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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

HIV/AIDS

In the past 12 months, how many times have you been tested for HIV, including times you did not get your results.*

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  Total
Respond.^
One time Two times Three or/more times None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,060 1,634 32.3 30.7-33.9 222 4.7 4.0- 5.5 85 1.9 1.4- 2.4 3,119 61.2 59.5-62.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 79 22 31.7 21.0-44.6 4 5.0 1.8-13.2 2 1.3 0.3- 5.4 51 62.0 49.2-73.2
GENDER
Male 26 7 34.2 17.1-56.6 1 3.6 0.5-21.8 1 1.8 0.2-12.0 17 60.4 38.9-78.6
Female 53 15 29.6 18.1-44.6 3 6.2 1.9-18.3 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 34 63.2 48.3-75.9
RACE
White 72 21 31.1 20.4-44.3 3 3.8 1.2-11.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 47 64.5 51.4-75.7
Other 6 1 42.2 7.5-86.8 1 21.1 2.7-72.4 1 10.6 1.2-52.9 3 26.1 5.4-68.5
AGE
18-44 59 17 27.4 16.9-41.2 3 4.9 1.5-14.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 38 66.5 52.5-78.1
45+ 20 5 41.9 20.1-67.4 1 5.4 0.7-30.2 1 1.8 0.2-12.2 13 50.9 27.8-73.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 34 9 33.4 17.5-54.2 3 8.2 2.5-23.7 0 0.0 . - . 22 58.4 38.7-75.7
Some College + 45 13 30.0 17.6-46.3 1 2.1 0.3-13.3 2 2.6 0.6-10.2 29 65.3 49.3-78.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 46 11 26.9 14.6-44.3 2 4.3 1.0-16.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 32 67.4 50.3-80.8
$50,000+ 18 2 10.0 2.5-32.8 2 12.5 3.1-39.1 0 0.0 . - . 14 77.5 52.5-91.5

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* This question was asked only if the respondent (< 65 yrs.) and who reported being 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 (MAHEC): 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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