BRFSS 2004 - Gaston County: (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
-Gaston County	256	121	46.7	40.0-53.5	135	53.3	46.5-60.0
GENDER
Male	101	46	46.0	35.7-56.7	55	54.0	43.3-64.3
Female	155	75	47.3	38.7-56.1	80	52.7	43.9-61.3
RACE
White	213	96	44.5	37.3-52.0	117	55.5	48.0-62.7
Other	43	25	56.0	39.4-71.4	18	44.0	28.6-60.6
AGE
18-44	134	83	57.6	48.1-66.6	51	42.4	33.4-51.9
45+	122	38	33.9	24.8-44.4	84	66.1	55.6-75.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	120	55	45.5	36.0-55.3	65	54.5	44.7-64.0
Some College +	136	66	47.8	38.4-57.3	70	52.2	42.7-61.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	149	73	48.7	39.8-57.7	76	51.3	42.3-60.2
$50,000+	65	32	47.0	34.4-60.0	33	53.0	40.0-65.6

* 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: Gaston County

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
-Gaston County	256	121	46.7	40.0-53.5	135	53.3	46.5-60.0
GENDER
Male	101	46	46.0	35.7-56.7	55	54.0	43.3-64.3
Female	155	75	47.3	38.7-56.1	80	52.7	43.9-61.3
RACE
White	213	96	44.5	37.3-52.0	117	55.5	48.0-62.7
Other	43	25	56.0	39.4-71.4	18	44.0	28.6-60.6
AGE
18-44	134	83	57.6	48.1-66.6	51	42.4	33.4-51.9
45+	122	38	33.9	24.8-44.4	84	66.1	55.6-75.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	120	55	45.5	36.0-55.3	65	54.5	44.7-64.0
Some College +	136	66	47.8	38.4-57.3	70	52.2	42.7-61.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	149	73	48.7	39.8-57.7	76	51.3	42.3-60.2
$50,000+	65	32	47.0	34.4-60.0	33	53.0	40.0-65.6