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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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
-Gaston County 119 44 37.0 27.9-47.2 3 2.4 0.7- 8.3 3 2.1 0.6- 6.7 69 58.5 48.3-68.0
GENDER
Male 46 19 39.2 25.4-55.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 27 60.8 44.9-74.6
Female 73 25 35.0 23.8-48.1 3 4.6 1.3-15.3 3 4.1 1.2-12.5 42 56.4 43.5-68.4
RACE
White 94 29 30.9 21.4-42.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 3 2.7 0.8- 8.6 61 65.5 54.1-75.4
Other 25 15 57.6 35.2-77.3 2 7.6 1.5-30.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 34.8 16.7-58.6
AGE
18-44 82 33 43.1 31.8-55.2 2 2.6 0.5-12.1 3 3.2 1.0- 9.9 44 51.1 39.3-62.7
45+ 37 11 24.9 13.3-41.7 1 1.9 0.3-12.7 0 0.0 . - . 25 73.2 56.3-85.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 54 21 40.3 27.2-54.9 2 4.3 1.0-17.0 0 0.0 . - . 31 55.4 41.0-69.0
Some College + 65 23 34.2 22.4-48.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 3 4.0 1.2-12.3 38 61.2 47.1-73.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 71 30 44.4 31.9-57.6 2 2.9 0.6-13.5 3 3.5 1.1-11.0 36 49.1 36.2-62.2
$50,000+ 32 8 21.6 10.6-39.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 24 78.4 60.9-89.4

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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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