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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western 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
-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
GENDER
Male 205 81 41.1 31.2-51.8 40 19.4 11.9-30.1 55 26.5 18.4-36.6 8 4.0 1.4-10.7 21 9.0 5.1-15.5
Female 369 194 54.3 46.8-61.6 56 13.7 9.8-19.0 79 20.5 15.4-26.8 8 1.9 0.8- 4.3 32 9.6 5.3-16.6
RACE
White 502 247 51.4 44.8-58.0 81 16.0 11.4-21.9 113 21.1 16.4-26.8 16 3.2 1.6- 6.5 45 8.3 5.4-12.3
African American 34 14 26.0 12.1-47.3 5 20.1 6.6-47.4 10 28.1 13.1-50.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 25.7 6.6-63.1
Other Minorities 37 14 24.6 11.2-45.7 9 15.0 5.2-36.6 11 52.5 26.8-76.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.9 1.6-31.2
AGE
18-24 62 22 34.0 19.3-52.7 4 5.1 1.4-16.7 28 40.3 25.6-57.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 7 20.2 8.6-40.8
25-34 159 82 55.5 43.7-66.6 20 11.8 6.6-20.2 38 23.1 14.7-34.3 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 17 8.8 4.7-16.0
35-44 157 80 50.6 39.4-61.7 33 20.5 13.4-30.0 28 18.3 10.2-30.6 5 3.2 1.1- 9.0 11 7.5 3.0-17.4
45-54 129 58 48.7 34.7-63.0 22 21.3 9.8-40.4 31 16.8 9.6-27.7 6 7.3 2.4-20.1 12 5.8 2.5-12.8
55-64 67 33 46.9 30.6-63.9 17 24.5 13.4-40.4 9 21.9 9.5-42.9 2 1.7 0.4- 7.2 6 5.0 1.9-12.9
65-74 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
75+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 52 21 22.9 12.5-38.3 4 6.5 1.9-20.1 21 53.5 34.2-71.9 2 10.0 2.0-37.8 4 7.0 1.9-22.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 177 92 50.6 39.1-62.0 32 18.6 9.9-32.3 37 19.2 12.5-28.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 15 11.4 5.2-23.2
Some Post-H.S. 177 84 53.1 42.0-63.9 32 15.9 10.2-23.9 42 22.5 14.8-32.8 4 1.3 0.4- 4.4 15 7.2 3.7-13.4
College Graduate 168 78 49.2 38.9-59.5 28 17.8 11.1-27.4 34 16.5 10.0-26.1 9 5.8 2.6-12.5 19 10.7 5.2-20.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 30 32.8 21.4-46.8 18 24.1 14.2-38.0 28 37.5 25.3-51.6 0 0.0 . - . 6 5.6 1.8-16.0
$15,000- 24,999 123 52 38.6 25.7-53.3 17 16.6 6.7-35.7 39 26.9 16.5-40.8 2 3.9 0.7-18.6 13 14.0 6.0-29.3
$25,000- 34,999 79 36 56.7 39.9-72.1 14 18.1 8.5-34.6 14 9.7 5.3-17.4 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6 13 14.6 7.2-27.3
$35,000- 49,999 77 38 55.7 38.8-71.5 12 14.9 7.2-28.3 18 20.7 10.4-37.1 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7 7 6.9 2.7-16.5
$50,000-74,999 66 39 56.8 40.0-72.2 8 5.7 2.6-12.1 7 15.7 5.6-37.2 5 8.1 3.0-20.0 7 13.7 4.9-32.9
$75,000+ 74 45 55.4 39.7-70.1 12 18.7 9.5-33.6 10 18.7 8.5-36.4 3 3.0 0.7-11.2 4 4.2 1.3-12.8
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

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Western 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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