BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	278	125	43.2	36.9-49.8	153	56.8	50.2-63.1
GENDER
Male	109	46	39.3	29.9-49.6	63	60.7	50.4-70.1
Female	169	79	47.2	39.2-55.4	90	52.8	44.6-60.8
RACE
White	208	87	41.3	34.2-48.8	121	58.7	51.2-65.8
Other	68	37	48.3	34.6-62.3	31	51.7	37.7-65.4
AGE
18-44	139	83	56.1	46.4-65.4	56	43.9	34.6-53.6
45+	139	42	29.6	21.9-38.7	97	70.4	61.3-78.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	127	51	39.6	30.5-49.4	76	60.4	50.6-69.5
Some College +	150	74	46.6	38.0-55.5	76	53.4	44.5-62.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	158	81	49.0	40.3-57.8	77	51.0	42.2-59.7
$50,000+	62	21	35.0	23.3-48.8	41	65.0	51.2-76.7

* 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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	278	125	43.2	36.9-49.8	153	56.8	50.2-63.1
GENDER
Male	109	46	39.3	29.9-49.6	63	60.7	50.4-70.1
Female	169	79	47.2	39.2-55.4	90	52.8	44.6-60.8
RACE
White	208	87	41.3	34.2-48.8	121	58.7	51.2-65.8
Other	68	37	48.3	34.6-62.3	31	51.7	37.7-65.4
AGE
18-44	139	83	56.1	46.4-65.4	56	43.9	34.6-53.6
45+	139	42	29.6	21.9-38.7	97	70.4	61.3-78.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	127	51	39.6	30.5-49.4	76	60.4	50.6-69.5
Some College +	150	74	46.6	38.0-55.5	76	53.4	44.5-62.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	158	81	49.0	40.3-57.8	77	51.0	42.2-59.7
$50,000+	62	21	35.0	23.3-48.8	41	65.0	51.2-76.7