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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Physical Activity

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%)
North Carolina 6,881 3,169 47.1 45.3-49.0 3,712 52.9 51.0-54.7
-Piedmont NC 3,045 1,429 47.6 45.0-50.2 1,616 52.4 49.8-55.0
GENDER
Male 1,188 516 43.0 39.0-47.2 672 57.0 52.8-61.0
Female 1,857 913 52.2 49.0-55.4 944 47.8 44.6-51.0
RACE
White 2,177 940 43.8 40.7-46.8 1,237 56.2 53.2-59.3
African American 637 363 58.7 53.0-64.2 274 41.3 35.8-47.0
Other Minorities 183 101 55.2 44.6-65.2 82 44.8 34.8-55.4
AGE
18-24 239 129 46.0 37.2-55.0 110 54.0 45.0-62.8
25-34 626 426 68.0 62.8-72.8 200 32.0 27.2-37.2
35-44 815 459 56.2 51.4-60.9 356 43.8 39.1-48.6
45-54 783 290 34.8 30.2-39.7 493 65.2 60.3-69.8
55-64 582 125 19.2 15.2-23.9 457 80.8 76.1-84.8
65-74 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
75+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 316 137 46.5 38.5-54.7 179 53.5 45.3-61.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 797 355 46.3 41.1-51.6 442 53.7 48.4-58.9
Some Post-H.S. 758 360 48.6 43.3-54.0 398 51.4 46.0-56.7
College Graduate 1,169 575 47.9 44.0-51.9 594 52.1 48.1-56.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 227 142 63.8 53.2-73.2 85 36.2 26.8-46.8
$15,000- 24,999 470 232 51.9 44.9-58.9 238 48.1 41.1-55.1
$25,000- 34,999 311 146 47.8 39.4-56.2 165 52.2 43.8-60.6
$35,000- 49,999 461 206 43.7 37.5-50.1 255 56.3 49.9-62.5
$50,000-74,999 403 185 44.5 37.9-51.4 218 55.5 48.6-62.1
$75,000+ 605 290 50.6 45.1-56.1 315 49.4 43.9-54.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 306 135 41.7 35.2-48.4 171 58.3 51.6-64.8
Guilford 335 158 53.5 47.1-59.7 177 46.5 40.3-52.9
Mecklenburg 356 182 46.5 40.0-53.2 174 53.5 46.8-60.0
Orange 367 185 48.1 39.9-56.3 182 51.9 43.7-60.1
Wake 376 187 46.9 40.8-53.0 189 53.1 47.0-59.2
Chatham/Lee 277 110 36.1 29.7-43.1 167 63.9 56.9-70.3
Nash/Wilson 273 135 50.9 43.9-57.9 138 49.1 42.1-56.1
Craven/Pamlico 302 154 49.3 42.5-56.1 148 50.7 43.9-57.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 314 109 33.6 27.8-40.0 205 66.4 60.0-72.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 327 125 36.7 30.0-43.9 202 63.3 56.1-70.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 359 171 44.1 35.4-53.1 188 55.9 46.9-64.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 302 113 39.0 27.4-52.1 189 61.0 47.9-72.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 364 188 52.6 46.6-58.4 176 47.4 41.6-53.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 301 142 48.6 41.4-55.9 159 51.4 44.1-58.6
Northeast NC I 325 133 40.4 33.7-47.6 192 59.6 52.4-66.3
Northeast NC II 361 162 41.4 35.5-47.5 199 58.6 52.5-64.5
Northeastern Partnership 686 295 41.1 36.5-45.7 391 58.9 54.3-63.5
Mountain AHEC 887 356 38.2 33.5-43.3 531 61.8 56.7-66.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,392 1,165 49.6 46.1-53.0 1,227 50.4 47.0-53.9
Piedmont 3,045 1,429 47.6 45.0-50.2 1,616 52.4 49.8-55.0
Western NC 1,444 575 40.1 36.0-44.3 869 59.9 55.7-64.0

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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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