BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (Have you ever been tested for HIV? Do not count tests you may have had as part of a blood donation.*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	10,860	5,150	46.2	45.0-47.3	5,710	53.8	52.7-55.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	232	80	31.4	24.9-38.8	152	68.6	61.2-75.1
GENDER
Male	91	27	27.2	18.0-38.9	64	72.8	61.1-82.0
Female	141	53	36.0	28.0-44.9	88	64.0	55.1-72.0
RACE
White	216	73	32.7	26.1-40.0	143	67.3	60.0-73.9
Other	15	6	20.2	6.0-50.1	9	79.8	49.9-94.0
AGE
18-44	119	59	44.5	34.7-54.7	60	55.5	45.3-65.3
45+	113	21	18.6	11.5-28.6	92	81.4	71.4-88.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	116	34	27.0	18.5-37.6	82	73.0	62.4-81.5
Some College +	116	46	37.1	28.0-47.1	70	62.9	52.9-72.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	46	27.6	20.0-36.9	100	72.4	63.1-80.0
$50,000+	46	18	37.8	24.6-53.2	28	62.2	46.8-75.4

* 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.

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

HIV/AIDS

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	10,860	5,150	46.2	45.0-47.3	5,710	53.8	52.7-55.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	232	80	31.4	24.9-38.8	152	68.6	61.2-75.1
GENDER
Male	91	27	27.2	18.0-38.9	64	72.8	61.1-82.0
Female	141	53	36.0	28.0-44.9	88	64.0	55.1-72.0
RACE
White	216	73	32.7	26.1-40.0	143	67.3	60.0-73.9
Other	15	6	20.2	6.0-50.1	9	79.8	49.9-94.0
AGE
18-44	119	59	44.5	34.7-54.7	60	55.5	45.3-65.3
45+	113	21	18.6	11.5-28.6	92	81.4	71.4-88.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	116	34	27.0	18.5-37.6	82	73.0	62.4-81.5
Some College +	116	46	37.1	28.0-47.1	70	62.9	52.9-72.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	146	46	27.6	20.0-36.9	100	72.4	63.1-80.0
$50,000+	46	18	37.8	24.6-53.2	28	62.2	46.8-75.4