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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-WHITE MALES

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 1,854 777 42.4 39.0-46.0 1,077 57.6 54.0-61.0
AGE
18-24 134 47 29.5 19.8-41.5 87 70.5 58.5-80.2
25-34 352 200 62.8 54.9-70.1 152 37.2 29.9-45.1
35-44 488 248 51.8 45.5-58.0 240 48.2 42.0-54.5
45-54 459 172 37.0 30.5-43.9 287 63.0 56.1-69.5
55-64 421 110 21.9 17.2-27.5 311 78.1 72.5-82.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 177 62 33.6 23.2-45.7 115 66.4 54.3-76.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 540 208 41.0 34.6-47.8 332 59.0 52.2-65.4
Some Post-H.S. 489 219 42.8 35.9-50.0 270 57.2 50.0-64.1
College Graduate 646 287 45.7 40.4-51.2 359 54.3 48.8-59.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 117 59 51.8 37.4-65.8 58 48.2 34.2-62.6
$15,000- 24,999 244 109 51.1 40.9-61.2 135 48.9 38.8-59.1
$25,000- 34,999 196 81 47.1 36.7-57.7 115 52.9 42.3-63.3
$35,000- 49,999 319 126 36.8 29.6-44.7 193 63.2 55.3-70.4
$50,000-74,999 287 118 38.9 31.1-47.2 169 61.1 52.8-68.9
$75,000+ 370 178 52.0 44.5-59.3 192 48.0 40.7-55.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 102 35 32.2 22.6-43.5 67 67.8 56.5-77.4
Guilford 77 27 40.4 28.4-53.6 50 59.6 46.4-71.6
Mecklenburg 84 33 29.4 19.5-41.8 51 70.6 58.2-80.5
Orange 113 58 50.7 40.2-61.2 55 49.3 38.8-59.8
Wake 110 52 44.2 34.1-54.8 58 55.8 45.2-65.9
Chatham/Lee 79 26 31.3 20.0-45.5 53 68.7 54.5-80.0
Nash/Wilson 60 27 48.6 33.8-63.6 33 51.4 36.4-66.2
Craven/Pamlico 79 41 49.1 36.2-62.1 38 50.9 37.9-63.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 114 38 28.9 20.5-39.0 76 71.1 61.0-79.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 112 37 30.4 21.0-41.8 75 69.6 58.2-79.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 79 30 40.2 27.5-54.4 49 59.8 45.6-72.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 97 38 40.9 29.5-53.3 59 59.1 46.7-70.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 56 30 51.5 37.0-65.8 26 48.5 34.2-63.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 66 30 44.9 32.2-58.2 36 55.1 41.8-67.8
Northeast NC I 46 17 38.5 23.8-55.8 29 61.5 44.2-76.2
Northeast NC II 87 36 36.2 25.8-48.0 51 63.8 52.0-74.2
Northeastern Partnership 133 53 36.7 27.9-46.6 80 63.3 53.4-72.1
Mountain AHEC 280 102 30.8 23.5-39.3 178 69.2 60.7-76.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 516 252 50.7 43.5-57.8 264 49.3 42.2-56.5
Piedmont 863 353 40.7 36.1-45.5 510 59.3 54.5-63.9
Western NC 475 172 35.6 29.0-42.8 303 64.4 57.2-71.0

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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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