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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: 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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  Total
Respond.^
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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,118 481 43.1 38.7-47.5 192 16.5 13.3-20.2 247 23.9 20.1-28.1 48 4.0 2.7- 5.9 150 12.5 10.0-15.5
Female 2,028 1,118 56.9 53.6-60.2 300 12.6 10.5-15.0 413 20.6 18.0-23.5 49 2.4 1.5- 3.9 148 7.5 5.9- 9.4
RACE
White 2,100 1,116 54.3 50.9-57.5 331 14.6 12.3-17.1 378 17.7 15.2-20.5 74 3.9 2.7- 5.5 201 9.6 7.9-11.6
African American 783 394 50.0 44.8-55.3 117 13.1 9.8-17.3 177 23.7 19.5-28.6 18 1.7 0.9- 3.0 77 11.5 8.5-15.4
Asian 18 11 80.6 52.1-94.1 2 2.8 0.6-12.7 2 7.0 1.0-35.5 2 7.1 1.4-29.3 1 2.5 0.3-17.8
Native American 88 34 27.8 15.1-45.6 23 37.6 19.3-60.3 23 24.4 12.3-42.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.7 6 8.8 2.8-24.6
Other Minorities 145 40 21.8 13.7-33.0 18 11.9 6.1-22.0 74 56.8 44.5-68.2 1 1.1 0.1- 7.1 12 8.4 3.5-19.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 148 41 21.0 13.2-31.9 22 12.9 6.9-23.0 75 56.6 44.4-68.0 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2 9 8.4 3.4-19.3
-English Speaking 64 29 41.2 24.7-60.0 11 12.8 4.5-31.2 18 26.5 13.5-45.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 19.5 7.2-43.2
-Spanish Speaking 84 12 12.5 5.3-26.7 11 13.0 5.9-26.2 57 69.3 53.8-81.4 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 3 3.7 0.6-18.7
Non-Hispanic 2,995 1,556 52.9 50.1-55.6 469 14.5 12.6-16.7 585 19.4 17.2-21.7 96 3.3 2.4- 4.5 289 9.9 8.5-11.7
AGE
18-24 302 135 43.8 35.7-52.3 29 15.5 9.5-24.3 103 31.6 24.4-39.8 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 34 9.0 5.5-14.4
25-34 932 521 54.0 49.0-58.8 98 9.4 7.0-12.6 217 25.4 21.2-30.2 25 3.4 2.0- 5.6 71 7.8 5.5-10.9
35-44 935 502 53.6 48.9-58.3 140 12.7 9.9-16.2 171 19.0 15.4-23.2 32 2.6 1.6- 4.2 90 12.1 9.2-15.7
45-54 643 283 46.3 40.3-52.4 138 20.2 15.7-25.7 118 17.2 13.1-22.3 31 6.2 3.5-10.5 73 10.2 7.4-13.9
55-64 334 158 46.9 38.8-55.2 87 26.9 20.4-34.6 51 11.2 7.5-16.4 8 4.2 1.1-15.1 30 10.7 6.8-16.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 332 119 29.3 22.5-37.1 57 15.0 10.0-22.0 125 43.9 35.4-52.8 5 3.0 0.8-10.5 26 8.8 4.9-15.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 916 470 52.9 47.7-58.0 130 10.2 7.7-13.4 210 24.2 19.8-29.1 21 2.4 1.2- 4.7 85 10.4 7.7-14.0
Some Post-H.S. 881 456 50.8 45.6-56.0 151 17.7 13.7-22.7 171 21.6 17.7-26.3 16 1.2 0.6- 2.4 87 8.6 6.4-11.6
College Graduate 1,015 553 56.5 52.0-60.9 153 14.5 11.6-17.9 154 12.2 9.7-15.2 55 5.9 4.1- 8.5 100 10.9 8.4-14.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 381 151 36.2 28.8-44.2 70 15.8 10.8-22.4 124 36.9 28.8-45.8 6 3.2 0.7-13.0 30 8.0 4.5-13.6
$15,000- 24,999 601 275 43.1 36.8-49.7 91 14.9 10.4-20.9 164 28.4 22.5-35.1 8 1.5 0.6- 3.7 63 12.0 8.2-17.4
$25,000- 34,999 376 189 48.2 40.0-56.6 64 16.3 10.8-23.9 69 20.8 14.3-29.4 11 1.3 0.6- 2.8 43 13.4 8.7-20.0
$35,000- 49,999 456 246 57.4 50.8-63.7 69 13.1 9.5-17.9 91 20.8 15.9-26.8 10 1.3 0.6- 2.9 40 7.4 4.9-11.1
$50,000-74,999 374 220 59.5 52.1-66.4 50 10.9 7.0-16.5 46 13.9 9.3-20.2 20 6.2 3.5-10.8 38 9.6 6.4-14.1
$75,000+ 489 273 54.5 48.1-60.7 73 15.1 11.2-20.2 60 14.1 10.2-19.1 34 6.4 4.0-10.1 49 9.9 6.8-14.1
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***
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
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

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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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