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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 2,588 1,124 43.7 40.8-46.7 1,464 56.3 53.3-59.2
RACE
White 1,854 777 42.4 39.0-46.0 1,077 57.6 54.0-61.0
African American 483 244 52.7 45.9-59.4 239 47.3 40.6-54.1
Asian 24 9 32.2 11.1-64.4 15 67.8 35.6-88.9
Native American 66 30 52.1 30.7-72.8 36 47.9 27.2-69.3
Other Minorities 150 60 37.6 26.9-49.7 90 62.4 50.3-73.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 156 62 37.9 27.4-49.7 94 62.1 50.3-72.6
-English Speaking 45 25 45.9 25.4-67.8 20 54.1 32.2-74.6
-Spanish Speaking 111 37 35.7 23.9-49.6 74 64.3 50.4-76.1
Non-Hispanic 2,432 1,062 44.3 41.3-47.4 1,370 55.7 52.6-58.7
AGE
18-24 211 81 32.4 24.2-41.7 130 67.6 58.3-75.8
25-34 523 293 59.3 52.9-65.5 230 40.7 34.5-47.1
35-44 662 343 53.3 47.7-58.7 319 46.7 41.3-52.3
45-54 651 257 37.6 32.1-43.5 394 62.4 56.5-67.9
55-64 541 150 25.3 20.6-30.6 391 74.7 69.4-79.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 361 121 32.7 25.5-40.9 240 67.3 59.1-74.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 810 331 41.9 36.6-47.4 479 58.1 52.6-63.4
Some Post-H.S. 644 311 47.2 41.1-53.4 333 52.8 46.6-58.9
College Graduate 770 360 48.2 43.2-53.3 410 51.8 46.7-56.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 200 94 46.2 34.7-58.3 106 53.8 41.7-65.3
$15,000- 24,999 453 201 48.2 40.9-55.6 252 51.8 44.4-59.1
$25,000- 34,999 276 122 47.4 38.3-56.7 154 52.6 43.3-61.7
$35,000- 49,999 416 182 40.1 33.6-47.0 234 59.9 53.0-66.4
$50,000-74,999 360 156 42.3 34.8-50.1 204 57.7 49.9-65.2
$75,000+ 423 211 54.5 47.5-61.3 212 45.5 38.7-52.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 121 47 36.8 27.4-47.3 74 63.2 52.7-72.6
Guilford 123 59 54.5 44.3-64.4 64 45.5 35.6-55.7
Mecklenburg 137 63 35.9 27.0-45.9 74 64.1 54.1-73.0
Orange 142 67 41.3 30.7-52.8 75 58.7 47.2-69.3
Wake 152 74 43.9 34.8-53.4 78 56.1 46.6-65.2
Chatham/Lee 110 37 30.2 21.1-41.2 73 69.8 58.8-78.9
Nash/Wilson 104 49 48.2 37.1-59.4 55 51.8 40.6-62.9
Craven/Pamlico 107 56 50.0 38.8-61.2 51 50.0 38.8-61.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 126 42 30.2 21.9-40.1 84 69.8 59.9-78.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 117 41 32.5 22.9-43.7 76 67.5 56.3-77.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 132 55 36.2 23.9-50.6 77 63.8 49.4-76.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 118 47 40.7 22.3-62.0 71 59.3 38.0-77.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 136 64 46.2 36.9-55.7 72 53.8 44.3-63.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 101 45 44.6 32.3-57.6 56 55.4 42.4-67.7
Northeast NC I 104 34 30.1 20.1-42.5 70 69.9 57.5-79.9
Northeast NC II 133 55 33.9 25.7-43.3 78 66.1 56.7-74.3
Northeastern Partnership 237 89 32.7 26.1-40.1 148 67.3 59.9-73.9
Mountain AHEC 331 127 32.8 25.7-40.9 204 67.2 59.1-74.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 859 403 48.8 43.3-54.3 456 51.2 45.7-56.7
Piedmont 1,188 516 43.0 39.0-47.2 672 57.0 52.8-61.0
Western NC 541 205 35.8 29.6-42.5 336 64.2 57.5-70.4

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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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