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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Physical Activity

Where did you have your last HIV test: at a private doctor or HMO office, at a counseling and testing site, at a hospital, at a clinic, in a jail or prison, at home, or somewhere else?*

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Private Doctor Hospital Clinic Home Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,146 1,599 50.5 47.8-53.2 492 14.4 12.5-16.5 660 22.1 19.9-24.6 97 3.2 2.3- 4.3 298 9.8 8.3-11.5
-Piedmont NC 1,410 756 53.9 50.1-57.7 195 12.5 10.2-15.3 283 21.6 18.5-25.0 51 3.5 2.4- 5.1 125 8.5 6.7-10.8
GENDER
Male 512 233 46.5 40.4-52.7 74 13.9 10.1-18.8 112 23.0 18.0-28.8 27 5.0 3.0- 8.1 66 11.7 8.6-15.8
Female 898 523 60.2 55.5-64.7 121 11.4 8.7-14.8 171 20.4 16.8-24.6 24 2.2 1.2- 4.2 59 5.8 3.9- 8.4
RACE
White 928 528 57.8 53.1-62.4 129 12.7 9.9-16.2 147 16.9 13.4-20.9 38 4.3 2.7- 6.7 86 8.3 6.3-11.0
African American 357 190 55.8 48.6-62.8 50 10.0 6.6-15.0 75 22.7 17.0-29.7 10 2.1 1.0- 4.5 32 9.3 5.9-14.3
Other Minorities 101 25 23.3 13.8-36.5 14 17.9 9.0-32.4 54 48.3 35.2-61.8 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 7 9.2 3.4-22.5
AGE
18-24 129 63 52.1 40.2-63.8 13 15.1 7.4-28.6 42 26.7 17.8-38.0 0 0.0 . - . 11 6.0 2.6-13.2
25-34 425 257 56.7 49.9-63.3 35 6.9 4.5-10.5 94 25.8 20.1-32.5 15 3.9 2.0- 7.2 24 6.7 3.8-11.4
35-44 451 252 56.3 49.9-62.6 58 12.4 8.6-17.6 79 18.2 13.5-24.0 19 3.0 1.6- 5.7 43 10.0 6.8-14.6
45-54 281 125 46.0 37.8-54.4 57 17.1 11.8-24.1 49 18.8 12.8-26.7 14 7.9 3.8-15.9 36 10.2 6.7-15.4
55-64 124 59 50.0 37.7-62.2 32 26.8 17.4-38.8 19 9.2 4.8-17.1 3 1.1 0.3- 3.9 11 12.9 6.6-23.7
65-74 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
75+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 135 44 28.4 19.2-40.0 20 15.5 8.5-26.5 61 47.5 35.7-59.6 0 0.0 . - . 10 8.6 3.5-19.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 347 186 57.6 49.7-65.0 42 6.7 4.3-10.3 80 24.2 18.1-31.7 9 3.4 1.4- 8.3 30 8.1 4.8-13.2
Some Post-H.S. 359 199 54.8 47.2-62.1 52 14.4 9.3-21.5 63 20.5 15.0-27.4 7 0.9 0.3- 2.9 38 9.4 6.1-14.2
College Graduate 567 326 59.9 54.3-65.3 80 13.8 10.3-18.1 79 11.2 8.3-15.0 35 7.0 4.5-10.7 47 8.2 5.7-11.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 139 56 34.3 23.7-46.9 19 14.1 7.1-26.1 50 43.9 31.0-57.7 3 1.3 0.3- 5.3 11 6.4 2.4-16.3
$15,000- 24,999 230 104 44.9 35.5-54.8 35 12.5 7.2-21.0 59 27.9 19.7-37.8 3 1.3 0.3- 5.0 29 13.3 7.8-21.8
$25,000- 34,999 144 77 51.5 38.9-63.8 21 13.6 6.5-26.5 31 22.3 13.1-35.3 3 1.2 0.3- 4.6 12 11.5 5.5-22.4
$35,000- 49,999 203 112 61.6 52.5-70.0 30 12.0 7.5-18.7 37 18.8 12.6-27.2 6 1.7 0.6- 4.9 18 5.9 3.2-10.4
$50,000-74,999 181 110 61.1 51.1-70.3 21 10.9 5.9-19.1 21 12.2 6.8-20.8 13 7.9 3.9-15.1 16 8.0 4.5-13.8
$75,000+ 288 175 62.2 54.4-69.4 38 12.0 8.0-17.6 32 12.2 8.0-18.2 19 5.8 3.1-10.7 24 7.8 4.6-12.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 134 58 40.1 30.8-50.2 20 14.7 9.2-22.7 39 34.2 24.7-45.1 4 2.5 0.9- 7.1 13 8.4 4.5-15.3
Guilford 157 95 64.3 55.1-72.5 13 6.1 3.4-10.9 19 13.8 8.2-22.2 7 3.5 1.5- 8.0 23 12.3 7.7-19.2
Mecklenburg 178 104 54.9 46.4-63.2 20 8.5 5.3-13.4 30 23.1 16.1-31.9 10 7.1 3.6-13.8 14 6.3 3.6-10.9
Orange 184 92 48.3 36.6-60.1 20 12.8 6.3-24.3 48 24.4 17.3-33.4 10 3.9 1.9- 7.6 14 10.7 5.7-19.1
Wake 184 94 48.4 40.0-56.9 33 17.8 12.2-25.3 34 19.2 13.4-26.6 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 19 13.4 8.2-21.4
Chatham/Lee 108 53 46.3 35.3-57.7 21 17.0 10.6-26.1 23 27.2 17.2-40.2 3 1.8 0.5- 6.4 8 7.6 3.6-15.5
Nash/Wilson 135 73 53.6 43.4-63.5 24 16.2 10.4-24.3 24 19.2 12.3-28.7 4 3.1 1.1- 8.3 10 7.9 4.1-14.6
Craven/Pamlico 154 75 46.9 38.0-56.0 32 21.8 14.9-30.8 28 16.5 10.8-24.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 18 14.4 8.7-23.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 107 62 56.3 45.7-66.3 19 17.2 10.8-26.3 17 20.0 12.4-30.4 4 3.6 1.3- 9.4 5 3.0 1.1- 8.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 125 66 54.1 43.7-64.2 16 11.5 6.7-19.1 28 21.9 14.6-31.6 3 1.9 0.6- 5.9 12 10.5 5.1-20.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 169 70 35.0 26.9-44.2 33 18.5 12.3-26.9 42 30.4 21.4-41.2 4 2.1 0.8- 5.6 20 13.9 8.3-22.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 113 48 30.6 18.8-45.8 20 12.2 6.7-21.3 32 44.5 24.8-66.1 2 1.1 0.2- 4.7 11 11.5 4.6-25.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 187 81 43.3 35.3-51.6 35 16.7 11.7-23.4 51 28.8 21.8-37.1 4 1.5 0.6- 4.0 16 9.6 5.5-16.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 142 78 49.7 38.8-60.7 22 21.8 11.8-36.8 32 21.5 14.1-31.4 3 1.6 0.5- 5.4 7 5.4 2.4-11.5
Northeast NC I 133 64 45.9 36.5-55.6 19 11.7 7.2-18.3 24 20.4 13.4-29.8 7 4.9 2.2-10.9 19 17.1 10.7-26.3
Northeast NC II 162 75 49.1 40.4-57.9 26 12.2 7.9-18.4 39 23.7 16.8-32.2 6 4.4 1.8-10.6 16 10.6 6.2-17.4
Northeastern Partnership 295 139 48.0 41.4-54.7 45 12.0 8.7-16.5 63 22.5 17.3-28.8 13 4.6 2.4- 8.6 35 12.9 9.0-18.0
Mountain AHEC 355 162 45.7 38.6-52.9 66 18.3 13.5-24.3 87 24.3 18.3-31.5 9 3.1 1.1- 8.3 31 8.6 5.3-13.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,162 568 45.1 40.5-49.7 201 17.1 13.7-21.2 243 22.7 18.8-27.3 30 2.7 1.4- 5.0 120 12.4 9.7-15.8
Piedmont 1,410 756 53.9 50.1-57.7 195 12.5 10.2-15.3 283 21.6 18.5-25.0 51 3.5 2.4- 5.1 125 8.5 6.7-10.8
Western NC 574 275 48.4 42.1-54.7 96 16.3 12.0-21.7 134 23.2 18.4-28.8 16 2.8 1.4- 5.7 53 9.3 6.2-13.9

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Piedmont North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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* 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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