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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 4,293 2,045 50.6 48.3-52.9 2,248 49.4 47.1-51.7
RACE
White 3,038 1,338 46.8 44.2-49.5 1,700 53.2 50.5-55.8
African American 967 545 58.3 53.4-63.0 422 41.7 37.0-46.6
Asian 20 10 36.9 14.7-66.5 10 63.1 33.5-85.3
Native American 117 59 62.2 47.5-75.0 58 37.8 25.0-52.5
Other Minorities 140 85 65.5 51.9-77.0 55 34.5 23.0-48.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 148 87 64.1 50.4-75.9 61 35.9 24.1-49.6
-English Speaking 67 40 75.4 60.4-86.0 27 24.6 14.0-39.6
-Spanish Speaking 81 47 59.5 42.2-74.7 34 40.5 25.3-57.8
Non-Hispanic 4,142 1,955 49.7 47.4-52.0 2,187 50.3 48.0-52.6
AGE
18-24 355 221 61.0 52.8-68.5 134 39.0 31.5-47.2
25-34 861 642 73.3 68.7-77.4 219 26.7 22.6-31.3
35-44 1,069 601 57.1 52.6-61.5 468 42.9 38.5-47.4
45-54 1,117 395 35.8 31.7-40.0 722 64.2 60.0-68.3
55-64 891 186 19.8 15.9-24.4 705 80.2 75.6-84.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 474 213 51.9 44.4-59.4 261 48.1 40.6-55.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,276 595 50.1 45.8-54.4 681 49.9 45.6-54.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,190 571 51.1 46.8-55.5 619 48.9 44.5-53.2
College Graduate 1,349 665 49.9 46.0-53.7 684 50.1 46.3-54.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 471 291 65.9 59.2-72.1 180 34.1 27.9-40.8
$15,000- 24,999 784 402 56.5 51.0-61.7 382 43.5 38.3-49.0
$25,000- 34,999 535 256 49.7 42.9-56.6 279 50.3 43.4-57.1
$35,000- 49,999 606 277 49.9 43.8-55.9 329 50.1 44.1-56.2
$50,000-74,999 503 222 45.4 39.3-51.5 281 54.6 48.5-60.7
$75,000+ 599 281 48.7 43.3-54.1 318 51.3 45.9-56.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 185 88 47.1 39.0-55.3 97 52.9 44.7-61.0
Guilford 212 99 52.5 44.6-60.3 113 47.5 39.7-55.4
Mecklenburg 219 119 58.3 50.9-65.3 100 41.7 34.7-49.1
Orange 225 118 53.4 42.3-64.1 107 46.6 35.9-57.7
Wake 224 113 49.8 42.0-57.5 111 50.2 42.5-58.0
Chatham/Lee 167 73 42.0 33.5-50.9 94 58.0 49.1-66.5
Nash/Wilson 169 86 53.7 45.3-61.9 83 46.3 38.1-54.7
Craven/Pamlico 195 98 48.7 40.5-56.9 97 51.3 43.1-59.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 188 67 36.9 29.4-45.2 121 63.1 54.8-70.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 210 84 39.9 30.9-49.6 126 60.1 50.4-69.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 227 116 52.5 44.4-60.6 111 47.5 39.4-55.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 184 66 36.8 29.2-45.2 118 63.2 54.8-70.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 228 124 58.4 51.1-65.5 104 41.6 34.5-48.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 200 97 52.2 44.4-59.9 103 47.8 40.1-55.6
Northeast NC I 221 99 48.5 41.2-55.8 122 51.5 44.2-58.8
Northeast NC II 228 107 48.9 41.6-56.3 121 51.1 43.7-58.4
Northeastern Partnership 449 206 48.8 43.4-54.2 243 51.2 45.8-56.6
Mountain AHEC 556 229 43.8 38.3-49.4 327 56.2 50.6-61.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,533 762 50.3 46.2-54.4 771 49.7 45.6-53.8
Piedmont 1,857 913 52.2 49.0-55.4 944 47.8 44.6-51.0
Western NC 903 370 44.4 39.6-49.3 533 55.6 50.7-60.4

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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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