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-FEMALES

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	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	1,328	337	25.6	22.0-29.5	238	15.3	12.7-18.2	414	35.5	31.7-39.5	178	13.3	10.9-16.2	161	10.3	8.4-12.7
African American	542	201	34.4	28.9-40.4	108	20.5	15.9-26.1	133	24.4	19.7-29.8	58	12.2	8.4-17.3	42	8.4	5.6-12.5
Asian	10	2	5.6	1.1-24.0	1	3.9	0.5-25.7	3	58.5	21.3-88.0	3	13.5	3.1-43.6	1	18.5	2.5-67.0
Native American	59	24	48.7	28.4-69.4	14	22.4	9.9-43.2	10	10.2	4.7-20.7	4	3.8	1.2-11.2	7	15.0	6.4-31.4
Other Minorities	85	18	11.6	6.5-20.0	6	7.0	2.1-20.6	48	74.5	61.7-84.1	7	3.6	1.3- 9.4	6	3.3	1.2- 9.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic	85	18	10.7	5.6-19.4	8	9.4	3.3-23.8	47	72.6	58.8-83.1	7	4.2	1.6-10.4	5	3.1	1.0- 9.6
-English Speaking	39	9	13.6	4.7-33.3	5	20.5	5.8-51.7	17	52.0	28.0-75.0	6	8.9	3.0-23.6	2	5.1	0.8-25.6
-Spanish Speaking	46	9	9.3	4.1-19.5	3	3.8	0.7-16.9	30	83.0	69.5-91.3	1	1.8	0.3-12.2	3	2.2	0.5- 8.2
Non-Hispanic	1,943	565	28.2	25.2-31.4	361	16.7	14.4-19.2	563	32.6	29.5-35.8	242	12.7	10.6-15.0	212	9.9	8.3-11.9
AGE
18-24	221	60	27.1	19.3-36.6	39	14.2	9.3-21.1	96	48.3	38.8-58.0	14	7.2	3.6-13.8	12	3.2	1.6- 6.5
25-34	640	153	23.6	19.0-28.8	98	14.0	10.6-18.3	297	48.6	43.0-54.2	52	8.8	6.1-12.4	40	5.1	3.3- 7.6
35-44	596	164	23.4	19.1-28.4	102	16.8	12.8-21.8	188	34.8	29.3-40.8	76	12.9	9.5-17.3	66	12.0	8.8-16.2
45-54	389	132	33.8	27.1-41.2	84	19.1	14.3-25.2	28	7.8	4.8-12.7	74	19.8	14.5-26.4	71	19.4	14.2-26.0
55-64	185	75	42.8	30.9-55.6	46	22.2	14.2-32.9	2	0.4	0.1- 1.5	34	20.5	13.0-30.8	28	14.2	8.4-22.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	210	64	29.2	20.4-39.9	44	11.8	7.7-17.7	68	46.6	36.0-57.5	11	3.4	1.6- 7.2	23	9.0	5.1-15.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	593	192	29.9	24.5-35.9	108	20.3	15.7-25.9	188	31.6	26.4-37.4	57	11.1	7.6-16.0	48	7.0	4.8-10.1
Some Post-H.S.	570	160	24.8	19.9-30.6	108	19.2	14.9-24.5	160	34.2	28.2-40.8	82	14.2	10.7-18.7	60	7.5	5.2-10.7
College Graduate	657	168	25.4	20.8-30.6	109	11.1	8.4-14.4	194	35.1	30.0-40.5	100	14.6	11.2-18.9	86	13.9	10.5-18.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	289	95	30.3	22.6-39.2	76	25.6	18.8-33.8	72	31.4	22.8-41.5	17	4.4	2.3- 8.0	29	8.4	5.1-13.5
$15,000- 24,999	402	129	26.8	20.6-34.0	97	21.3	15.9-27.9	114	38.6	31.0-46.7	27	5.8	3.1-10.5	35	7.5	4.8-11.7
$25,000- 34,999	254	77	30.9	22.1-41.3	54	21.3	14.8-29.6	69	33.0	24.4-42.8	19	4.2	2.3- 7.3	35	10.7	6.6-17.0
$35,000- 49,999	276	81	30.1	22.8-38.7	42	11.4	7.6-16.7	86	33.0	25.1-41.9	35	16.2	10.4-24.2	32	9.3	5.7-14.8
$50,000-74,999	220	54	17.3	11.7-24.8	34	14.2	8.8-22.2	80	42.4	33.8-51.5	31	14.8	9.2-22.8	21	11.4	6.6-18.8
$75,000+	279	68	24.6	18.4-32.0	27	10.3	5.8-17.7	94	31.7	25.2-39.1	54	19.8	14.3-26.6	36	13.6	9.0-20.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	88	21	20.7	13.1-31.2	20	22.8	14.1-34.8	23	30.5	20.6-42.6	11	12.8	6.8-22.7	13	13.2	7.3-22.6
Guilford	97	32	34.4	23.9-46.7	16	12.1	7.1-20.0	27	34.7	23.9-47.3	12	7.7	4.1-14.1	10	11.1	5.6-20.8
Mecklenburg	117	32	26.5	18.4-36.5	19	16.8	10.4-25.9	42	37.0	27.8-47.2	15	12.6	7.4-20.6	9	7.2	3.5-14.4
Orange	116	35	23.2	14.3-35.4	30	19.8	12.3-30.4	27	34.1	18.8-53.5	12	6.5	3.3-12.4	12	16.5	5.2-41.2
Wake	112	33	24.9	17.4-34.3	17	14.8	8.8-23.9	35	36.5	26.5-47.9	17	14.2	8.3-23.2	10	9.6	4.9-17.8
Chatham/Lee	72	26	35.1	23.3-49.2	11	12.2	6.4-22.2	22	34.5	23.0-48.1	8	11.6	5.6-22.3	5	6.6	2.7-15.3
Nash/Wilson	86	28	27.4	18.6-38.5	12	13.0	6.9-23.1	23	33.3	22.8-45.7	11	11.6	6.2-20.6	12	14.7	8.1-25.2
Craven/Pamlico	98	22	21.1	13.5-31.4	22	17.2	11.0-25.8	35	41.3	30.7-52.9	6	6.7	2.9-14.5	13	13.7	7.8-22.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	66	12	16.5	9.2-27.9	12	15.2	8.4-25.8	26	44.3	31.3-58.0	9	13.8	6.9-25.9	7	10.3	4.4-22.0
Appalachian/Wilkes	84	26	32.7	21.0-47.1	17	18.1	10.7-29.1	23	32.5	21.4-45.9	6	7.2	3.0-16.4	12	9.4	5.0-17.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	115	30	26.8	17.8-38.2	26	19.2	12.0-29.2	32	26.8	18.5-37.2	18	21.5	11.8-36.0	9	5.6	2.6-11.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson	66	18	28.3	17.6-42.1	15	23.1	13.4-36.7	16	22.5	13.5-34.9	12	17.4	9.7-29.4	5	8.8	3.5-20.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	124	41	32.3	23.8-42.0	19	16.6	10.5-25.3	37	30.1	22.2-39.5	12	8.8	4.8-15.5	15	12.2	7.0-20.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	97	31	28.8	20.0-39.5	13	9.6	5.4-16.6	27	30.4	21.2-41.6	14	17.4	9.8-28.9	12	13.7	6.7-26.0
Northeast NC I	99	39	39.5	29.3-50.8	12	12.9	7.1-22.4	31	33.6	23.9-44.9	10	8.7	4.4-16.7	7	5.2	2.2-11.8
Northeast NC II	106	30	23.3	15.8-32.8	19	22.2	13.7-34.0	30	29.8	20.8-40.6	16	16.1	9.4-26.4	11	8.6	4.5-15.8
Northeastern Partnership	205	69	29.5	23.0-36.8	31	18.7	12.7-26.7	61	31.2	24.3-39.1	26	13.3	8.6-20.2	18	7.3	4.3-12.1
Mountain AHEC	229	54	20.8	14.6-28.7	50	19.5	13.8-26.8	60	32.6	24.7-41.7	33	10.9	7.2-16.3	32	16.2	10.7-23.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	761	228	28.5	23.5-34.0	126	16.6	13.0-21.1	232	32.3	27.3-37.7	86	11.5	8.6-15.2	89	11.1	8.3-14.7
Piedmont	900	266	27.2	23.3-31.5	164	15.5	12.5-19.0	277	37.4	32.9-42.1	116	12.1	9.5-15.2	77	7.9	5.9-10.4
Western NC	370	90	21.7	16.5-28.1	79	17.8	13.3-23.4	102	34.2	27.1-42.1	48	13.3	8.6-20.1	51	13.0	9.1-18.1

Total
Respond.^

Routine Checkup

Just to Find out

Due to Pregnancy

It Was Required

Other

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

1,328

337

25.6

22.0-29.5

238

15.3

12.7-18.2

414

35.5

31.7-39.5

178

13.3

10.9-16.2

161

10.3

8.4-12.7

African American

542

201

34.4

28.9-40.4

108

20.5

15.9-26.1

133

24.4

19.7-29.8

12.2

8.4-17.3

8.4

5.6-12.5

Asian

5.6

1.1-24.0

3.9

0.5-25.7

58.5

21.3-88.0

13.5

3.1-43.6

18.5

2.5-67.0

Native American

48.7

28.4-69.4

22.4

9.9-43.2

10.2

4.7-20.7

3.8

1.2-11.2

15.0

6.4-31.4

Other Minorities

11.6

6.5-20.0

7.0

2.1-20.6

74.5

61.7-84.1

3.6

1.3- 9.4

3.3

1.2- 9.2

HISPANIC

Hispanic

10.7

5.6-19.4

9.4

3.3-23.8

72.6

58.8-83.1

4.2

1.6-10.4

3.1

1.0- 9.6

-English Speaking

13.6

4.7-33.3

20.5

5.8-51.7

52.0

28.0-75.0

8.9

3.0-23.6

5.1

0.8-25.6

-Spanish Speaking

9.3

4.1-19.5

3.8

0.7-16.9

83.0

69.5-91.3

1.8

0.3-12.2

2.2

0.5- 8.2

Non-Hispanic

1,943

565

28.2

25.2-31.4

361

16.7

14.4-19.2

563

32.6

29.5-35.8

242

12.7

10.6-15.0

212

9.9

8.3-11.9

AGE

18-24

221

27.1

19.3-36.6

14.2

9.3-21.1

48.3

38.8-58.0

7.2

3.6-13.8

3.2

1.6- 6.5

25-34

640

153

23.6

19.0-28.8

14.0

10.6-18.3

297

48.6

43.0-54.2

8.8

6.1-12.4

5.1

3.3- 7.6

35-44

596

164

23.4

19.1-28.4

102

16.8

12.8-21.8

188

34.8

29.3-40.8

12.9

9.5-17.3

12.0

8.8-16.2

45-54

389

132

33.8

27.1-41.2

19.1

14.3-25.2

7.8

4.8-12.7

19.8

14.5-26.4

19.4

14.2-26.0

55-64

185

42.8

30.9-55.6

22.2

14.2-32.9

0.4

0.1- 1.5

20.5

13.0-30.8

14.2

8.4-22.9

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

210

29.2

20.4-39.9

11.8

7.7-17.7

46.6

36.0-57.5

3.4

1.6- 7.2

9.0

5.1-15.4

H.S. or G.E.D.

593

192

29.9

24.5-35.9

108

20.3

15.7-25.9

188

31.6

26.4-37.4

11.1

7.6-16.0

7.0

4.8-10.1

Some Post-H.S.

570

160

24.8

19.9-30.6

108

19.2

14.9-24.5

160

34.2

28.2-40.8

14.2

10.7-18.7

7.5

5.2-10.7

College Graduate

657

168

25.4

20.8-30.6

109

11.1

8.4-14.4

194

35.1

30.0-40.5

100

14.6

11.2-18.9

13.9

10.5-18.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

289

30.3

22.6-39.2

25.6

18.8-33.8

31.4

22.8-41.5

4.4

2.3- 8.0

8.4

5.1-13.5

$15,000- 24,999

402

129

26.8

20.6-34.0

21.3

15.9-27.9

114

38.6

31.0-46.7

5.8

3.1-10.5

7.5

4.8-11.7

$25,000- 34,999

254

30.9

22.1-41.3

21.3

14.8-29.6

33.0

24.4-42.8

4.2

2.3- 7.3

10.7

6.6-17.0

$35,000- 49,999

276

30.1

22.8-38.7

11.4

7.6-16.7

33.0

25.1-41.9

16.2

10.4-24.2

9.3

5.7-14.8

$50,000-74,999

220

17.3

11.7-24.8

14.2

8.8-22.2

42.4

33.8-51.5

14.8

9.2-22.8

11.4

6.6-18.8

$75,000+

279

24.6

18.4-32.0

10.3

5.8-17.7

31.7

25.2-39.1

19.8

14.3-26.6

13.6

9.0-20.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

20.7

13.1-31.2

22.8

14.1-34.8

30.5

20.6-42.6

12.8

6.8-22.7

13.2

7.3-22.6

Guilford

34.4

23.9-46.7

12.1

7.1-20.0

34.7

23.9-47.3

7.7

4.1-14.1

11.1

5.6-20.8

Mecklenburg

117

26.5

18.4-36.5

16.8

10.4-25.9

37.0

27.8-47.2

12.6

7.4-20.6

7.2

3.5-14.4

Orange

116

23.2

14.3-35.4

19.8

12.3-30.4

34.1

18.8-53.5

6.5

3.3-12.4

16.5

5.2-41.2

Wake

112

24.9

17.4-34.3

14.8

8.8-23.9

36.5

26.5-47.9

14.2

8.3-23.2

9.6

4.9-17.8

Chatham/Lee

35.1

23.3-49.2

12.2

6.4-22.2

34.5

23.0-48.1

11.6

5.6-22.3

6.6

2.7-15.3

Nash/Wilson

27.4

18.6-38.5

13.0

6.9-23.1

33.3

22.8-45.7

11.6

6.2-20.6

14.7

8.1-25.2

Craven/Pamlico

21.1

13.5-31.4

17.2

11.0-25.8

41.3

30.7-52.9

6.7

2.9-14.5

13.7

7.8-22.8

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

16.5

9.2-27.9

15.2

8.4-25.8

44.3

31.3-58.0

13.8

6.9-25.9

10.3

4.4-22.0

Appalachian/Wilkes

32.7

21.0-47.1

18.1

10.7-29.1

32.5

21.4-45.9

7.2

3.0-16.4

9.4

5.0-17.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

115

26.8

17.8-38.2

19.2

12.0-29.2

26.8

18.5-37.2

21.5

11.8-36.0

5.6

2.6-11.8

Graham/Swain/Jackson

28.3

17.6-42.1

23.1

13.4-36.7

22.5

13.5-34.9

17.4

9.7-29.4

8.8

3.5-20.4

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

124

32.3

23.8-42.0

16.6

10.5-25.3

30.1

22.2-39.5

8.8

4.8-15.5

12.2

7.0-20.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

28.8

20.0-39.5

9.6

5.4-16.6

30.4

21.2-41.6

17.4

9.8-28.9

13.7

6.7-26.0

Northeast NC I

39.5

29.3-50.8

12.9

7.1-22.4

33.6

23.9-44.9

8.7

4.4-16.7

5.2

2.2-11.8

Northeast NC II

106

23.3

15.8-32.8

22.2

13.7-34.0

29.8

20.8-40.6

16.1

9.4-26.4

8.6

4.5-15.8

Northeastern Partnership

205

29.5

23.0-36.8

18.7

12.7-26.7

31.2

24.3-39.1

13.3

8.6-20.2

7.3

4.3-12.1

Mountain AHEC

229

20.8

14.6-28.7

19.5

13.8-26.8

32.6

24.7-41.7

10.9

7.2-16.3

16.2

10.7-23.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

761

228

28.5

23.5-34.0

126

16.6

13.0-21.1

232

32.3

27.3-37.7

11.5

8.6-15.2

11.1

8.3-14.7

Piedmont

900

266

27.2

23.3-31.5

164

15.5

12.5-19.0

277

37.4

32.9-42.1

116

12.1

9.5-15.2

7.9

5.9-10.4

Western NC

370

21.7

16.5-28.1

17.8

13.3-23.4

102

34.2

27.1-42.1

13.3

8.6-20.1

13.0

9.1-18.1

Back to Physical Activity.

* 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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