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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 4,892 2,115 44.6 42.4-46.8 2,777 55.4 53.2-57.6
GENDER
Male 1,854 777 42.4 39.0-46.0 1,077 57.6 54.0-61.0
Female 3,038 1,338 46.8 44.2-49.5 1,700 53.2 50.5-55.8
AGE
18-24 362 174 42.6 35.0-50.6 188 57.4 49.4-65.0
25-34 924 619 66.4 61.5-70.9 305 33.6 29.1-38.5
35-44 1,231 653 53.8 49.7-57.8 578 46.2 42.2-50.3
45-54 1,270 450 35.4 31.4-39.6 820 64.6 60.4-68.6
55-64 1,105 219 19.2 16.0-22.9 886 80.8 77.1-84.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 411 153 41.5 33.8-49.6 258 58.5 50.4-66.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,399 550 42.4 38.2-46.6 849 57.6 53.4-61.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,346 605 45.6 41.2-50.0 741 54.4 50.0-58.8
College Graduate 1,732 806 46.5 43.1-50.0 926 53.5 50.0-56.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 358 195 57.6 49.3-65.5 163 42.4 34.5-50.7
$15,000- 24,999 714 332 50.5 44.4-56.6 382 49.5 43.4-55.6
$25,000- 34,999 554 239 47.8 41.2-54.6 315 52.2 45.4-58.8
$35,000- 49,999 792 321 40.7 35.7-46.0 471 59.3 54.0-64.3
$50,000-74,999 710 295 40.8 35.6-46.3 415 59.2 53.7-64.4
$75,000+ 900 424 50.2 45.4-55.0 476 49.8 45.0-54.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 264 108 38.3 31.6-45.4 156 61.7 54.6-68.4
Guilford 225 86 44.0 36.4-51.9 139 56.0 48.1-63.6
Mecklenburg 224 102 39.5 31.8-47.8 122 60.5 52.2-68.2
Orange 300 154 51.6 42.9-60.2 146 48.4 39.8-57.1
Wake 267 120 43.0 36.4-49.8 147 57.0 50.2-63.6
Chatham/Lee 190 70 34.5 26.7-43.2 120 65.5 56.8-73.3
Nash/Wilson 153 68 48.5 39.1-58.1 85 51.5 41.9-60.9
Craven/Pamlico 226 115 48.9 41.2-56.8 111 51.1 43.2-58.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 290 101 33.0 27.0-39.7 189 67.0 60.3-73.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 313 115 35.3 28.6-42.7 198 64.7 57.3-71.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 209 97 48.1 39.3-57.0 112 51.9 43.0-60.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 251 95 38.7 31.5-46.4 156 61.3 53.6-68.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 141 72 54.5 45.1-63.5 69 45.5 36.5-54.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 185 82 45.5 37.5-53.8 103 54.5 46.2-62.5
Northeast NC I 137 47 38.9 29.9-48.8 90 61.1 51.2-70.1
Northeast NC II 235 103 43.9 36.6-51.5 132 56.1 48.5-63.4
Northeastern Partnership 372 150 42.6 36.7-48.8 222 57.4 51.2-63.3
Mountain AHEC 775 303 37.2 32.2-42.4 472 62.8 57.6-67.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,419 672 49.8 45.5-54.2 747 50.2 45.8-54.5
Piedmont 2,177 940 43.8 40.7-46.8 1,237 56.2 53.2-59.3
Western NC 1,296 503 39.6 35.4-43.9 793 60.4 56.1-64.6

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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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