6-20.1

Franklin/Gran./Vance

170

36.7

27.5-47.1

24.1

17.3-32.4

15.3

10.4-21.9

17.0

10.3-26.8

6.9

3.4-13.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

113

30.2

17.7-46.5

38.3

18.6-62.9

8.8

4.6-16.2

14.1

7.5-24.9

8.6

4.3-16.5

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

187

38.9

30.9-47.4

18.0

12.3-25.6

17.6

12.6-24.0

16.1

10.9-23.1

9.5

5.8-14.9

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

142

41.6

30.6-53.6

10.2

6.2-16.3

17.2

11.4-25.0

18.4

11.9-27.3

12.6

7.1-21.3

Northeast NC I

132

42.6

33.2-52.5

15.6

9.8-24.0

22.8

15.8-31.8

13.9

8.0-23.2

5.0

2.5- 9.8

Northeast NC II

161

31.4

24.1-39.8

20.4

13.7-29.1

17.4

11.9-24.7

19.3

13.0-27.7

11.5

6.9-18.4

Northeastern Partnership

293

112

35.3

29.3-41.7

18.7

13.7-25.0

19.3

14.7-24.8

17.4

12.6-23.6

9.3

6.0-14.0

Mountain AHEC

355

105

30.2

23.9-37.4

24.9

18.9-32.2

18.6

13.6-24.8

12.2

8.7-17.0

14.0

9.8-19.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,161

404

36.4

31.8-41.2

202

16.7

13.7-20.4

232

16.7

13.8-20.0

193

20.8

17.0-25.2

130

9.4

7.2-12.1

Piedmont

1,408

489

36.1

32.5-39.9

273

16.6

14.0-19.4

277

20.3

17.5-23.5

217

15.7

13.2-18.7

152

11.2

9.0-14.0

Western NC

574

173

32.7

26.7-39.2

131

21.0

16.5-26.2

102

19.0

14.5-24.4

14.2

10.5-18.9

13.2

9.6-17.8

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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 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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